OMB No 1545-0047 Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax Under section 501(c), 527, or 4947( a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (except black lung 2006 benefit trust or private foundation) Department of the Treasury internal Revenue Service 10- The organization ma y have to use a co py of this ret urn to satis fy state reporting requ i rements. A For the 2006 calendar year , or tax year beginning Januar y 1 , 2006 , and ending December 3 120 06 lease C Name of organization D Employer Identification number B Check 0 applicable P The I n t e r n a t i o n a l C h a r i l y useiRS Foundation q Address change label or (Charit y Arm y) 31 : 161 2023 print o r Number and street (or P box if mail is not q Name change 0 delivered to street address ) Room/ sw te E Telephone number type q Initial return $O° 33-82 164 Street Spec in Crt or town , state or country, and ZIP + 4 q F i nal return stonsruc- F AccaxdUp rm5atk D Cash q Accrual tone F ushing , NY 11358-1442 q Amended return q Other (specify) ► q Appl cat on pending • Section 501 (c)(3) organizations and 4947 ( a)(1) nonexempt charitable H and I are not applicable to section 527 organizations trusts must attach a completed Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ). H(a) Is this a group return for affiliates? q Yes q No H(b) If "Yes," enter number of affiliates ...... G Website. ► [email protected] ► H(c) Are all affiliates included? q Yes q No J Organization type (check only one) ► [q 501(c) ( 3 ) .4 (insert no.) El 4947(a)(1) or (l 527 (If "No," attach a list. See Instructions) K Check here it the organization is not a 509(a)(3) supporting organization and Its gross H(d) Is this a separate return filed by an ► organization covered a group ruling? q Yee q No receipts are normally not more than $25,000 A return is not required, but if the organization chooses by file return to file a return, be sure to a complete I Group Exemption Number ► q M Check ► if the organization is not required L Gross receipts Add lines 6b, 8b, 9b, and 10b to line 12 ► to attach Sch B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) Revenue , Ex penses , and Chan g es in Net Assets or Fund Balances (See the instructions.) 1 Contributions , gifts, grants , and similar amounts received: a Contributions to donor advised funds ...... la b Direct public support (not included on line 1a) . . , , 1b c Indirect public support (not included on line 1a) . . 1c CA n d Government contributions (grants) (not included on line 1a) Id > e Total (add lines 1 a through 1d) (cash $ noncash Z 2 Program service revenue including government fees and contracts (from Part VII , line 93) 2 fT1 3 Membership dues and assessments ...... 3 0 4 Interest on savings and temporary cash investments ...... , . . . 4 C- • 5 Dividends and interest from securities . . . , , . . . , 5 C- -1 6a Gross rents 6a I.-A b Less rental expenses ...... 6b co c Net rental income or (loss). Subtract line 6b from line 6a ...... 6c rh> 7 Other investment income (describe ► 7 A) Securities (B) Other 8a Gross amount from sales of assets other ( Q tnan inventory ...... 8a b Less cost or other basis and sales expenses. 8b c Gain or (loss) (attach schedule) . . . 8c of Net gain or (loss) Combine line 8c , columns (A) and (B) ...... 8d q 9 Special events and activities (attach schedule) If any amount is from gaming , check here ► a Gross revenue (not including $ of contributions reported on line 1b) ...... 9a b Less direct expenses other than fundraising expenses 9b c Net income or (loss) from special events . Subtract line 9b from line 9a 9c 10a Gro pis retu ns and allowances , 1 108 3 , 600.00 b Les c 1•^ , , , . , , , 10b c Gros g fit or (loss) from sales f V tory (attach schedule). Subtract line 10b from line 10a 10c 11 Oth rps veKar(fri nal II 2 03) ...... 11 12 Tota 4 enue. Add lines 1e , 2, 5, 6c , 7, 8d, 9c , 10c, and 11 . 12 5 , 6 5 0 .00 117- 13 Pro am ^j/^',^'^ ^r^r I • nrp 44, c umn (B)) . . 13 5 , 810.00 14 Man eral 44, column (C)) ...... 14 15 Fundraising (from line 44 , column (D)) , ...... 15 W 16 Payments to affiliates (attach schedule) ...... 16 1 17 Total expenses . Add lines 16 and 44, column (A) 17 5 , 810.00 18 Excess or (deficit) for the year Subtract line 17 from line 12 18 19 Net assets or fund balances at beginning of year (from line 73 , column (A)) . 19 Z 20 Other changes in net assets or fund balances (attach explanation) ...... 20 _ , 21 Net assets or fund balances at end of year Combine lines 18 , 19, and 20 . . . . . 21 For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice , see the separate Instructions . Cat No 11282Y Form 990 (2006) ^/} Form 990 (2006) Page 2 Statement of All organizations must complete column (A) Columns (8), (C), and (D) are required for section 501(c)(3) and (4) Functional Expenses organizations and section 4947(a)(1) nonexempt charitable trusts but optional for others (See the instructions)
Do not include amounts reported on line (8) Program (A) Total (C) Management (D) Fundraising 6b, 8b, 9b, 10b, or 16 of Part 1. 0 1 services and general 22a Grants paid from donor advised funds (attach schedule) (cash S noncash $ ) q If this amount includes foreign grants, check here ► 22a 22b Other grants and allocations (attach schedule) (cash S noncash $ ) q ll this amount includes foreign grants, check here ► 22b 23 Specific assistance to individuals (attach schedule) 23 24 Benefits paid to or for members (attach schedule) 24 25a Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees, etc. listed in Part V-A (attach schedule) ...... , 25a b Compensation of former officers, directors, key employees, etc listed in Part V-B (attach schedule) . , , , , . 251b c Compensation and other distributions, not included above, to otsqual feed persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B) (attach schedule) 25c 26 Salaries and wages of employees not included on lines 25a , b , and c ...... 26 27 Pension plan contributions not included on lines 25a , b , and c ...... 27 28 Employee benefits not included on lines 25a - 27 . . 28 29 Payroll taxes ...... 29 30 Professional fundraising fees 30 31 Accounting fees 31 32 Legal fees ...... 32 33 Supplies ...... 33 7 5 0 . 0 0 34 Telephone ...... 34 3,070. 0 0 35 Postage and shipping 5 36 Occupancy . . . 36 37 Equipment rental and maintenance . . . 37 38 Printing and publications ...... 38 1 1 5 0 . 0 0 39 Travel . . 39 40 Conferences, conventions , and meetings . 40 41 Interest . . 41 42 Depreciation , depletion , etc. (attach schedule) 42 43 Other expenses not covered above (itemize): a . 43a 43b b 43c c of ...... 43d e 43e f 43f 9 439 44 Total functional expenses. Add lines 22a 5,810.00 5,810.00 through 43g (Organizations completing columns (B)-(D), carry these totals to lines 13-15) 4.4 q Joint Costs. Check ► if you are following SOP 98-2. q q Are any )oint costs from a combined educational campaign and fundraising solicitation reported in (B) Program services? . ► Yes No If "Yes," enter ( i) the aggregate amount of these joint costs $ ; (II) the amount allocated to Program services $ (iii) the amount allocated to Management and general $ and (Iv) the amount allocated to Fundraising $ Form 990 (2006) Form 990 (2006) Page 3 UTIM Statement of Program Service Accomplishments (See the instructions) Form 990 is available for public inspection and, for some people, serves as the primary or sole source of jnfprmation about a particular organization. How the public perceives an organization in such cases may be determined by the information presented on its return Therefore, please make sure the return is complete and accurate and fully describes, in Part III, the organization's programs and accomplishments.
What is the organization's primary exempt purpose? Human 1 t a r i an Aid t.o poor c o u n t y Program Service ► Expenses All organizations must describe their exempt purpose achievements in a clear and concise manner. State the number (Required for 501 (c)(3) and of clients served, publications issued, etc. Discuss achievements that are not measurable. (Section 501(c)(3) and (4) (4) orgs, and 4947 a)(1) trusts, organizations and 4947(a)(1) nonexempt charitable trusts must also enter the amount of grants and allocations to others.) oueti (or a ICF-Charity Army has 14 Affiliated Charities in the New bee rotas Independent States and i5 iiElier Charities in c.o'n'tact-with-_us. 44-A ...... o. 2006, we shipped 6 containers , clothing and medica. supplies Lo our Charities in Republic of Georgia, Bulgaria and Republic o
(Grants and allocations $ ) If this amount Includes foreign grants , check here ► b Center of Help Ill. Created in 2005, it continued making New._.Independent. Sta_t.e_s___for_ future sh_i_pments. cont.acts_-i.n ------Di-rec_tor__of . C e.n•t.e-r_-^il__is-_Mr G Gelashvili _ Vice President for Operationst al 116-20 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY
------•-•--•------_ -_-_ -. -- .------•--- -- (Grants and allocations $ ) If this amount Includes foreign grants, check here ► 0 c In 2006, I made new contacts with the American Administratic which we shall use_i_ n 2007 to get support .from NIS Administrations to our Pro_gram__of__help to their low income populati.gns_,----Without Lhe r Administration_g.l---$-u p.p.p th __--_-•_ . f..1.0 W .o_f, h utna.n.i t a r s an__ a_J.4._.f.r.o.m.-Lha..Ides.t-..wA. .-_nemain_.at_ _Lts___- present level of 1% of what__t_hey__need_ and. what-_ we._can__.gAya_, (Grants and allocations $ ) If this amount includes foreign grants, check here ► [ d in 2006! we have prepared data to look for grants.-anc^-._.•-..-..- o t h e r_.. i n a.n_c_i.a 1.1iA1p..--f-x.0111_--o.ur..Adminis.tr8t ......
------•------•-----•-• • ------• ------..k---..... (Grants and allocations $ ) If this amount includes foreign grants, chec here ► 0 Other program services (attach schedule) (Grants and allocations $ If this amount includes foreign grants, check here ► ) otal of Program Service Expenses (should equal line 44, column . ► 5,81 Form 990 (2006) Form 990 (2006) Page 4 Balance Sheets (See the instructions.) Note: Where required, attached schedules and amounts within the description (A) (B) column should be for end-of-year amounts only Beginning of year Ehd of year 45 Cash-non-interest-bearing ...... N I A N A 46 Savings and temporary cash investments ......
47a Accounts receivable . . . . . 47a b Less allowance for doubtful accounts . 47b ic
48a Pledges receivable ...... b Less allowance for doubtful accounts . 48b 49 Grants receivable ...... 49 50a Receivables from current and former officers, directors, trustees, and key employees (attach schedule) ...... 50a b Receivables from other disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(0(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B) (attach schedule) 50b 51 a Other notes and loans receivable (attach schedule) ...... 51 a b Less allowance for doubtful accounts 51b 52 Inventories for sale or use ...... 52 53 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges . . 53 54a Investments-publicly-traded securities . . . Bo- q Cost q FMV `tea b Investments-other securities (attach schedule) lo- q Cost El FMV 54b 55a Investments-land, buildings, and equipment- basis ...... 55a b Less accumulated depreciation (attach schedule) ...... 55b 56 Investments-other (attach schedule) 57a Land , buildings , and equipment. basis . 57a b Less accumulated depreciation (attach schedule) ...... 57b 57c 58 Other assets, including program-related investments 58 (describe ► ...... ) 51 59 Total assets (must eq ual line 74) . Add lines 45 throug h 58 . 59 N / A 60 Accounts payable and accrued expenses ...... so 61 Grants payable ...... 61 62 Deferred revenue ...... 62 63 Loans from officers, directors, trustees, and key employees (attach schedule) 63 64a Tax-exempt bond liabilities (attach schedule) ...... b Mortgages and other notes payable (attach schedule) . . . . 6.4b 65 65 Other liabilities (describe ► ...... )
66 Total liabilities. Add lines 60 throug h 65 66 q Organizations that follow SFAS 117, check here ► and complete lines 67 through 69 and lines 73 and 74. u 67 Unrestricted ...... 67 C 68 Temporarily restricted ...... 68 M 69 Permanently restricted ...... 69 V q Organizations that do not follow SFAS 117 , check here ► and Li complete lines 70 through 74. 0 70 Capital stock , trust principal , or current funds...... 70 v' 71 Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building, and equipment fund . 71 72 Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds 72 a_ 73 Total net assets or fund balances. Add lines 67 through 69 or lines z 70 through 72 (Column (A) must equal line 19 and column (B) must equal line 21) ...... 73 74 Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances. Add lines 66 and 73 N A 74 N / A
Form 990 (2006) Form 990 (2006) Page 5 IZMM Reconciliation of Revenue per Audited Financial Statements With Revenue per Return (See the instructions. a Total revenue, gains, and other support per audited financial statements ...... a N/A b Amounts included on line a but not on Part I, line 12: 1 Net unrealized gains on investments ...... b1 2 Donated services and use of facilities ...... b2 3 Recoveries of prior year grants ...... b3 4 Other (specify) : ...... b4 Add lines b1 through b4 ...... b c Subtract line b from line a ...... C d Amounts included on Part I, line 12, but not on line a: 1 Investment expenses not included on Part I, line 6b . . . , di 2 Other (specify) ...... d2 Add lines dl and d2 ...... d e Total revenue (Part I, line 12). Add lines c and d . ► e Reconciliation of Expenses per Audited Financial Statements With Ex penses per Return NIA a Total expenses and losses per audited financial statements ...... a b Amounts included on line a but not on Part I, line 17: 1 Donated services and use of facilities ...... b1 2 Prior year adjustments reported on Part I, line 20 ...... b2 3 Losses reported on Part I, line 20 ...... b3 4 Other (specify), ...... b4 Add lines bl through b4 ...... b c Subtract line b from line a ...... c d Amounts included on Part I, line 17, but not on line a: 1 Investment expenses not included on Part I, line 6b ...... d1 2 Other (specify) ...... d2 Add lines d1 and d2 ...... d e Total expenses (Part I, line 17). Add lines c and d . ► e Current Officers, Directors , Trustees , and Key Employees (List each person who was an officer, director, trustee, or key employee at any time during the year even it they were not compensated.) (See the instructions.) (B) (C) Compensation ( 0) Contributions to employee (E) Expense account (A) Name and address Title and average hours per (If not paid , enter benefit plans 6 deferred and other allowances week devoted to position -0-. compensation plans N.i. Preside r^ t 120 hrs/week -0- N/A N/A 3 -82 164 St - Flush , NY 11358 VerY._Rev,.Char1es_ M_cT.a&ue Vice - Pres -0- THolh--e- y Cross RC Church , NJ 30 hrs
D r ..A ..N ._T a r a s e t k.Q.,_. M9______. Vice-Pres. -0- .. 68 Kent P1.Blvd Summit , NJ 30 hrs Mr G NGelash vili,_ VP & Direct or of Center 1, NY 116-20 Queens Blvd. NY 11375 100 hrs -0- Mr.N.Y.Yefimov VP, Marketi g 29-80 W 28 St. Bkln NY 11224 60 hrs -0- Mr.L.V.Ivanutenko ______VP, Marketin g 1.75--K1- Hi -9--1 6.6-d---C•i'rcle• 30 hrs -0- Monmouth Kunc-s-•N-J---Q-8852...... Mrs.Luidmila Fitosh . Mr s...Liu idm i 1 a .. E i t .os b board M e m b e r•0 T. 28 Win Lane Wanta h NY 11973 20 hrs
Form 990 (2006) Form 990 (2006) Page 6 JjM= Current Officers , Directors , Trustees , and Key Em ployees (continued) Yes No 75a Enter the total number of officers, directors, and trustees permitted to vote on organization business at board meetings .
b Are any officers, directors, trustees, or key employees listed in Form 990, Part V-A, or highest compensated employees listed in Schedule A, Part I, or highest compensated professional and other independent contractors listed in Schedule A, Part II-A or II-B, related to each other through family or business relationships? If "Yes," attach a statement that identifies the individuals and explains the relationship(s) 75b No
c Do any officers, directors, trustees, or key employees listed in Form 990, Part V-A, or highest compensated employees listed in Schedule A, Part I, or highest compensated professional and other independent contractors listed in Schedule A, Part II-A or II-B, receive compensation from any other organizations, whether tax exempt or taxable, that are related to the organization? See the instructions for No the definition of "related organization."...... ► 75C If "Yes," attach a statement that includes the information described in the instructions. d Does the org anization have a written conflict of interest polic y? . 75d Former Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees That Received Compensation or Other Benefits (if any former officer, director, trustee, or key employee received compensation or other benefits (described below) during the year, list that person below and enter the amount of compensation or other benefits in the appropriate column. See the instructions.) (C) Compensation (0) Cor mmiom to a rp oyee (E) Expense (A) Name and address ( B) Loans and Advances (II not paid, t efit plaru & deferred account and other enter -0-) to ord allowances
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Information (See the No 76 Did the organization make a change in its activities or methods of conducting activities? If "Yes," attach a M detailed statement of each change ...... 76 No 77 Were any changes made in the organizing or governing documents but not reported to the IRS? . . . . 77 It "Yes," attach a conformed copy of the changes. 78a Did the organization have unrelated business gross income of $1,000 or more during the year covered by S this return? ...... 7& No b if "Yes," has it filed a tax return on Form 990-T for this year? ...... 78t 79 Was there a liquidation, dissolution, termination, or substantial contraction during the year? If "Yes," attach M a statement ...... 79 No 80a Is the organization related (other than by association with a statewide or nationwide organization) through common membership, governing bodies , trustees, officers, etc., to any other exempt or nonexempt organization? Boa The S l a v i c F o u n d a t b If "Yes," enter the name of the organization ► i Q n.,.. •U.S.A ...... and check whether it is ® exempt or q nonexempt 81a Enter direct------and indirect political expenditures.--...... (See line 81 instructions.) 1 818 1 b Did the organization file Form 1120- POL for this year? ...... 81b No Form 990 (2006) Form 990 (2006) Page 7 FMM Other Information (continued) Yes No 82a Did the organization receive donated services or the use of materials , equipment , or facilities at no charge X or at substantially less than fair rental value ? ...... 82a83 b If "Yes ," you may indicate the value of these items here. Do not include this amount as revenue in Part I or as an expense in Part II. (See instructions in Part III.) ...... 82b 83a Did the organization comply with the public inspection requirements for returns and exemption applications? X b Did the organization comply with the disclosure requirements relating to quid pro quo contributions? . . . 83b 84a Did the organization solicit any contributions or gifts that were not tax deductible? ...... 84a b If "Yes ," did the organization include with every solicitation an express statement that such contributions or gifts were not tax deductible? ...... 84b 85 501 (c)(4), (5), or (6) organizations. a Were substantially all dues nondeductible by members? . . . . . 85a b Did the organization make only in-house lobbying expenditures of $2,000 or less? ...... 85b If "Yes" was answered to either 85a or 85b , do not complete 85c through 85h below unless the organization received a waiver for proxy tax owed for the prior year. c Dues , assessments , and similar amounts from members . . . . . 85c d Section 162 (e) lobbying and political expenditures ...... 85d e Aggregate nondeductible amount of section 6033 (e)(1)(A) dues notices 858 f Taxable amount of lobbying and political expenditures (line 85d less 85e) . . 85f g Does the organization elect to pay the section 6033(e) tax on the amount on line 85f? . . . . . 85 h If section 6033(e)(1)(A) dues notices were sent , does the organization agree to add the amount on line 85f to its reasonable estimate of dues allocable to nondeductible lobbying and political expenditures for the following tax year? ...... 85h 86 501 (c)(7) orgs Enter : a Initiation fees and capital contributions included on line 12 . 86a b Gross receipts , included on line 12, for public use of club facilities . . 86b 87 501(c)(12) orgs. Enter: a Gross income from members or shareholders . . 87a b Gross income from other sources. (Do not net amounts due or paid to other sources against amounts due or received from them .) ...... 87b 88a At any time during the year , did the organization own a 50% or greater interest in a taxable corporation or partnership , or an entity disregarded as separate from the organization under Regulations sections 301 7701- 2 and 301 .7701-3? If " Yes," complete Part IX ...... 88a b At any time during the year, did the organization , directly or indirectly , own a controlled entity within the 88b meaning of section 512(b)( 13)? If "Yes ," complete Part Xl ...... ► 89a 501 (c)(3) organizations. Enter: Amount of tax imposed on the organization during the year under: N.1 section 4911 ► ...... N.!A ...... ; section 4912 10 ...... A...... ; section 4955 N /`^'...... b 501(c)(3) and 501 (c)(4) orgs. Did the organization engage in any section 4958 excess benefit transaction during the year or did it become aware of an excess benefit transaction from a prior year? If "Yes," attach a statement explaining each transaction ...... 89b X c Enter. Amount of tax imposed on the organization managers or disqualified persons during the year under sections 4912 , and 4958 4955, . . . . . ► d Enter Amount of tax on line 89c, above, reimbursed by the organization . . ► e All organizations . At any time during the tax year, was the organization a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction ? ...... 89e f All organizations . Did the organization acquire a direct or indirect interest in any applicable insurance contract? 89f g For supporting organizations and sponsoring organizations maintaining donor advised funds. Did the supporting organization , or a fund maintained by a sponsoring organization , have excess business holdings at any time during the year? ...... 899 A 90a List the states with which a copy of this return is filed ► ...... N b Number of employees employed in the pay period that includes March 12 , 2006 (See instructions .) . N /A A 11 . v.o 1 u n t .. e r s .. no. pay ...... 190b I N/A The ...Victor .. R., J4.V'z. 91a books are in care of ► B.v.^n ,... F. x: e s l id e n it Telephone no. ► .(..7.i .8)....3.5.9.-7.9.O.. _.3.3-.8.2...1.lj.4.._St,._,..Flushinp, NY 11358 Locatedat ► ZIP .1.1358-1442...... b At any time during the calendar year , did the organization have an Interest in or a signature or other authority over a financial account in a foreign country (such as a bank account , securities account , or other financial Yes No account)? ...... 1 91 b If "Yes," enter the name of the foreign country ► ...... See the instructions for exceptions and filing requirements for Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts.
Form 990 (2006) Form 990 (2006) Page 8 Other Information (continued) Yes No c At any time during the calendar year, did the organization maintain an office outside of the United States? 91c X, If "Yes," enter the name of the foreign country ► ...... 92 Section 4947(a)(1) nonexempt chantable trusts filing Form 990 in lieu q of Form 1041-Check here ...... , ► and enter the amount of tax-exempt interest received or accrued durin g the tax year . ► 92 Anal sis of Income-Producin g Activities (See the instructions. Note: Enter gross amounts unless otherwise Unrelated business income Excluded by section 512, 513, or 514 (E) Related or indicated (A) (8) (C) (D) exempt function Business code Amount 93 Program service revenue* Exclusion code Amount income a b c d e f Medicare/Medicaid payments . . . . . g Fees and contracts from government agencies 94 Membership dues and assessments . . . 95 Interest on savings and temporary cash investments 96 Dividends and interest from securities . . 97 Net rental income or (loss) from real estate: a debt-financed property ...... b not debt-financed property ...... 98 Net rental income or (loss) from personal property 99 Other investment income ...... 100 Gain or (loss) from sales of assets other than inventory 101 Net income or (loss) from special events 102 Gross profit or (loss) from sales of inventory 600.00 103 Other revenue a b c d e 104 Subtotal (add columns (B), (D), and (E)) 105 Total (add line 104, columns (B), (D), and (E)) . . , ► 3,600.00 Note: Line 105 plus line le. Part I, should equal the amount on line 12. Part 1. Relationshi p of Activities to the Accomplishment of Exempt Pu rposes (See the instructions.) Line No. Explain how each activity for which income is reported in column (E) of Part VII contributed Importantly to the accomplishment V of the organization's exempt purposes (other than by providing funds for such purposes). Income in Column E was money received from our Recipients of humanitarian aid , abt.$600 p er container, enabled us to pay f or our tele p hone and other operational expenses.
Information Regarding Taxable Subsidiaries and Disregarded Entities (See the instructions.) A) E^ Name, address, EIN of corporation, Percentage of Endof-year and Nature activities Total income partnershi p , or disregarded entity ownershi p interest of assets %
Information (a) Did the organization, during the year, receive any funds, directly or indirectly, to (b) Did the organization, during the year, pay premiums, directly or Note: If "Yes" to (b), file Form 8870 and Form 4720 (see instructior Form 990 (2006) Page 9 Information Regarding Transfers To and From Controlled Entities. Complete only if the organization is a controlling organization as defined in section 512(b)(13). Yes No 106 Did the reporting organization make any transfers to a controlled entity as defined in section 512(b)(13) of the Code? If "Yes," complete the schedule below for each controlled entity .
(A) (B) (C) Name , address , of each Employer Identification Description of (D) controlled entity Number transfer Amount of transfer
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Yes No 107 Did the reporting organization receive any transfers from a controlled entity as defined in section 512(b)(13) of the Code? If "Yes," complete the schedule below for each controlled entity . (A) (B) (C) (D) Name , address , of each Employer Identification Description of controlled entity Number transfer amount of transfer
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Yes No 108 Did the organization have a binding written contract in effect on August 17, 2006, covering the interest, rents, royalties, and annuities described in question 107 above? Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return , including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief , it is true , correct , and complete Declaration of preparer (other than officer) is based on all Information of which preparer has any knowledge Please ' 4P. ^^ 11?,61'; ^ 4-8-2007 Sign zzelpe Signature of officer Date Here V ictor R.Mu ravi n, Pre s ident of ICF-Charity Army T ype or prin t name an d t i tle Date Checkck if Preparers SSN or PT1N (See Gen Inst )Q Paid Preparer' s signature y &C.') I-- 2GGf/i 4-8- 0 536-68-7851 Preparer's em to ed F i rm' s name (or yours e n Ch ar it y F oun d a ti on Use Only EIN ► 31: 1612023 addressmandZIP + a / ( Charity Arm y ) 33-82 164 St . Phone no. ► (7 18) 3 5 9- 7 9 0 5 Flushing, NY 11358 Form 990(2006) SCHEDULE A Organization Exempt Under Section 501.(c)(3) OMB No 1545-0047 (Form 990 or 990-EZ) (Except Private Foundation) and Section 501(e), 501(1), 501(k), 501(n), or 4947(a)(1) Nonexempt Charitable Trust Supplementary Information-(See separate Instructions.) Deoanmeni of ine Treasury Intmnal Revenue Service ► MUST be completed by the above organizations and attached to their Form 990 or 990-EZ Name of the organizat ion Employer Identification number The Int'l Charity Foundation (Charity Army) 31 ; 1612 023 Compensation of the Five Highest Paid Employees Other Than Officers. Directors. and Trustees (bee pag e 2 of the instructions. List each one. If there are none, enter "N one.") (a) Name and address of each employee paid more (b) Title and average hours ( d) Contributions to (e) Expense c) Compensation employee than $50,000 per week devoted to position ( benefit plans & account and other deterred com pensation allowances
NONE
Total number of other employees paid over $50,000 . rM' Compensation of the Five Highest Paid Independent Contractors for Professional Services (See page 2 of the instructions. List each one (whether individuals or firms). If there are none , enter "None.") (a) Name and address of each independent contractor paid more than $50,000 (b) Type of service (c) Compensation
NONE
Total number of others receiving over $50,000 for professional services ► = Compensation of the Five Highest Paid Independent Contractors for Other Services (List each contractor who performed services other than professional services, whether individuals or firms. If there are none, enter "None." See page 2 of the instructions.) (a) Name and address of each independent contractor paid more than $50,000 (b) Type of service (c) Compensation
NONE
Total number of other contractors receiving over $50,000 for other services ...... ►
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 and Form 990-EZ. Cat No. 11285E Schedule A (Form 900 or 990-EZ) 2006 Scneouie A ( Form 990 or 99 0-EZ) 2006 Page 2
Statements About Activities (See page 2 of the instructions.) Yes No
1 During the year, has the organization attempted to influence national, state , or local legislation , including any attempt to influence public opinion on a legislative matter or referendum? If "Yes," enter the total expenses paid X or incurred in connection with the lobbying activities ► $ (Must equal amounts on line 38, Part VI-A, or line i of Part VI-B.) ......
Organizations that made an election under section 501(h) by filing Form 5768 must complete Part VI-A Other organizations checking "Yes" must complete Part VI-B AND attach a statement giving a detailed description of the lobbying activities
2 During the year, has the organization, either directly or indirectly, engaged in any of the following acts with any substantial contributors, trustees, directors, officers, creators, key employees, or members of their families, or with any taxable organization with which any such person is affiliated as an officer , director, trustee , ma)ority owner, or principal beneficiary? (If the answer to any question is "Yes," attach a detailed statement explaining the transactions )
a Sale, exchange, or leasing of property? - ...... 2a X
b Lending of money or other extension of credit? ...... 2b X
c Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities? ...... 2c X
d Payment of compensation (or payment or reimbursement of expenses if more than $1,000)? ...... 2d X
e Transfer of any part of its income or assets? ...... 2e X
3a Did the organization make grants for scholarships, fellowships, student loans, etc.? (If "Yes," attach an explanation X of how the organization determines that recipients qualify to receive payments.) ...... 3a
b Did the organization have a section 403(b) annuity plan for its employees? ...... 3b X
c Did the organization receive or hold an easement for conservation purposes, including easements to preserve open X space, the environment, historic land areas or historic structures? If "Yes," attach a detailed statement . . . 3c
d Did the organization provide credit counseling, debt management, credit repair, or debt negotiation services? , 3d X
4a Did the organization maintain any donor advised funds? If "Yes," complete lines 4b through 4g. If "No," complete X lines 4f and 4g , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , b Did the organization make any taxable distributions under section 4966? . , ...... 4b X
c Did the organization make a distribution to a donor, donor advisor, or related person? ...... 4c X NONE d Enter the total number of donor advised funds owned at the end of the tax year ...... ► NONE e Enter the aggregate value of assets held in all donor advised funds owned at the end of the tax year . . ►
I Enter the total number of separate funds or accounts owned at the end of the tax year (excluding donor advised funds included on line 4d) where donors have the right to provide advice on the distribution or investment of NONE amounts in such funds or accounts ...... ►
g Enter the aggregate value of held all or assets in funds accounts included on line 4f at the end of the tax year ►
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2006 Scneduie A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2006 Page 3 Reason for Non-Private Foundation Status (See pages 4 through 7 of the instructions.)
I certify that the organization is not a private foundation because it is: (Please check only ONE applicable box.) 5 q A church, convention of churches , or association of churches . Section 170(b)(1)(A)(i).
6 q A school Section 170(b)(1)(A)(u) (Also complete Part V.)
7 q A hospital or a cooperative hospital service organization. Section 170(b)(1)(A)(iu).
8 q A federal, state , or local government or governmental unit. Section 170(b)(1)(A)(v).
9 q A medical research organization operated in conjunction with a hospital. Section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii). Enter the hospital's name, city, and state ► ......
10 q An organization operated for the benefit of a college or university owned or operated by a governmental unit. Section 170(b)(1)(A)(rv) (Also complete the Support Schedule in Part IV-A.)
11 a [ An organization that normally receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or from the general public . Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (Also complete the Support Schedule in Part IV-A)
11 b q A community trust. Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). (Also complete the Support Schedule in Part IV-A.)
12 An organization that normally receives: (1) more than 331h% of its support from contributions, membership fees, and gross receipts from activities related to its charitable, etc., functions-subject to certain exceptions, and (2) no more than 331h% of its support from gross investment income and unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 tax) from businesses acquired by the organization after June 30, 1975 See section 509(a)(2). (Also complete the Support Schedule in Part IV-A.)
13 q An organization that is not controlled by any disqualified persons (other than foundation managers) and otherwise meets the requirements of section 509(a)(3). Check the box that describes the type of supporting organization: q Type I q Type II III-Functionally Integrated III-Other
Provide the following information about the supported organizations . (See page 7 of the instructions.) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Name (s) of supported organization(s) Employer Type of Is the supported Amount of identification organization organization listed in support number (EIN) (described In lines the supporting NONE 5 through 12 organization's above or IRC governing documents? section)
Yes No
Total ...... ►
14 q An organization organized and operated to test for public safety. Section 509(a)(4). (See page 7 of the instructions.)
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2006 Scneoule (Form 990 or 990-EZ) A 2006 Page 4 Support Schedule (Complete only if you checked a box on line 10, 11, or 12 .) Use cash method of accounting. N )te : You may use the worksh eet in the instructions for converting from the accn ,wt in thw each mnthnri n/ nrrnnn^,n., fiscal Calendar year (or year beginning in) ► (a) 2005 (b) 2004 (c) 2003 (d) 2002 (e)) Total 15 Glhs, grants , and contributions received . (Do 2,050.0 3 2,050.00 not include unusual grants See line 28) . 16 Membership fees received 17 Gross receipts from admissions , merchandise sold or services performed , or furnishing of facilities in any activity that is related to the organization ' s charitable , etc , purpose , 18 Gross income from interest , dividends, amounts received from payments on securities loans (section 512 (a)(5)), rents , royalties, and unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired by the organization after June 30, 1975 19 Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 18. 20 Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to it or expended on its behalf ...... 21 The value of services or facilities furnished to the organization by a governmental unit without charge Do not include the value of services or facilities generally furnished to the public without charge . 22 Other Income Attach a schedule. Do not 3 , 600.00 from our aid ship m ents 3,600.00 include gain or (loss) from sale of capital assets 23 Total of lines 15 through 22 5,650.00 24 Line 23 minus line 17 . 25 Enter 1 % of line 23 Organizations described on lines 10 or 11: Enter 2% of amount 26 a in column (e), line 24 , . . ► 26a b Prepare a list for your records to show the name of and amount contributed by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) whose total gifts for 2002 through 2005 exceeded the 26b amount shown in line 26a Do not file this list with your return. Enter the total of all these excess amounts ► 26c c Total support for section 509(a)(1) test : Enter line 24 , column (e) ...... ► d Add Amounts from column (e) for lines: 18 19 22 26b ...... ► e Public support (line 26c minus line 26d total) ...... ► 26e Public support percentage (line 26e (numerator) divided by line 26c (denominator f )) . ► 261 % 27 Organizations described on line 12: a For amounts included in lines 15, 16, and 17 that were received from a "disqualified person," prepare a list for your records to show the name of, and total amounts received in each year from, each "disqualified person." Do not file this list with your return. Enter the sum of such amounts for each year:
(2005) ...... (2004) ...... (2003) ...... (2002) ...... b For any amount included in line 17 that was received from each person (other than "disqualified persons"), prepare a list for your records to show the name of, and amount received for each year, that was more than the larger of (1) the amount on line 25 for the year or (2) $5,000. (Include in the list organizations described in lines 5 through 11 b, as well as individuals.) Do not file this list with your return. After computing the difference between the amount received and the larger amount described in (1) or (2), enter the sum of these differences (the excess amounts) for each year. (2005) ...... (2004) ...... (2003) ...... (2002)
c Add Amounts from column (e) for lines. 15 16 27c 17 20 21 ...... ► 27d d Add Line 27a total and line 27b total . . . . , ► e Public support (line 27c total minus line 27d total) ...... ► 27e f Total 27f support for section 509(a)(2) test: Enter amount from line 23, column (e) . , ► 27 % g Public support percentage (line 27e (numerator) divided by line 27f (denominator)) ...... ► h Investment income percentage (line 18 , column (e) (numerator) divided by line 27f (denominator)). ► 27h % 28 Unusual Grants : For an organization described in line 10, 11, or 12 that received any unusual grants during 2002 through 2005, prepare a list for your records to show, for each year, the name of the contributor, the date and amount of the grant, and a brief description of the nature of the grant . Do not file this list with your return . Do not include these grants in line 15.
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-FS) 2006 Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2006 Page 5 Private School Questionnaire (See page 9 of the instructions.) (To be completed ONLY by schools that checked the box on line 6 in Part IV) 29 Does the organization have a racially nondiscriminatory policy toward students by statement in its charter, bylaws, Yes No other governing instrument, or in a resolution of its governing body? ...... 29 30 Does the organization include a statement of its racially nondiscriminatory policy toward students in all its brochures, catalogues, and other written communications with the public dealing with student admissions, programs, and scholarships? ...... 30 31 Has the organization publicized its racially nondiscriminatory policy through newspaper or broadcast media during the period of solicitation for students, or during the registration period if it has no solicitation program, in a way that makes the policy known to all parts of the general community it serves? ...... 31 If "Yes." please describe; if "No," please explain. (If you need more space, attach a separate statement.)
...... ••-----••------•-•---•-•------...---...--•--•---...... -•----•--•----...... -----•---- ...... •-----•-•------••-----•------•-•------•------•-----...----•------•-•-•---•-----•- 32 Does the organization maintain the following------a Records indicating the racial composition of the student body, faculty, and administrative staff? . 32a b Records documenting that scholarships and other financial assistance are awarded on a racially nondiscriminatory basis? ...... 32b c Copies of all catalogues, brochures, announcements, and other written communications to the public dealing with student admissions, programs, and scholarships? ...... 32c d Copies of all material used by the organization or on its behalf to solicit contributions? ...... 32d
If you answered "No" to any of the above, please explain. (If you need more space , attach a separate statement.)
33 Does the organization discriminate by race in any way with respect to:
a Students' rights or privileges?
b Admissions policies? ......
c Employment of faculty or administrative staff? ......
d Scholarships or other financial assistance? ......
e Educational policies? ......
I Use of facilities? ......
g Athletic programs? ......
h Other extracurricular activities? ......
If you answered "Yes" to any of the above, please explain. (If you need more space , attach a separate statement.)
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34a Does the organization receive any financial aid or assistance from a governmental agency? ......
b Has the organization's right to such aid ever been revoked or suspended ? ...... If you answered "Yes" to either 34a or b , please explain using an attached statement.
35 Does the organization certify that it has complied with the applicable requirements of sections 4 .01 through 4.05 of Rev Proc. 75-50, 1975-2 C B 587, covering racial nondiscrimination ? If "No," attach an explanation , ,
Schedule A (Form 9W or 990-EZ) 2006 Scnedwe A (Form 990 or 990•EZ) 2006 Page 6 Lobbying Expenditures by Electing Public Charities (See page 10 of the instructions.) (To be completed ONLY by an eligible organization that filed Form 5768) q or Check ► a if th e ganization belongs to an affiliated group . Check ► b q if you checked "a" and "limited control " orbvtsions aooly
Limits on Lobbying Expenditures To completed(o) Affiliated group for totals r all electing (The term "expenditures" means amounts paid or incurred .) organizations 36 Total lobbying expenditures to influence public opinion (grassroots lobbying) 36 37 Total lobbying expenditures to influence a legislative body (direct lobbying). . . . 37 38 Total lobbying expenditures (add lines 36 and 37) ...... 39 Other exempt purpose expenditures ...... 39 40 Total exempt purpose expenditures (add lines 38 and 39) ...... 40 41 Lobbying nontaxable amount. Enter the amount from the following table- If the amount on line 40 is- The lobbying nontaxable amount Is- Not over $500,000 . . 20% of the amount on line 40 . . . . . Over $500,000 but not over $1,000,000 . $100,000 plus 15% of the excess over $500,000 Over $1.000,000 but not over $1,500,000 $175,000 plus 10% of the excess over $1,000,000 4 Over $1,500,000 but not over $17,000,000. $225,000 plus 5% of the excess over $1,500,000 Over $17,000.000. . . . . $1,000,000 ...... 42 Grassroots nontaxable amount (enter 25% of line 41)...... 43 Subtract line 42 from line 36 Enter -0- if line 42 is more than line 36...... 43 44 Subtract line 41 from line 38 Enter -0- if line 41 is more than line 38...... 44
Caution : If there is an amount on either line 43 or line 44, you must file Form 4720 Emimm 4-Year Averaging Period Under Section 501(h) (Some organizations that made a section 501(h) election do not have to complete all of the five columns below See the instructions for lines 45 through 50 on page 13 of the instructions.)
Lobbying Expenditures During 4-Year Averaging Period
Calendar year (or (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) fiscal year beginning in) ► 2006 2005 2004 2003 Total
45 Lobbying nontaxable amount
46 Lobbying ceiling amount (150% of line 45(e))
47 Total lobbying expenditures .
48 Grassroots nontaxable amount
49 Grassroots ceiling amount (150% of line 48(e))
50 Grassroots lobbying expenditures Lobbying Activity by Nonelecting Public Charities (For reporting only by organizations that did not complete Part VI-A) (See page 13 of the instructions.)
During the year, did the organization attempt to influence national, state or local legislation, including any Yes No Amount attempt to influence public opinion on a legislative matter or referendum, through the use of: a Volunteers ...... b Paid staff or management (Include compensation in expenses reported on lines c through h.) . . . c Media advertisements...... d Mailings to members, legislators, or the public ...... e Publications, or published or broadcast statements ...... I Grants to other organizations for lobbying purposes ...... g Direct contact with legislators, their staffs, government officials, or a legislative body...... In Rallies, demonstrations, seminars, conventions, speeches, lectures, or any other means . . . . I Total lobbying expenditures (Add lines c through h.) ...... If "Yes" to any of the above, also attach a statement giving a detailed description of the lobbying activities.
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990- EZ) 2006 Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2006 Pag e 7 Information Regarding Transfers To and Transactions and Relationships With Noncharitable Exempt Organizations (See page 13 of the instructions.) 51 Did the reporting organization directly or indirectly engage in any of the following with any other organization described in section 501(c) of the Code (other than section 501(c)(3) organizations) or in section 527, relating to political organizations? a Transfers from the reporting organization to a noncharitable exempt organization of- Yes N.o (i) Cash ...... (ii) Other assets ...... b Other transactions (i) Sales or exchanges of assets with a noncharitable exempt organization ...... (ii) Purchases of assets from a noncharitable exempt organization ...... (iii) Rental of facilities, equipment, or other assets ...... (iv) Reimbursement arrangements ...... (v) Loans or loan guarantees ...... (vi) Performance of services or membership or fundraising solicitations ...... c Sharing of facilities, equipment, mailing lists, other assets, or paid employees ...... d If the answer to any of the above is "Yes," complete the following schedule. Column (b) should always show the fair market value of the goods, other assets, or services given by the reporting organization It the organization received less than fair market value in any transaction or sharing arrangement, show in column (d) the value of the goods, other assets, or services received:
52a Is the organization directly or indirectly affiliated with, or related to, one or more tax-exempt organizations than section in q q described in section 501(c) of the Code (other 501(c)(3)) or section 527? ...... ► Yes No
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2006 The International Charity Foundation (The Charity Army) 33-82 164`t' Street, Flushing, NY 11358, USA Fax, Phone (718) 359-4845; Mobile Phone, Answering Machine (718) 359-790.5 4 Internet: www.charityarmy.org ; E-mail: charityarmy@hotmail com The USA, Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Muravin,V.R. President
IRS Ogden, UT 84201-0039
The Int'l Charity Foundation (Charity Army) 2006 Annual Tax Report
1. Our Activity in New Independent States & in other countries
Membership Russia The New Independent States Shipment of Aid Our Centers of Help in the USA
2. Personnel
Status The New York Main Office Our Foreign Personnel
3. Our Activity in USA, 2006
The Politics Charity Our Documentation The American Law on Non-Sales The Two Solutions My Health Grants
New York April 8, 2007
Non-Profit Charity Foundation , 50 1 (c) (3) The International Charity Foundation (The Charity Army) 33-82 164th Street, Flushing, NY 11358, USA Fax, Phone ( 718) 359-4845 ; Mobile Phone , Answering Machine ( 718) 359-790, 4 Internet : www charierarm .oorg ; E-mail : [email protected] The USA, Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Muravin,V.R. President -1-
Internal Revenue Service New York Ogden, UT 4-8-2007 84201-0039 #112-2007
The International Charity Foundation (The Charity Army) 2006 Annual Tax Report EIN: 31-1612023
1. Our activity in New Independent States and in other countries
Membership
Some Charities left our ranks , others joined us. Today, in the New Independent States we have 15 affiliated Charities and another 7 Charities that keep contact with us.
Russia
Moscow - The Deniza Charity Foundation
St.Petersburg - Mr.S.P.Kuzionov, Vice President, our Representative in NIS
Novgorod - The Blagost (Blessing) Foundation (North-West, near St.Petersburg)
Krasnoyarsk (Siberia) - The Revival Foundation
Krasnodar (the Caucasus) - The Peresvet (Light) Association
Novorossiisk (the Caucasus) - Ms.N.N.Strelnikova, Vice President, our Representative in South Russia.
Ulan-Ude, Buryatia - The Megapolis-Inter Foundation (Siberia) - The Buryatia National Hospital
Non-Profit Charity Foundation, 501 (c) (3) -2-
The New Independent States
Armenia, Yerevan - The Prosperity Charity Foundation
Belarus, Minsk - The Belorussian Charity Foundation
Rep.of Georgia, Tbilisi -The Charity XXX Foundation
Kazakhstan, Almaty - The Shyrak Foundation
Uzbekistan,Tashkent - National Center of Orthopaedics
Ukraine, Kiev - The Chernobyl Foundation
Bulgaria, Stara Zagora - The Bulgarian Charity Foundation
Mongolia, Ulan-Bator - The Orkhon-Tus (River of Life) Foundation
Shipments ofAid
In 2006, all our shipments of humanitarian aid to our Charities in the New Independent States were made by our Donor:
Mr.M.S.Greene, CEO ISOH/IMPACT 25182 W.River Road Perrysburg, OH 43551
I used to send him our Charities' requests for aid and their money for his operational expenses. He shipped to them containers of food, clothing, and medical supplies. I helped and controlled the paper work, payments and shipments. We did not have any legal agreements . Our cooperation was based on good will and mutual trust only. On April 2, 2007, Mr.M,S. Greene died of heart attack, his wife , Mrs.Linda Greene, continues his job and mission..
7 containers of milk powder, clothing and medical supplies were shipped to our Charities in Armenia, Bulgaria and Republic of Georgia in 2006.
Our Centers of Helpfor New Independent States
The Core of the Program
It is the core of our Program. We offer every Region, Country and Charity Foundation in the New Independent States to open their Center of Help in the USA or to open their Department at our Center #I in New York. It will give them access to America's surplus of consumer goods and will increase the volume of help they get from the United States. It is the only way to help their low income population.
Financial investments by the American Administration and private companies in the New Independent States are absorbed by their ruling Elites and do not reach their population. -3-
Illinois and California
In 2005, he tried to create Centers of Help in Skokie, Illinois, and in San Diego, California. In 2006, we decided to postpone this project for the future.
New York
In 2006, our Center #1 in New York , as a first try, shipped I container of clothing from the Mission Harvest America Foundation in Florida to our Charity XXX Foundation in Tbilisi, Georgia. Center #1 continued making new contacts in the countries of the former Soviet Union for future shipments. The clothing was distributed to children's homes, schools and hospitals.
Address:
Mr.G.N. Gelashvili VP & Director of Center #1 1 16-20 Queens Blvd Forest Hills, NY 11375 Tel. (718) 263-9030 Mob.Tel. 917-604-5541
2. Personnel
Status All our personnel, in USA and abroad, are volunteers, we pay no salaries.
The New York Main Office
1. Mr.V.R. Muravin Founder & President of ICF-Charity Army General Control, the Russian Orthodox Church in USA, the US Administration. Contacts with Public , Charity, Political and Business organizations in the USA and in other countries. Political Scientist, membership:
In USA: The Republican Party The UN Association of USA The American Authors Guild The Academy of Political Science The Queens Chamber of Commerce (The Government Relations Committee and the Legislative Committee)
In Russia: Academician, the lnt 'l Academy of Sciences, Eurasia, Moscow The Union of Writers, Moscow, Russia
33-82 164 Street Flushing, NY 11358 Mob.Phone 718-359-7905 -4-
2. Very Rev. Charles H.McTague Co-Founder, I" Vice President of ICF-Charity Army The Holy Cross RC Church in Harrison, NJ Director of the Legion of Mary Contacts: the Catholic Church and the US Administration Tel.973-484-5678 He is now in Hospital , for ill health
3. Dr.A. I.Tarasenko, MD Co-Founder, 2d Vice President of ICF-Charity Army Director of Medical Center in S. Plainfield, NJ Contacts- Medical World and the Ukrainian Community in USA 68 Kent Place Blvd, Summit, NJ 07901 Home Phone: 908-277-2135
4. Mr. G . N.Gelashvili Vice-President , Director of Center #1, New York ICF-Charity Army 116-20 Queens Blvd Forest Hills, NY 11375 Mob.Phone 917-604-5541
5. N.Y.Yefimov Vice-President, Marketing 29-80 West 28 Street Brooklyn, NY 11224 Mob. Phone347-405-3 892
6. Mr.L. V.Ivanutenko Vice-President, Marketing 125 Kings Land Circle Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852 Mob.Phone 917-558-4746
7. Mrs. Luidmila I.Fitosh ICF Board Member Retired, Ph.D. in Liberal Arts 28 Wing Lane, Wantagh, NY 11973 Tel.Home 516-520-5297
Our Foreign Personnel
The New Independent States All Presidents of our affiliated Foreign Charities are Vice Presidents and Representatives of ICF- Charity Army in their country. Their Charities are part of their local or national Administrations, they obey their local or national laws, their cooperation with and membership in the ICF-Charity Army is voluntary, without pay. -5-
Russia Mr.S.P.Kuzionov, St.Petersburg, is our Vice President and Representative in Russia and new Independent States. All Presidents of our affiliated Regional and local Charities in Russia are Board Members and Representatives of ICF-Charity Army in their Region, town or area. Our cooperation is voluntary.
Responsibility All our foreign Charities represent the ICF-Charity Army to their national and local Administrations, Business and Public, they are responsible for their activities to their national Laws and to the American Law, when they distribute the aid they received from ICF-Charity Army.
A complete list of our Personnel abroad will be found in our Program , to be revised and ready by mid-April, 2007.
3. Our Activity in USA, 2006
The Politics
As President of an American Charity, I keep away from politics and avoid publicity. I am 78, and I have had 70 years of political experience, since 1937, when my father, an agronomist, was arrested as "a German spy" during the Stalin's repressions in Russia. America is my second native country, it is now in trouble with the Muslim world. I think it my duty to share my experience with the Administration, Republican or Democratic.
America's troubles come from its democratic system, unable to eliminate the world's terrorist organizations. America has money, but money alone cannot control our enemies abroad. We need ideas, experience and organization. I send some of my articles to our Administration in Washington to help them deal with the authoritarian, violent and politically ignorant leaders of foreign terror organizations. I do not seek and money or publicity.
The present world Muslim terror activity, unless controlled , may present a real danger to the United States and to the civilized world.
I can send to IRS copies of my materials, if requested.
Charity
In 2006, 1 used my contacts with the Administration to prepare for our active Program, in 2007. It is impossible to organize any real help to the poor sections of the population in the New Independent States without their Administrations' help and cooperation. In order to get their cooperation, we need the help of our, American, Administration.
Without the cooperation from American and New Independent State Administrations , we shall never provide any humanitarian aid to their peoples . Their distribution system will continue to violate American Laws, and this aid will remain at the same 1% of our Consumer Market Surplus supplied to their countries today. The low income groups of their population have received no humanitarian aid during the last 15 years of our effort. It was a time of violent redistribution of their national wealth, enriching a few new "billionares" and impoverishing 90% of their population. -6-
Our Documentation
Our Program , By-Laws and Short History , revised , in English, will be ready for distribution by mid- April, 2007.
The American Law on None-Sales
Our Law prohibits sales of American humanitarian aid delivered to New Independent States. It is because humanitarian aid should be given to poor people, no profit will be made . It is very honest. But human society is not based on honesty, it is based on competition , corruption and survival.
A Charity Foundation in the NIS spends its small money to pay for an American Donor's operational expenses, it is minimum S 3,000.00 for a 40-ft container of used clothing, which costs $20,000.00 on the market. Back home, the Charity must distribute it free, no sales. After the distribution, the Charity has no more money, it cannot bring any more containers of help from overseas.
The Two Solutions
Private Interest
When a Charity Foundation has no money to pay for a container of good used clothing from USA, local private interests come to help. A business company gives money to the Charity for the goods and for transportation on condition that it will give the Lender 95% of the container goods. The Charity pays the Donor the cost of the container, #3,000.00, and it pays for ocean transportation, about $4,000.00, total $7,000.00.
When the container arrives at destination, the Business Company gets 95% of the clothing in container, leaving 5% to the Charity. The Charity delivers 30 boxes of clothing to Childrens' and to Elderly Homes, 5 boxes to each, The happy Recipients give the Charity their written Letters of Thanks, the Charity proudly displaces these Letters of Thanks in its Office.
The job is complete , the corruption is absolute.
The Local Law on Sales
The local Administrations, tired of this corruption, which they cannot stop, in several New States passed local Laws allowing the Charities to sell on their market from 20% to 50% of the container goods, just to regain the cost of the container and to have money for the next container.
This Local Law allows the Charity to continue its job.
My Health
This June, 2007, 1 will be 78. 1 have high blood pressure and cholesterol problem, pills do not help. In order to survive and do the job, for the last 15 years, I have worked as a part-time driving school instructor, in fresh air, spend 2 hrs a day jogging, when my car stands at a road test area, and drinking 10 cups of hot water a day. -7-
I all my Charity's phone contacts by mob-phone in the day, I do my correspondence in the ,evening, my colleagues on our Board share with me the chores of business contacts and shipping of our containers
Grants
42 years of my life I lived in Russia, I know that world. The American Charities, that supply aid to Russia and the other New Independent States, involuntarily share in their hosts ' internal chaos and corruption They cannot change anything.
To avoid or reduce my part in that chaos, for the last several years, I have delayed getting any Grants in this county, from Government or from the public.
Now, that President V.Putin of Russia and Leaders of other New Independent States, reestablished their Governments' control over their private companies, they reduced corruption and increased for us our chance to help them.
This year, 2007, 1 will try to contact the State Department , our Administration and private corporations for grants, which will allow us to send more containers to the East.
Yours sincerely,
cnty Muravin, Victor R. President of ICF-Charity Army New York
Enclosed
2006 Annual Tax Report, Letter #112-2007 of 4- 8-2007 Form 990, 2006, of 9 pages Schedule A of 7 pages ICF-Charity Army Diagram , location of our Charities in NIS
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Personal Data
1. Biographical Notes
2. Books & Publications
3. The Republican Party, USA
4. The Authors Guild of America
• 5. The Union of Writers, Russia
6. The International Academy of Sciences, Eurasia
7. The Academy of Political Sciences, New York
8. The UN Association of New York
9. The Queens Chamber of Commerce, New York
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Personal Data
Immigration Life in the East Citizenship Jobs in Russia Jobs in the USA Experience Writer University Lecturer Business Politics • Charity Education Russia USA Writings and Publications Membership Countries visited Political Activity Our Charity Work The Containers History
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Personal Data
Life in the East - 42 years, 1929-1972, Russia (Siberia, the Far East)
Immigrated from Russia - 1973
US Citizen - From 1980
Jobs in Russia - Agriculture - Laborer, Cowboy 1939-1972 - Merchant Marine - Sailor, Radio Officer - Universities - Associate Professor, Head of English Department at a College Lecturer in English and American History, • Literature, Politics, Economics
Jobs in the USA - Business - Merchant Marine - Writing - Charity
Experience - Writer: Sea Stories, Politics, Fiction - 19 volumes - University Lecturer: Russia, USA, England- History, Politics, Literature, Philosophy, Economics - Business : Russia-Eastern Europe : Import, Export - Politics: International Relations : Russia, Eastern Europe, USA
-Charity: The Slavic Foundation, USA (1993) The Int'l Charity Foundation (Charity Army), 1998 Founder and President (21 Charities in Russia and CIS: Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine).
Education Russia Merchant Marine School Merchant Marine Radio Electronics College • English Translator Course Teachers College, English Department
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Political University Post Graduate in Language Teaching
USA Master of Arts (Political Science) Ph.D. in Political Science UN Graduate Program Academician of LASE (Int'l Academy of Sciences, Eurasia, Moscow).
Writings and USA, 1973-1993 Publications Sea Stories, 4 volumes, 800 pp. In Russian. Published completely in Russian newspapers, New York and San Francisco Novels on Russia 5 volumes, 2000 pp. In Russian and English. Partially published in USA, in English and in Russian
Politics, in Russian Our Problems, 4 volumes, 1200 pp, partially published in USA and in Russia Politics, in English The End of Conflict, 4 volumes, 1400 pages.
Membership The USA
The Republican Party, USA The Academy of Political Science, New York The UN Association of New York The Authors League of America The Queens Chamber of Commerce, Government Relations Committee The Russian Orthodox Church, USA
Russia
Academician, the International Academy of Sciences, Eurasia. The Union of Writers, Russia, Moscow
Countries visited England, Canada, Germany, Norway, France, Italy, Peru, Equador, Panama, while in Merchant Marine Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Columbia, West Indies, Guyana, Surinam and Brazil
Political Activities Though a Political Scientist, since 1973, I keep away from politics, working in Merchant Marine, Business and Charity.
Our Charity Work I retired in 1992, incorporated the Slavic Foundation, USA, in 1993 and the Int'l Charity Foundation-in 1998. I have friends and business contacts in all corners of Russia, in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Bulgaria,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. 80% of their populations live in poverty, after the illegal distribution of their national wealth in the Perestroika (reforms). -5-
Hundreds of American Charity Foundations send humanitarian aid to these Nations, but they cannot meet the demand . The volume of aid we give them does not exceed 1% of what they need and 1% of Consumer Market Surplus we have available for shipment.
To increase the volume of aid from the USA, these nations should abandon their passive attitude and join our effort to help them.
The Containers In 1992-1994, using my SEA LIFT Program, the Russian community in USA shipped 220 containers to Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. In 1993-1995, the Russian Church in Paterson, New Jersey, with my help shipped 20 containers and the Orthodox Church in America shipped 5 containers to Belarus, total 245 containers. In 2001-2004, 15 containers of medical supplies and dry milk were shipped to Russia and other countries in a joint shipment with another American Charity.
Since 1996, I have been busy helping our colleagues in Russia and all New Independent States create Charity Foundations that could join the Int'l Charity Foundation (Charity Army), get the money to pay for American Donors' expenses and get their national Customs clearance to facilitate and increase the flow of humanitarian aid for their low income population.
• As part of our goal, we shall increase contacts with Administrations of the New Independent States and will connect their Charities with American Donors, helping them solve their problems of payments and customs clearance, to get their Administrations' financial and customs support.
History When the Governments and Regional Administrations in Russia and in New Independent States give support to their Charities' effort, we shall be able to collect and ship part of our consumer market surplus - foods, medical supplies and clothing in such volumes that will provide material assistance to scores of millions of people. .
Humanitarian aid - is part of world politics. At the start of the 21 " century, the global politics should aim at providing all nations with a minimum of life necessities to reduce poverty and remove the threat of new wars, which have plagued mankind for 2 thousand years.
The powerful economy of the United States can easily provide the goods, the guidance and control over the increased volume of aid to the nations of the former Soviet Empire.
Russia and all the New States now belong to our Western world. It is in our interest to help them ease their way from Communism to a strong Free Market Democracy. -6-
Politics •
Since 2001, when our World Trade Center was destroyed by Muslim Extremists, I have contributed some materials to American Administration, Washington, on problems of war and world politics.
Muravin, Victor R., President of the Int'l Charity Foundation (Charity Army)
(Writer, Political Scientist, member of the Int'l Academy of Sciences, Eurasia)
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Published and Written
USA, 1973-1993, 18 Volumes
Sea Stories - 4 Volumes
Books on Russia - 5 Volumes
• Politics in - 4 Volumes Russian
Politics in - 4 Volumes English
Verses in - 1 Volume Russian and English
Russia, 1991-1993
13 Essays and Stories published
• New York July. 1995
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Published • and Written
USA, 1973-1993, 18 Volumes
In the USA, i /i-I i, written and partially published 16 voluL......
SEA STORIES - 4 Volumes
BOOKS OF RUSSIA - 5 Volumes
POLITICS in Russian- 4 Volumes 4 Volumes POLITICS in English -
VERSES, Russian - 1 Volume and English
Two books came out in Publishing Houses, most other books were serialized in Russian newspapers of New York and San Francisco, the typescripts bound by the author as books. Price includes the cost of photocopy, covers and mail.
1. SEA STORIES
Voyages by The Jannette, with a cargo of bananas, between ports of Central and South America, West Indies, Canada, USA and Europe, 1979-1983.
.1. IN SOUTHERN LATITUDES Vol.1, in Russian, 400 pages, published in The Russian Life newspaper of San Francisco and in The Russian Daily of New York, 1979-1983. Published as a book, IN SOUTHERN LATITUDES, by the New England Publisher, Massachusetts, 1984.
2. THE TRADE WIND Vol.II, 179 pages, published in the Russian Life newspaper.
3. WEST INDIES Vol.III, 296 pages, Parts 1 and 2, published in the Russian Life newspaper. 4. THE LIGHTS OF NEW ORLEANS Vol.VT, 229 pages, published in the Russian Life newspaper.
II. NOVELS ON RUSSIA
1. THE TYPHOON 293 pp., Russian, Life story of a Russian Master Mariner, Vikenty Angarov. Several chapters published in the Russian Life newspaper, 1973-1977. 2. AURORA BOREALIS 362 pp., continuation of THE TYPHOON, Part II of the • Trilogy. Partially published in the Russian Life news- paper. In 1978, came out in Newsweek Piblishers as THE DIARY OF VIKENTY ANGAROV, 10 thousand copies. -9-
3. THE DIARY OF VIKENTY The English translation of the Russian book ANGAROV AURORA- BOREALIS, published BY: Newsweek Books, New York - 1978 Prentice Hall, Canada - 1979 Dent Publishers, London - 1979
4. THE DESCENDANT OF YERMAK 450 pp., Parts 1 and 2. Life story of a Siberian soldier in 2nd world war. Published in the Russian Life newspaper, San Francisco.
5. THE THORNY PATH 386 pp., typescript, in Russian , partially in English. Russia , 1967-1968.
6. THE GORDIAN KNOT 517 pp., continuation of THE THORNY PATH, Russia, 1968-1970.
III. POLITICS in Russian
1. DIPLOMACY OF THE NUCLEAR Vol.1, 220 pp., 1974-1984, mailed to Moscow 1985. AGE On the need to reform the political system of the USSR. Made as a Letter to M.Gorbachev.
2. OUR PROBLEMS Vol.2, 500 pp.,analysis of history and politics of the USSR(Russia) and the West. On the abolishing of Communism in Russia, Articles, letters and essays. •
3. OUR PROBLEMS Vol.3, 400 pp.,articles, letters and essays on problems of relations between the East and the West. On the need of gradual reforms in Russia.
4. OUR PROBLEMS Vol.VI., 300 pp., The ways to prevent the collapse of Russia's economy. Problems of humanitarian aid to Russia. The role of the West.
VI. POLITICS in English
1. THE END OF CONFLICT Vol.1, 456 pp. Part 1. Conflict between the East and the West. Part 2. Russia and Communism.
2. THE END OF CONFLICT Vol.II., 296 pp. Part 1. The West - Ideas and Reality. Part 2. Philosophy, History, Politics
3. THE END OF CONFLICT Vol.III, 188 pp.
Letters to Leaders of World Politics.
4. THE END OF CONFLICT Vol.VI, 220 pp. Articles and essays on the USA Foreign Policy and on • international problems. Analysis of home and foreign -10-
p olicy of USA and Russia, for the US Republican Party leadership.
• VI. VERSES
ON THE DISTANT SHORES Collection of verses, Russian and English, 129 pp., The Sea , Lyrics and Politics.
VII. Publications in Russia
1991 - 13 articles, essays and sea stories published in Moscow's leading Magazines.
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PRESENTED IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THETERS,ONA-L AND FINANCIAL COMMITMENT MADE BY
MR. VICTOR R. MURAVIN
TO ADVANCE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REPUBLICAN.PARTY;
TO RE-ELECT REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES TO CONGRESS AND NATION IBE:IN'2006;
AND TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT BUSH'S BOLD CONSERVATIVE AGENDA' FOR AMERICA. AS A SUSTAINING MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, MR.-MUR W]NrHAS:;DEMONSTRATED SELFLESS DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, LOWER TAXES^I,A $Ti ONG NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS THE FOUNDATIQNS OF,`.',;v ;RICAN;GOVERNMENT. IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, THIS CERTIFICATE-OF APPRE,CIATION IS HEREBY GRANTED THIS 22ND DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND`;";
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GEORGE W. BUSH JO ANN DAVIDSON KEN MEHLMAN 43RD PRESIDENT RNC CO- CHAIRMAN RNC CHAIRMAN 11043 -13-
The Chairman and Executive Council
of the National Republican Congressional Committee
Do on this 26th day of May Two thousand and six, hereby confer With all due circumstance and respect
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONGRESSIONAL ORDER OF MERIT
Upon JVIr. Victor R 9Vluravin From the-City ofF(usfiing in the Great State ofNew York 'fhersa,id ;in worthy and - honest pu,rs'ui-t has unequivoca.lly-earn:e'd'this-'good- and-h.i h, tribute in recognition:of`th'eir= undying c,ommitment; patriotic :- ,hoya ;ty; n ed ca'tio'i1:`o`fserviceto Presi'drent George Wush the Republican. ;Party and the United States - of-America.
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NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TFIE CONGRESSIONAL ORDER OF MERIT REGISTER, 2006
Mr. Victor R. Muravln Awarded NRCC Congressional Order of Merit March 17, 2006 t y The Executive Council of the NRCC
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CONGRESSIONAL ORDER OF MERIT
.1 Ucnntti 11,Nt ert Tom Reynolds Si)( akt-r (it th e House Chairman
March 17, 2006 Mr Victor R Muravin 3382 164th St Flushing, NY 11358
Dear Mr Muravin,
You stand in the highest regard here at the National Republican Congressional Committee due to your proven love of country, your unfailing commitment to President Bush, and your dedication to the continued success of the Republican Party
Your patriotism and loyalty is exceptiori'al. Today I am privileged to inform you that the Executive Council of the NRCC is so impressed that they have nom inated you t o receive our highest honor-
THE CONGRESSIONAL ORDER OF MERIT
Please accept my congratulations, very few Republicans have earned such an exclusive tribute
This is a true mark of distinction and I am delighted that the Executive Council has taken this important step. To give you an insight into all that's involved I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from the Council's formal nominating petition
the Congressional Order of Merit holds within its beliefs that commitment, loyalty, and dedication of service to one's nation, as well as service to the Republican Party .
". are the foundations for true leadership. Further, these attributes are sought by men and women from all walks of life and are the demonstrated guideposts for such individuals of high moral and ethical character
"It is with these ideals in mind, that we, the undersigned members of the Executive Council, place into nomination for the Congressional Order of Merit, Mr Victor R Muravin, who shares these core beliefs and exemplifies the esteem and spirit this honor embodies "
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When your name was brought to our attention, I championed your nomination due to your long-standing record of support for President Bush and our • Republican Congress. As far as I'm concerned we wouldn't be where we are today without you.
But I truly can't take any credit for your earning this distinguished award. The Executive Council recognized at once how much you deserve this tribute - your record is too impressive to ignore.
Having earned this distinctive accolade, you will soon receive a beautiful certificate symbolizing the honor bestowed upon you. In addition, this also means inclusion in The Congressional Order of Merit Register- 2006.
This unique roster of select Republicans is scheduled to be elegantly printed and bound - one copy will be delivered to the Republican Leadership. A second copy will be on exhibit at our Republican Party Headquarters here on Capitol Hill.
President George W. Bush's success in recent years - due in part to Republicans controlling the agenda in the U.S.- House of Representatives - has enabled us to effectively fight the War on Terror, strengthen our nation's military, pass historic tax cuts, create jobs, reform our education system, and forcefully address the major problems that confront our nation and our families.
Yet for all that we have accomplished together, we still have a long way to go.
In the next few years we have set important goals to continue to rid the world of terror, better secure our borders, keep America's economy growing, rein-in federal • spending and improve the lives of all Americans.
Those are the goals President Bush has set for our country. They are also my goals and the goals of my Republican colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives . And these are the goals you' ve told us time and again you want for our nation, as well.
Mr Muravin, it is truly an honor for me to send you this letter. I congratulate you again on receiving the CONGRESSIONAL ORDER OF MERIT and making your mark in history in the Congressional Order of Merit Register. You pectfully
Toni Reynolds, M. Chairman The Authors Guild, Inc. -17-
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Publications in Russia
1990-1996
1. The View from Aside The Moscow Magazine , # 8, 1990
2. The Perestroika ( Reforms) The Literary Russia newspaper, Moscow, Oct . 5,1990 Through the Eyes of A Foreigner
3 The .Hurricane Excerpt from The Hurricane, a sea story, the Voice of the Motherland newspaper, Moscow, #48,1990
4 He Who Cannot Swim- Will Sink The Young Guard Magazine , # 10,1990
5 Rosi from Rotterdam A sea story from a book, In Southern Latitudes, the Literary Newspaper, Moscow, April,1991
6 Three Ways of Reforms The Moscow Magazine, #6, 1991 for the USSR
7. The Russian Chaos Will The Owner Newspaper, Moscow, #29,1991 End in Nuclear War
8 Larry's Restaurant Excerpt from the Lights of New Orleans, a sea novel, the Day newspaper, Moscow, #12,1992
9. How An Emigrant Married The Crocodile Magazine, Moscow, #17,1991
10. The Descendant of Yermak Excerpt of a novel, the Kuban Magazine, March,1992
Who Is To Blame? The Day newspaper, Moscow , # 5,1992
12 To Help the Russian People The Image Magazine, Chelyabinsk (Urals), #5,1992
New York September 1,2000
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Witness the Seal,of the Academy and the Signature of,-the President
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The International Charity Foundation (Charity Army)
Member:
Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens: Government Relations Committee Legislative Committee
Humanitarian, technical aid, commercial goods to Russia, Ukraine, Armenia. Belarus, Bulgaria, Republic of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
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Member, USA:
The Republican Party The Academy of Political Science The Authors' League of America The UN Association of USA The Queens Chamber of Com'nerce (Government Relations Committee)
Russia:
The Union of Writers Academician, the Int'l Eurasian Academy of Science, Moscow
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MR. VICTOR R. MURAVIN
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ON DISTANT SHORES
Verse s (in Russian and in English)
The Sea
Lyrics
Politics
Verses in English
Songs, translated into English
New York
1973-1989
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ON DISTANT SHORES
Verses
Annotation
Title - On the Distant Shores
Author. - Victor Muravin
Contents - The sea, lyrics, politics,
• Volume - 125 pp.
When written - 1973-1989, at sea and in New York
Copyright - None, to be obtained
Publications - Some of the verses have been published by the Russian Life newspaper of San Francisco.
The work is free for publication, anywhere.
The Agent -
Language - Russian, some verses are in English
The Author - Victor R.Muravin 33-82 164 Street Flushing, New York, 11358 USA
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ON THE DISTANT SHORES
Verses, 1973-1989
Foreword
(Translation from Russian)
Vladivistok is ny native town. In 1946-1954, I was a sailor in the Merchant Marine in the Far East, sailing from the Maritime Territory to ports of Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, Kolyma and the Arctics. Ports of Vanino, Magadan, Tiksi and Pevek were witnesses of the concentration camps epoch, in the process of building socialism in the USSR.
I made 3 thousand notes on people and events, collected material for 20 books. In 1954, 1 left lay sea career and my last ship, the Novgorod, at a Vladivostok pier. In 1972, I left Russia for the West and came to the USA.
In 1979, 25 years after I left my-ship in Vladivostok, I returned to the sea in the USA, as a radio officer,-on the Orika, of the United Fruit Co. She was delivering cargoes of bananas from Costa Rica and Honduras to ports of the United States, Canada and Europe.
I called my Orika "The..Iannette", to avoid itcin . her-mal name in literature. Four years, 1979 to 1983, the dannette made trips with bananas from Central America to Italy (Genoa), Germany (Bremerhaven and Hamburg), Sweden (Geteborg), England (Bristol) and to the port of St.Johns of Canada.
I used these years to complete my literary prog- During the several trips through the Atlantic, I wrote 14 volumes of politics and fiction, of the 20 volumes I planned to write. Another 4 volumes I completed in New York, 1983-1990.
I am an anticommunist, not a rusofob. In 1975-1980,..in the USA, I refused -to _use my .books in the Cold War, which was based on rusofobia, not on anti-communism. Rusofobia is an incompetent anti-communism, putting on the Russian people the total blame for the course of building communism in Russia. Communism was born in.the West and was smuggled into Russia from the West, which bears its share of responsibility for all the events of the 20-th century.
In winter storms are raging through North Atlantic. The ship crosses from USA to Europe in 00-12 days . When the wind is whining in the masts, the ship is listing 30 degress both sides, you have to fasten the ..typewriter to the table, and you will find it hard to think and write prose. Poetry comes easier.
Non-Profit Charity Foundation, 501 (c) (3) Not to lose .time in storms, duing my voyages _thmugh Atlantic, I wrote .a collection if verses, 125 pages, in_ Russian, on sea, lyrics and politics. Some verses I translated into English and wrote a few verses in English.
In 1983, I left the Jannette for New York, to start my way in the USA. I refused to use my books in politics, and life ashore left .me no time to write. I put my 18 bolumes on -the book shelf, for futute times,, and started work in business.
In 1992, I retired and started creating a charity organization to send help to Russia and the New States, where another Bourgeois Revolution was fully under way. The Revolution was aimed at redistribution of the huge economic wealth created in Russia during its 70 years of communist rule.
17 years have passed since 1983. Time has come to remove my books from the shelf and send them into the world to look for publishers and readers. I found it more simple to start with the verses. I made a short collection of verses, in_ Russian and English, and will now mail .them to a narrow circle of people. Ia.sununer of 2001, 1 will transfer allmy works to a literary agent in the USA for publication.
Literarture is an artistic reflection of politics. Politics - is struggle for power. No writer can be free from politics. The writer, with his books, helps his State or struggles against the State.
I am not a.dissident ..andmota sevolutionary.iama writer, scholar and political -scientist. I prefer evolution, a gradual changing of society and its laws. My books and verses aim at supporting the • State , at strengthening the principles of Democracy, which provide for using the political means in social struggle, within the limits of law.
The main idea of my books and verses:
1. To remind the powers that be, to the strong, that they live by the labor of society, of the weak, and they must take care for the people who feed them. The ruling class, which lives by the people but does not care for the people, will ..inevitably.go-to-the_dump of history. So.it-happened to Russia's nobility which for 400 years kept the Russian people in slavery under the Serfdom, and paid a high price for it.
2. Providing moral support to the weak, in order to strengthen their faith in life, in the possibility of finding their place in the sun, finding heir happiness, without resorting to violance, to the tops of power and wealth. On the social Olympus there is not enough place for everybody, while modern society provides to all people The equality to law and-the opportunities of making one's way in life.
V. Muravin
New York, )February 2,2001
(PhD in Polit.Science, member of the Republican Party, the Union of Writers of Russia, the Authors League of America, the International Academy of Sciences of Eurasia) -3-
V a r s e s Pp.
• The Sea The Frothy Wave 10 The Last Voyage 11 The Southern Tango 12
The Sea Waltz 13 The High Seas Wind 15 In Russian A Prophetic Voice 15
My Strength Is Gone... 15 In Mother's Memory 16 Beyond the Far Seas 16
Lyrics Adam's Rib 18 Helen 23 La Traviata 39 After the Ball Party 41 In'Russian To Mikhail Baryshnikov 43 To Andrei Sedykh 44 To Luydmila Krasheninnikova 45 • Letter to Moscow 46 To Alexandra 47
To Helen Pomerantseva 47
To Victor Zhogin 48
Politics On the Songs of Russian Poets The Cold Waves Are Swashing 51 Glorious Sea Is the Sacred In Russian Baikal 51 Dubinushka 52 The Evening Bell 53
On the Songs of Soviet Dissident Poets Joseph Brosdky Verse without name 56 Semyon Lipkin The Winter Sunset 57 Victor Sosnora Verse without name 58
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To the Soviet Dissident Poets 61 • In the North 64 The Descendants of Yermak 6 5 Ode to Victor Zhogin 67 Christ and Marx 72 Ode to Alexander Solzhenitsyn 91
Christ and Marx 112 Varsas in English The Winds of Fate 114 To Jack Juras 117 To Faina 119 To Donka 119 To Louise Cioffi 120 To Helen 121 America 122 To Maria Shell 122 124 Songs The Cranes translated into English War Roads 125 •
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XpHCTOC M MapKc Christ and Marx
BeTep cyxu 6ii The Winds of Fate
Lxcexy FOpacy To Jack Juras
aMHe To Faina
JoHKe To Donka
JIyx3e qe is x To Louise Cioffi
EneHe To Helen
. 7 AMep .1Ka America
Mapi u lIlenn To Maria Shell
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CHRIST AND MARX
Prologue
During the 2 thousand years of its history, the European civilization has lived through 900 wars. Every two years rulers of European countries used to send their people to war - to kill one another and seize foreign lands. History of Europe is the history of social injustice, internal - the gap between the rich and the poor in every country, and external - wars between nations, which were always started by the rich, and in which the first to die were the poor. By mid-19th century, these two types of injustice, which arose in men's struggle for power and life, had culminated in the creation of Marxism, called upon to remove social and economic inequality between people in every country, eliminate wars and establish on Earth eternal Peace, Affluence and Equality. Marxism is the Doctrine of Social Revolutions, of establishing on Earth the centralized one- party political system 'through removal by force of Western Democracy and its foundation - the private property of the means of production. In the 20th century, Marxism established itself in Russia, in Eastern Europe, conquered China, Indo-China, some countries of Africa, took root in many countries of Western Europe and Latin America. Marxism came to the southern borders of the United States and, through American University rostrum, began a speedy conquest from within of this last stronghold of Western Democracy. The triumphant march of Marxism over the Earth in the 20th century has been accom- panied by civil, local and world wars, in which more than 100 million people lost • their lives. In the countries it conquered- Russia, China, Africa - Marxism tries to make people equal to the Law, to reduce the gap between wealth and poverty, to give minimum education and livelihood to all its citizens. The efforts of World Communism met with internal and external resistance - on the part of its own population and of the developed capitalist countries. This resistance proved to be the main cause of the cruelty of communism and of all the violent events of the 20th century.
2 thousand year ago, Christianity arose as the means to creating in Europe of a united centralized power, based on the new UNIFIED religion. For hundreds of years the new religion was cruelly persecuted by the pagan Rome. When Christianity established itself in Rome, in the 4th century, it began, with the same cruelty, suppressing the heresy - all those who refused to accept the power of Christ. By the beginning of the 19th century, the Vatican and Christian Church - Catholic and Orthodox - lost its impact on men's minds under the pressure of the temporal power, which trampled on the Bible behests, brought the world to the brink of social calamities, to the rise of Marxism and its consolidation all over the Earth. As was the case with Christianity, Marxism paved its way to power with a great effort, and strengthened this power with cruelty and violence. Just as Christianity did, Marxism is preaching Equality and Brotherhood - the Bible's main behests. Christianity ruled Europe for 15 hundred years, and it was during the last 2 centu- ries that it began sinking in corruption, yielding its power to temporal rulers. Marxism rolled in violence and corruption from the first days of its existence. -7-
Will Marxism replace Christianity in Europe ? What is the essence of relations between Christianity and Marxism ? These are the main themes of the poem CHRIST AND MARX.
Christ says to Marx: Two thousand years my Bible survives, Helping the men to avoid sin and vice. What will you give to my people, instead? Can you provide them Salvation and Bread?
Marx responds to Christ: You gave to the humans two thousand years, Failed to provide them with justice and ways To rise against sin and secure Salvation, Men are exhausted with war preparation. You want me to stand and continue Your Teaching? Then I must change Your methods of preaching. Christ says to Marx: I was crucified and accepted my death So that humans could find their wealth In my Idea of Spirit Prevailing When human body succumbs to the ailing. What can you give them, disloyal disciple? Can you surpass the greatness of Bible? Christ reminds Marx that, just as Christianity, Marxism is also based on Bible's behests, that Marxism is to continue the mission of Christianity in the 21st century, but Christianity will always retain its supreme role in man's life:
Leading my people to your paradise, • Deftly suppressing corruption and vice, You will revere the Christ and his Teaching, Using my Life as the gist of your preaching. Reaching your hands to the ends of my Kingdom, Grant to my people Justice and Freedom. Ruling the world from your Palace of Marble, You are my shadow, joy and my trouble.
The poem CHRIST AND MARX is a hymn to Christianity.
Here a few paragraphs are translated into English from the Russian verse of 17 pages.
• Victor K. Aluraviht
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The Winds of Fate
The pace of time is merciless and fast, It gives us trouble, suffering and pleaaure, Enables us forget the gloomy past And look for peace, which is the greatest treasure.
The winds of fate and history mistakes Have brought me late to Land of Wine and Steaks-
I left behind my land and troubled days In search of Freedom and of better ways This side of Verazzano Gate, Regained my sea and thanked my Fate... • She has, for many years, Sent fair winds to fill my sails. She helped me cross the stormy wave Of cold, green and deep Atlantic, Which sinks the weak, surrenders to the brave...
Since early days I was a sea fanatic! I loved the wind and shudder of the deck, When ship is listing on her windward side, And leaves behind the stern a track To distant shores that stir the sailor's mind.
In bars and taverns on the Bosphor Strait, Where Muslims praying at the Sultan's Gate, Slim Turkish girls performing on the stage A belly dance of the medieval age.
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I travelled far to see the world, To clean my heart of evil of the past, Enjoying old salty pork, that Lord Put in the basket on the for's'l mast. And then my time had come to leave the brine, We left the Channel keeping South-West, On Captain's order Steward brought the wine, Cooked shish-kebab, and we had fun and rest
On deck, while eastern gentle breeze Was working from the English shore. We drank to Neptune, and to sailor's dreams Of coming home safely and explore The wonder world of simple home life, Joy and excitement to embrace your wife, To see her smile, to feel her charm and grace And kiss her eyes at burning fire-place.
Then pressure fell, Atlantic weather changing, 12-force North-West from Canada came raging, The sleepy ocean obeyed ferocious wind, Awoke, raised its waves and drove spray with speed
That turned the sea into a swirling hell. Through murky shroud walls of water fell On deck, with rumble of a cannon ball, Each wave was rolling like a monstrous wall... The Jannette - my banana merchant ship, Was home-bound from a Norway trip, And raging fury of hurricane Was sweet as beer made of sugar cane.
That was a friendly farewell; the brine Was giving me its handshake of a friend, I knew the trick, enjoyed and drank the wine, And waited for the hurricane to end.
We docked at Charleston; then I left the Jannette, And started work for Delta, to supply Bread, beef and wine to ships that sail around Planet, And have sometimes come through the Needle's Eye.
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Sailing the world to carry merchandise And foster trade - an earthly paradise, For it was Trade that made Civilization, Built merchant ships and peaceful relations.
The trade- goods, competition, money and invoices- Conceals, from eye its hidden human choices Of effort to survive, enjoy a different life, And wait with joy to meet your kids and wife.
And-when they sail, en route to distant port, Let them b e guided, saved and blessed by Lord. They follow the tracks my Jannette left behind- The tracks of life that I will never find.
V.Muravin The Jannette Started in mid-Atlantic en route to Charleston, USA Completed in New York January, 1983 •
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To Jack Juras
Hai, Jack! You hear what they say in public? Hijacked Americans are still in prison! Some men in Muslim Middle East Forgot Allah, and dignity and reason, Behaving like unreasonable beast, Declared Holy War on this Republic
Born of the follies of the English King At time when Europe was still asleep, The King had stirred the iceberg's sparkling tip And caused the War of Liberation, In flames of which was born this nation Destined to break the ancient vicious ring of slavery, injustice and privation..
Arriving in America a little late, Across Atlantic and the Verrazano Gate, We, immigrants, bewildered and bemused, • Discover that this land has been used, Disputed, tilled, shared and divided, So that every human is provided
With roof and jeans, clam chowder and choice To build his life and to rejoice At being an American, at last, And trying to forget the gloomy past...
When riding early morning in a crowd, Through noisy streets of this great city, That swims through History in misty shroud
Of Struggle for survival, cruelty and pity,
Behold slums and palaces, the luxury and rubble - Eternal source of violence and trouble, That made America the greatest nation, She offers people hope and salvation.
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• Jack, working for your leisure money, Enjoy your life: spaghetti, rum and honey Should make your modest daily diet To keep your soul strong and quiet.
And when your time will come to quit and to retire, You'll leave America for Southern Seas And settle to enjoy your peace, The brine and shish-kebab and breeze...
I bet: you will remember and admire The City on the Hudson and the Land That gave you shelter and a helping hand.
Your birthday, of a man of strength- We wish you peace of mind and health, Good appetite for wine and money And, later on, to wed your honey!
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To Faina
• The pace of time is merciless and fast It gives us trouble, suffering and pleasure, Enables us forget the gloomy past And look for peace, which is the greatest treasure
In human earthly troubled life... For many years, in East and West, As Mother, Employee, and Wife, You kept your family and did your best...
It's time you heed to Lord's behest: Reduce your chores and cooking meals, Relap, remember of high heels, Perfume and fashionable dress, Light music, diet and rest. Enjoy your life, and God will bless.
To Donka
At home, when you donne your gown, And cook your doggies' tasty soup, Repair windows or ceilings, • Then resting on the couch with a piece of bread.
The Document Processing Group Will send you their friendly feelings And wish that time may slow down And give you many years ahead...
You help us find affiliation, Accession , author, class and pages, You always urge us to perfection... And 14ASA will survive through ages On you and folks at the TIS Who don't ask for extra fees, Whose job and life is Dedication .
Victor Muravin
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Your ancestors arrived to these shores And brought with them the old south mores Of Labor, Faith in God, and honest life; For forty years you were a perfect wife.
You loved your man, raised kids and kept your house, And every Christmas celebrated Santa Claus; You toiled and suffered, and survived the blows Sent by the Fate, and Jesus knows:
You've been a faithful wife, you are a Mother, Your lively girls live by the memory of Father. Lou! Never think of age, of getting old. You will forever keep this household. On Mothers' Day, while washing dinner dishes, • Ind you love and my sincere wishes: Be as you are: a smiling Mrs.Ciofi'il Your loving heart a it is your greatest trophy.
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To Helen
'• Through human ignorance, that brings disaster, I lost my goal of becoming Master. But I. have sailed the ocean and seen the world. My thorny path has been blessed by Lord. He gave me chance to find this job with Peter, It keeps me happy, tired and busy, And climbing gangways never makes me dizzy. The office functioning like electronic meter That shows starboard listing and the speed Which stranger's naked eye will fail to read.
You are my neighbor, Dear Lena! I watch your daily chores, and I admire Your way of life and will not to retire! Like my banana ship "Bernina" Defying dangers, rain and cold
You make your early trips to Office. To do your job. Your heart is gold. Sinking in papers like a belliguered ship, You keep your course, which is a promise
That every day you'll make a happy trip Through ocean of tricky business world, • You don't fail, and always keep your word. I learn from you how to handle files. Sometimes we lose a ruler or a pen, Befriended by our determined men... But you will never lose your patient smiles.
They brought you yesterday Casada birthday cake, The taste that only Italians could make, Filled with aroma of delicious cream- The birthday cake of every woman ' s dream.
I wish that you continue on this course, In still and storm, when weather getting worse, And keep your helm, like Captain on the bridge, To happy shores we all would like to reach.
I send you my sincere birthday wishes, Good appetite on hot and juicy knishes.
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America ,•
Men never live in peace on Planet Earth. They fail to live for what is worth- For Love and Peace, for Sky and Sun.
They follow the vanity of old Prussia
Where symbol of survival was the Gun. But let us pray to Lord that this great land Will bring the people to a happy end, That Sun will shine and no gun will sound On Land where most men have found
A chance to build, to live and to embrace All shades and colors of the human race.
To Maria Shall The human history and earth rotations • Have proved that we are all relations, We live in Europe and over the seas, Where from Atlantic blows warmer breeze, Where Freedom Statue looks at us and smiles When she sees joy in former frightened eyes.
This land has been chosen by Fate for people who would find it never late
To come and look for freedom and endevour. So, bless it Lord and keep this way forever!
America has lots of millionaires, They never jog and eat too much - who cares! Your dreams have been blessed by Pope, You will survive, enjoy and hope, Your children will remember you and say: She brought us to the land of Madison and Jay, We live in freedom and remember well The girl whose name was just Maria Shell. -17- 16 The Cranes A war-time song by R.Gamzatov, translated from Russian by V.Muravin
I dream sometimes that soldiers of my country, Who never came from bloody battle graves, Did not give their lives, as Russia's martyrs, But turned into white-feathered noble cranes.
And up to now, from those times of glory, We heed in silence, sadness in the eyes, To human cries of those cranes, and worry Whenever they appear in the skies.
'A flock of cranes keeps flying on its long way, Through fog and rain, at dusk of cold days, Among the birds. there is a space I will take When time for me will come to join the cranes.
The day is near when with a flight of cranes I will be flying, as a bird of passage, And from the heavens, in a bluish haze, I'll hail to people my belated message.
New York 1974