Baerbel's Homepage was made by:

 

 

 Baerbel Beuse

 

 content, design,
 photos, if not noted differently,
 texts, if not noted differently.

 Thank you to:

 Jens Lassner, my son

 

helped me with the programming work and the
 scanning and layouting of the photos unti I learned to do it myself

 

 Julia Kuznetsova

 

 made Russian translations,
 corrected my nautical dictionary,
 cared for my children when I was at sea.

 

 Nicole Graf

 

 allowed me to use her photos,
 added texts,
 brought me up when I was down.

 

 Capt. Sergey Timoshkov,
Master of STS "MIR"

 

 added own texts and photos,
 always found the time to explain me technical and navigational details, encouraged me to start a nautical carreer.

 

 Capt. Victor Antonov,
Master of STS "MIR"

 

 allowed me try out anything myself on MIR,
 let me make my own experiences even in tricky situations,
 had an open ear for my hundreds of questions.

 

Capt. Maxim Rodionov,
Master of STS "SEDOV"

 

taught me how to steer a ship and later taught me how to sail a 4-mast-barque


 Capt. Olaf Ohlrogge,
Master of M/S "BRAKE"

 

 let me drive his ship 


 Capt. Vladimir Pushkarev,
Master of PSS "SEA CLOUD"

 

 stood bravely through all my attempts and errors in my early carreer as ship's officer 


 Capt. Heinrich Max Kucz,
Master of M/S "ANDRE W."

 

 trained me to be a captain


 Gennady Milkin, Professor at the Andmiral Makarov State Maritime Academy

 

 gave me his Russian handbook of the MIR and allowed me to use parts of it.

 

 MIR' crew

 

 helped me to achieve my sea legs,
 taught me such a lot about the sea, sailing,
 MIR, Russia and last not least about myself...,
 practised Russian language with me,
 always had a cup of coffee for me
 and always welcomed me warmly when I
 entered the gangway.

 

 Heiko, Volker, Ina, Eva-Maria, Alexander

 

technically tested my website 
 and told me frankly what did not work
 or was not so good.

 this page was updated 10/13