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Soviet teen ambassadors visit Maine in citizen diplomacy tour
A group of ten Soviet teenagers arrived in Maine to continue Samantha Smith era citizen diplomacy. They toured L.L. Bean and Augusta Capitol, echoing Smiths peace mission begun in 1982, as families and American students welcomed them on the East Coast leg of an 11 day trip.
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Freeport
Maine
Samantha Smith
Samantha Smith Foundation
Soviet Union
Samantha
Yurindropov
Ndropov
Leningrad
Bean’s
Tatyana Nikitina
Camp Artek
Black Sea
Washington, D.C