EDITOT's NOTE. The Minsk site is devoted to Montreux in general with a nice section devoted to VN. Good pictures--plus the news that you can rent some of the roomsoccupied by the Nabokovs.

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From: Akiko Nakata

To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU

Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:48 PM

Subject: Nabokov and Montreux Palac

I remember there were a few postings about the statue a few years ago, but do not remember if I read about this article, anyway, I do not understand Russian, besides I do not know if the article is in Russian. If there was a post about it recently, do not run the part below to NABOKV-L Akiko Nakata

"Vladimir," a Japanese Nabokophile who moderates a BBS "Let's Talk about Vladimir Nabokov" http://board.lycos.co.jp/arts/literature/novels/board/index.php3?qid=192 ("Vladimir" is good at both English and Russian, but the BBS is almost all in Japanese, sorry for most subscribers to NABOKV-L) introduces an article on Nabokov and Montreux Palace from a website of an automobile company in Minsk. You can read the article with several photos taken in and around the hotel including those of Nabokov's statue and their grave at http://www.asa.minsk.by/abs/arxiv/2-20/montroux.htm.