Values and vodka: cross-cultural anatomy of an Anglo-Russian educational project

The purpose of this article is to analyse, via the cross-cultural literatur e, some of the interactions from a hi-cultural Angle-Russian project, and t o use this analysis to aid cross-cultural understandings in future projects . The paper takes the form of a short description of the project and the re search, followed by a sketch of the Russian socio-educational context in wh ich the project took place, and then the cultural challenges that we encoun tered, together with an interpretation by reference to cross-cultural theor y. The conclusion tentatively offers some generalisable factors that may he lp future Angle-Russian joint ventures. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.