Yep, that's it! Thank you PaperTiger. That is all sorted now. In Soviet times the place was called Gorky and if I remember rightly it was a closed city for people from the West? Some scholarly types like writers, social commentators and the like who did not toe the party line were sent there as a form of internal exile. Of course when Gorby and the internet came along the game was up! Have you been there by any chance? There is a small possibility I may have a chance to go there soon so here's hoping! Thank you, TTT.