Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Krasko (Russian: Вячеслáв Васильевич Крaськó) (born 6 August 1974 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian traveler, top manager and professional financier with a PhD Economics. Member of the Union of Russian Around-the-World Travelers.
Life and education Krasko graduated St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, with a specialty in "World Economy". He continued his education in France at the Economic University of Paris IX-Dauphine with the specialty "Management of public and private enterprises". From 1993 to 1999 he held main posts in the leading Russian banks, and from 1999 to 2010 he was a Financial Director in some large Russian companies. At the beginning of April 2010 he gave up the work of Financial Director and traveled around the world. When he returned in 2011, he was invited in the Union of Russian Around-the-World Travelers and founded his touristic company “The Year of Spring” (Russian: Год весны). On 10 October 2012 Krasko became the winner of the international photo-competition “People of India” in Naggar (the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India). Vyacheslav continues to travel: he has been to many places of local conflicts and ecological disasters. In 2013 he’s planning to make a journey entitled, “Ruta del Che” (“The way of Che Guevara”), by motorcycle in South America along the route of Ernesto Che Guevara, and has begun creating a feature-length fictional film, “The Year of Spring” (Russian: Год весны).
The Year of Spring: travel and book
His first travel round the world began April 2010 in Asia and lasted 407 days. Beginning he flew from Moscow, he flew to Uzbekistan, then to the East, followed by going South to Australia, then to South America and North America; from North America he crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Africa, then he went across Africa and through the European countries he came back to Moscow. In total Vyacheslav visited 6 continents, 36 countries and 145 towns and cities, overcoming 137 000 km. The budget of the travel was 33 thousand U.S. dollars. The movements of the traveler were watched by a large number of people on-line at his website. At the end of the journey Vyacheslav decided to come back to his homeland in order to share his new knowledge with others. His desire to share paired with the wishes of many people prompted him to publish a book about the project, in which everyone could feel the emotions and impressions of the traveler. It was completed in Sarankot – a small village near Pokhara (Nepal), which is situated 5000 ft above sea level. This book (The Year of Spring: The Travel What Lasts a Year) is not a novel, autobiography, or itinerary. It is a collection of stories of wanderings that touches on remembrance, love, exotic landscapes, amazing feelings, thoughts, excerpts of lovely books, the life’s hard mountain climb and descent into the depths of one’s own soul. Critics describe the main driving force of the book and basis of all Vyacheslav Krasko’s travels to be freedom and happiness.
See also Travel List of circumnavigations Adventure travel The Year of Spring: The Travel What Lasts a Year
References
Further reading Pyotr Zhuravlev (2012-07-04). Сирийцы чувствуют, что надвигается хаос (in Russian). The Voice of Russia. Archived from the original on 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2013-02-24. Elena Likhacheva (2011-11-10). История успеха Вячеслава Красько (in Russian). Radio "Finam FM". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-02-24. Armen Oganesyan (2012-08-13). "Книжный мир" - Движение души навстречу миру (in Russian). The Voice of Russia. Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-02-24. Vyacheslav Krasko (2012-06-29). "Как попасть в Антарктиду". Часть 1. (in Russian). Channel "Rain". Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2013-02-24. Vitaly Ryzhov (2012-05-18). В Антарктиду своим ходом: советы бывалого путешественника (in Russian). Electronic periodical publication "KM.RU". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2013-02-24. Vyacheslav Krasko (2012-09-25). Приключенческий туризм. Перспективы в России? (in Russian). Magazine "Hot Line. Tourism". Archived from the original on 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-02-24. Aelita Kurmukova (2012-08-31). Страны оценили в €100 (in Russian). Radio "Kommersant FM". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-02-24. "Rating of financial directors" (in Russian). Kommersant. 2006-09-29. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-02-24. Карта маршрута Вячеслава Красько (in Russian). Union of Russian travelers round the world. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
External links "Official site of Vyacheslav Krasko" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-02-25. "Official site of the book "The Year of Spring"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2013-02-25. "Official site of illustrations of the book "The Year of Spring"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
