Russian's model city could turn into OKC visit
A Russian hypermarket worker has never seen Oklahoma City but has built a detailed model of it. An Oklahoma architect wants to bring him here to see it in person.
Elijah Shvetsov has spent his summer dazzling the local online community with photos of a model he has created of downtown Oklahoma City. Some are dazzled by the accuracy of his portrayal, down to the neon Union Bus sign. Others are amazed by his work simply because Shvetsov has never been to Oklahoma City, but is a 25-year-old St. Petersburg, Russia, hypermarket worker who took a liking to what he saw online.
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For more information about efforts to bring Elijah Shvetsov to Oklahoma City, e-mail him at dwells@cox.net.
Thanks to Shvetsov's basic English skills and a Google translator program, he has made many friends on www.sky
Now one of those admirers, local architect Dennis Wells, is challenging fellow fans to join him in raising money to pay for Shvetsov to fly to Oklahoma City.
Wells estimates the trip will cost about $1,000 and is starting with a $50 starter challenge and a pledge to host Shvetsov.
Wells' initial idea was to see whether Creative Oklahoma might want to invite Shvetsov to the upcoming Creativity World Forum coming to Oklahoma City in November. The folks at Creative Oklahoma say they're not interested in such an arrangement, which is fine with Wells, who thinks plenty of others would want to embrace the idea of Shvetsov seeing the city in person.
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