In the little diamond mining town of Mirny, somewhere in the East of Siberia, it is customary to give a name to diamonds above a certain number of carats.
Usually, they’re named “Veronika”, “Pushkin”, or after their discoverer’s name. But this one, a 342.5 carat diamond found in 1980, was named “26th Congress of the Communist Party”, Brejnev’s last congress.
There is no overzealous apparatchik in Soviet Russia!
Traveller on a Mission 
Hello,
I’m a director of Japanese TV show “AMAZIPANG!”.
In our show, we interview foreigners traveling around Japan.
https://www.tbs.co.jp/amazipang/
I would like to introduce about mir mine’s diamond in our show.
Then, I would like to use the photo you uploaded on blog to introduce it.
Could we use your beautiful photo in our show?
I want to use the largest diamond picture.
Please send your reply to my email address.
okazaki.rico@tbs.co.jp
I’m looking forward to see your reply.
Thank you.
Rico
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Hello,
I’m a director of Japanese TV show “AMAZIPANG!”.
In our show, we interview foreigners traveling around Japan.
https://www.tbs.co.jp/amazipang/
I would like to introduce about mir mine’s diamond in our show.
Then, I would like to use the photo you uploaded on blog to introduce it.
Could we use your beautiful photo in our show?
I want to use the largest diamond picture.
Please send your reply to my email address.
I’m looking forward to see your reply.
Thank you.
Rico
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Hi Rico
I apologise for the late response, as I was having trouble to login. I hope it is not too late. Yes, I am very happy for you to use the picture.
Also, I am in Tokyo this week, so if you would like to ask me any other question about it, please let me know.
Thank you and good luck
Emeline
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