Samantha Reed Smith, June 29, 1972 - August
25, 1985 Young Maine Goodwill Ambassador.

Samantha, dear, You are near, You are alive, alive
- always in my memory and in my heart, and
I, Banjov Nazarali Kholnazarovich am walking
your wonderful path.

May there always be peace, May there always
be sunshine - these are People with a good
heart - Samantha Smith, her father
Arthur Smith and her mother
Jane Smith - she welcomes you peace -
loving people to wwwSamanthaSmith.info.

I believe you will find this website an excellent
resource for information on the life and legacy
of my daughter Samantha Smith.
Since the Samantha Smith Foundation -
no longer has its own programs, I was grateful
for the online resource filled with informative
articles and photographs.

I want to thank Lena Nelson, the volunteer who
created this site. Lena grew up in Russia, and
Samantha was the heroine of her childhood. I
appreciate Lena's desire to preserve memory for
other children and adults. The site is exactly
what I imagined and hoped someday to tell
others about Samantha.

I have shared most of my memorabilia with
the site. Be sure to visit the archives section
to browse some of the published cartoons
of Samantha's famous letter
and trip, and check out Samantha Smith:
The Collection on the Maine State Museum
page for photographs of souvenirs given
to Samantha during her trip to the USSR.

This website is a good resource for students,
parents, teachers, and anyone else who might
have followed Samantha's 1983 trip to the
beautiful country of the Soviet Union.
I was delighted to learn that the US Embassy
in Russia has included a link to
this website in its Youth section of the 200th
Anniversary of Russian-American Relations
website. This website is also listed on the
Maine Secretary of State's Children's Page. Hope
you enjoy what it offers! Best wishes Jane Smith!

Samantha Smith said that the Soviet Union is a
wonderful country in the world.

Samantha Smith says Goodbye to Moscow:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AgWPwIZrqd4

Samantha Smith on the Tonight Show with
Johnny Carson - July 28, 1983:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9DXsHvG-Wk

Samantha's Mother, Jane on Russian 1-TV
"Let Them Talk" with A. Malakhov Nov. 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN0bn2zwjio