Founders of the Mariupol Club of Travelers Nikolay Ryabchenko and his son Vyacheslav wearing uniform of Ukrainian Olympic Games participants before the first in Ukrainian History round-the-world bicycle expedition near the UNIAN agency in Kyiv, Wednesday, July 26, 2000. The expedition, consisting of father and son Ryabchenko starts in the late July in Chita (Russia) and will pass through the Pacific Ocean seashore, Asian-European States Continent, in particular, Mongolia, China, Thailand, India, Pakistan and Iran. Arrival in Israel is planed for December, 2000, when the maijor celebration of the start of the 3 millennium will be conducted. The round-the-world trip will finish on August 24, 2001 in Kyiv on the 10th Anniversary of Ukraine's Independence. The length of the route makes up 12000 kilometers. The cycle expedition is one of te 150 measures, foreseen by the Presidential Decree of August 20, 1999 "On celebration of the 3 Millennium in Ukraine". Photo by Dmitryi Gavrish/ UNIASN