In memoriam - Andrey Grigorachtchenko

On October 8th, Andrey Grigorachtchenko from Russia passed away in Djaima at the age of 58. Called by Auroville’s ideals, Andrey first came to Auroville in 1985 where he was welcomed as the first Russian and lived for a short while in Ekta, Auromodèle. He went back to Russia to make some money and returned in 1997 with his wife Svetlana and their two young sons, Terentij and Ivan. Andrey’s remains were buried at Adventure’s burial grounds on October 12th.