Date
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Time
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Location |
Activities
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02 Tu
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LAX
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Departure
on British Air via London. Meet at group check-in counter.
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03 We
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Arrival
in Moscow (Domodedovo). Transit to MLI.
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04 Th
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9-12:30
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MLI
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Course Intro. Survival Russian
[HS]; Russian Folk Art [HS]
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Afternoon
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OS
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Excursion to Kolomenskoe Museum Purchase of metro
pass.
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Evening
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DT
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Tour of the downtown (Tverskaia Street, Red Square)
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05 Fr
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9-12:30
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OS
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Sergiev Posad Trip
to Sergiev Posad (Home of Orthodox Church)
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Afternoon
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MLI
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Origins of Russia. Early Literature
[HS]; Russian Icons [HS]
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Evening
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DT
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Cultural event (Bolshoi Theater?)
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06 Sa
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All day
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OS
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City States
– Moscow’s rivals Day tour to Vladimir/Suzdal
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07 Su
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9-12:30
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MLI
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Muscovite Russia. Kiev; Orthodoxy,
Churches [DS]; Moscow - Third Rome [DS]
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Afternoon
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DT
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Kremlin, Armory Museum; St. Basil Cathedral
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Evening
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DT
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Shopping at GUM Department Store/TsUM, Manezh
Square mall
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08 Mo
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9-12:30
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MLI
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Imperial Russia. Westernization;
Two capitals [DS]; The writers/poets
of STP [HS]
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Afternoon
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DT
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Cathedral of Christ the Savior; History Museum
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Evening
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DT
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Departure to St. Petersburg; Leningradskii Train Terminal
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09 Tu
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Morning
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DT
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Tour of STP.
The Nevsky Ave., Peter and Paul Fortress Dostoevsky’s Apartments
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Afternoon
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DT
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Russian
Museum; Peskarev cemetery
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Evening
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DT
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Night life of the city
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| 10 We |
All day
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OS
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Petrodvorets (Peterhof).
Trip to Peter the Great’s Summer Residence
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Evening
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DT
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Performance at Mariinskii Theater?
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11 Th
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9-12:30
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DT
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Hermitage Museum
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Afternoon
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DT
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Pushkin’s
apartments; October Revolution places; Smolnyy district
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Evening
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DT
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Departure Moscow Train Terminal. Board Train for Return
to Moscow
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12 Fr
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9-12:30
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DT
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Arrival
in Moscow; Tolstoy Museum
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Afternoon
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DT
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Tretyakov Gallery
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Evening
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MLI
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Russian Literature of 19th Moscow
[HS]; The Itinerants & others
[HS]
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13 Sa
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9-12:30
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OS
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Trip to Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin or Gorky
Museum (an art nouveau mansion)
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Afternoon
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DT
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Pushkin Arts Museum, Private Collections Museum
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Evening
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MLI
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Late Imperial art Tchaikovsky
& his contemporaries; [HS] Impressionists?
[HS]
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14 Su
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9-12:30
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MLI
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Soviet Russia. Revolutionary
art (Futurists, etc.) [HS]; Visionary
architecture [DS]
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Afternoon
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DT
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Mayakovsky museum;
Peredelkino writers’ colony; Pasternak
Museum/dacha
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Evening
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DT
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Shopping on the New Arbat? Beer tasting?
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15 Mo
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9-12:30
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MLI
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The Stalinist City. Triumph
architecture [DS]; Soviet urban problems
[DS]
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Afternoon
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OS
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VDNKh, Ostankino
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Evening
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OS
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Tour of Moscow subway; monorail metro; MS University
area
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16 Tu
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9-12:30
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MLI
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WWII and 1812, geography [DS]; WWII memorials and national identity
[DS]
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Afternoon
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DT
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Borodino Panorama; Poklonnaya Hill WWII Victory complex
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Evening
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DT
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Cultural event: Moscow House of Books [New Arbat]?
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17 We
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9-12:30
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DT
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Museum
of Modern History; Tretyakov Modern; Monuments Garden; Gorky Park
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Afternoon
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MLI
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Late Soviet art Shostakovich
& contemporaries [HS]; Culture of
perestroika [HS]
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Evening
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DT
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Cultural event: circus? Sanduny
sauna? Propaganda nightclub?
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18 Th
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9-12:30
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MLI
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Post-Soviet Russia. Moscow as
a global city [DS]; Construction boom
[DS]
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Afternoon
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DT
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Museum of Moscow Development; Moscow City business area; Kutuzov
Ave.
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Evening
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OS
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Mega-Mall or Crocus Mall visit
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19 Fr
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9-12:30
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MLI
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Contemporary Russian Pop-Culture:
Music etc. [DS]; Everyday life changes
[DS]
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Afternoon
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OS
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Markets: Rynok; Gorbushka (audio/video/soft) or
Izmaylovo Vernisazh (art/craft)
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Evening
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DT
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Cultural event: cinema?
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20 Sa
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9-12:30
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MLI
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Guest Lecture on Moscow by Muscovite
Andrei Safirov
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Afternoon
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DT/OS
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The Unknown Moscow tour led by Safirov
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Evening
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DT
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Free time/preparation for test. Lenin Mausoleum,
Novodevichii Monastery?
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21 Su
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9-12:30
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MLI
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Concluding remarks. Final Exam
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Afternoon
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DT
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Packing/last minute shopping in the downtown
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Evening
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DT
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Dinner in restaurant Matreshka (Russian, buffet)
or Mama Zoia (Georgian)
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22 Mo
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Morning
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Moscow/LAX |
Departure
from Domodedovo Airport to LAX (British Air via London)
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