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| 20 June Afternoon arrival in Moscow, installation in residence |
30 June Lecture-discussion: Russia in the world economic community, Yury Popov, Academy of Labor Videos: Growing up in a straitjacket (institutionalization of disabled children) and Butyrka (conditions in a pre-trial jail) |
10 July Visit to the Archangelsk park and museum outside Moscow (all day) |
| 21 June Demonstration of use of public transport, walk in neighborhood Opening of seminar, Gennady Nikolaev, Vice Rector, Academy of Labor |
01 July Lecture-discussion: Comparison of Russian and American values, Nikita Pokrovsky, Moscow State University & GIMO Free afternoon |
11 July Free day |
| 22 June Sightseeing bus tour of city Video: Rostov-on-the-Don (1993) |
02 July Videos: Children of the 20th Century, Vitaly Kanevsky (street children in St. Petersburg) and Jesus in Russia: an American holy war (US missionaries) (1996) Free afternoon |
12 July Videos: The Russian Mafia (1998) and The Russian Nobility (1998) Free afternoon |
| 23 June Lecture-discussion: The history of Russia's "incomplete" economic reforms, Vladislav Semenkov, Academy of Labor Video: Vorkuta (1998) Social economy of the miners in the North |
03 July Visit Lenin Mausoleum Visit Vernissage outside Central House of Artists and visit to Gorky Park |
13 July Travel to Kaluga Meeting with staff of the Kaluga Branch of the Moscow Institute of Economics and Human Sciences Visit to KZAME automobile parts factory Visit to Kristal vodka and liqueur factory and dinner with director of production |
| 24 June Visit to comprehensive school and discussion with the principal & teachers and a roundtable with pupils Lecture-discussion: The financial crisis in Russia. Mikal Davtyan, Academy of Labor & Financial Academy |
04 July Visit to Sergeev-Posad and its monastery and church complex |
14 July Visits to the Optina Pustyn monastery, the Shamordino convent and other locations around the town of Kozelsk |
| 25 June Travel to Vladimir Visit to historic sites of Vladimir Visit to Church of the Intercession on the Nerli |
05 July Lecture-discussion: The trade union and labor movement in Russia. Yury Milovidov, Trade Union Research Center Free afternoon |
15 July Visit to sanatorium in Kaluga for handicapped children Visit Tsiolkovsky (father of Russian rocketry) space museum Visit to the Goncharov mansion (family of Pushkin's wife) Visit to Polotnyany paper factory (cancelled), replaced by swimming on inland lake Evening meeting and discussion |
| 26 June Visit of Suzdal (city overvew, kremlin, monastery, convent, wooden architecture, art museum, bishop's palace) Return to Moscow |
06 July Lecture-discussion Social consequences of the financial crisis, Vladimir Speransky, Academy of Labor Free afternoon |
16 July Meetings at two employment services offices in Kaluga Return to Moscow |
| 27 June Visit to Kremlin grounds and churches Ballet: Swan Lake, Kremlin Palace Visit of Kremlin Train to St. Petersburg |
07 July Lecture-discussion: The political situation in Russia at the approach of elections, Roald Matveev, Humanitarian University Free afternoon |
17 July Free day |
| 28 June City tour of St. Petersburg and to Piskarevsky Cemetery Visit to palace of Petropavlovsk in Pushkin Overnight at health center at Kurart on a beach of the Gulf of Finland |
08 July Lecture-discussion: The avant-garde and Constructivist movements in Russian art and architecture, Sara Wilson, Tulane University (member of group) Film: Man with a camera (1928) Visit to Tretyakov Gallery of Russian Art |
18 July Departure |
| 29 June Visit to Hermitage Museum Boat to Peterhof and visit of gardens & fountains Concert of Russian folk songs and dances Train to Moscow |
09 July Final formal discussion led by Vladislav Semenkov Circus |
Contact: Eric Fenster moscowtrip2007@yahoo.com with questions or for more information.
