Student Experience

Excursions

About American Councils Weekly Excursions and Long Trips

Most American Councils programs offer weekly local excursions as well as extended group travel to regions outside Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Vladimir. All travel and excursion programs are conducted in Russian. University faculty, peer tutors, and host family members often join U.S. students on both local excursions and extended trips.

Below are some of the excursions and long trips that our students have taken recently:

St. Petersburg

Palace Square, St. Petersburg.

  • Canal tour of the city
  • Yussupov Palace
  • Mikhailovski Castle
  • Vyborg
  • Museum of the Political History of Russia
  • Memorial Museum of the Blockade of Leningrad
  • St. Petersburg Classical Theater: performance of Dostoyevsky’s “Dream of the Ridiculous Man”
  • Stroganov Palace

Moscow

Red Square, Moscow.

  • Borodino
  • Sergeev Posad
  • Moscow River cruise
  • Red October Chocolate Factory
  • Russian State Duma
  • MosFilm
  • The Lenin Library
  • Star City
  • The Kremlin

Vladimir

Vladimir Station, Vladimir.

  • Golden Gate Museum of History
  • Vladimir Historical Museum
  • Bogolyubovo
  • Uspenskiy and Dmitrevskiy Cathedrals
  • Gus-Kristal glass factory
  • Bread Factory
  • Botanical gardens

Extended Excursion Destinations

Extended excursion group shot.

  • Suzdal
  • Pskov
  • Novgorod
  • Sochi
  • Volgograd
  • Kazan
  • Kizhi
  • Rostov-na-Donu
  • Tula
  • Voronezh
  • Yaroslavl