Class Schedule
Classes usually start at 10:00 (sometimes 09:00). Each lesson lasts 50 minutes and is followed by a short break. From June to September, our school runs two shifts for the group and private lessons. This means that half of the students have lessons during the first week in the morning, the next week in the afternoon and so forth. Likewise, the other half of the students will start with lessons in the afternoon, then move to the morning shift the week after. You will be assigned to a shift based on your placement test results.

All teaching will be in Russian only with no explanations given in English or any other language.

Our course of 20 lessons is offered all year and follows a modular pattern of two-week units. For participants staying four weeks or longer, following modules build upon the grammar basics of the first module, treating the same topics from a different angle with more in-depth explanations, more complex vocabulary, different exercises and more dialogues.

Beginners may start on set dates and are advised to be familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet.

Textbooks and copies are included in the course fees. Additional material can be obtained either at the school library or at a specialized bookstore. You should bring a dictionary, notebooks and colored pens. It is useful to have 2 notebooks, one for new vocabulary, and one for the exercises in class.

Activities & Excursions
Every week there are planned excursions to different tourist attractions and cultural places of interest around the area. For each excursion there is a tour guide who gives a thorough explanation of the site and a presentation to the students. Teachers give students an introduction to the site they will be visiting before the trip.

Palace Square: Designed as the successor to Moscow's great imperial squares, this vast formal court is best known as the focal point of the great political struggles that transformed Russia during the first decades of the twentieth century.

The Alexander Column: This towering triumphal column was erected in 1833 as a somewhat belated monument to the defeat of Napoleon in 1812.

The General Staff Building: Commissioned by Alexander I in 1819, the neoclassical General Staff building was situated so as to formally balance the facing Winter Palace. Its grand triumphal arch was the first Russian monument to the war against Napoleon.

The Admiralty: The Admiralty building was constructed in 1823 as the administrative headquarters of the Russian Navy. It is best known for its impressive central tower and crowning gilt spire.

Decembrists Square: The second of St. Petersburg's great squares is named for the ill-fated Decembrists' revolt in 1825.

Peter the Great Statue (The Bronze Horseman): Commissioned by Catherine the Great and sculpted by the Frenchman Etienne Falconet, this striking, dynamic statue has long been one of the most symbolic monuments in St. Petersburg.

Peter the Great's Cottage: Built by army carpenters in a mere three days in the summer of 1703, it contrasts ironically with the grand imperial city planned by its resident.

The Peter & Paul Fortress: Peter's first concern in the creation of St. Petersburg was with the defense of the approaches of the Neva river delta, and the Peter and Paul Fortress was the first major building project undertaken.

St. Isaac's Cathedral: The weighty mass of St. Isaac's Cathedral dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg. Its gilded dome covered with 100 kg of pure gold, soars over 100 meters into the air. The Cathedral was commissioned by Alexander I in 1818 and took more than three decades to complete. Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan: This cathedral is one of the most magnificent, and most peculiar, landmarks of St. Petersburg. Built in 1811, its plan is a strange compromise between a number of different architectural imperatives.

Church of the Resurrection or Church of the Spilled Blood: On the banks of the Griboyedova, one of the many canals in St Petersburg, not far from the Kazan bridge, you will find a beautiful church: the Church of our Saviour Built on the Spilled Blood.

The Mariinsky Theater: Better known in the west as the Kirov Ballet, this historic theater recently returned to its original designation (which honored Alexander II's wife Maria). The Mariinsky was built in 1860 as an opera house, but its reputation rests largely on the ballet that was added to its repertoire two decades later.

The Hermitage: With the possible exception of the Louvre, there is no museum in the world that rivals the Hermitage in size and quality. Its collection is so large that it would take 4 years to view every artifact for a period of one minute. At last count, there were nearly three million works on exhibit.

The Winter Palace: The Winter Palace is undoubtedly the most famous building of imperial St. Petersburg, not only as the residence of the Tsars and the backdrop for the 1905 and 1917 Revolutions, but also as the home of the Hermitage.

The Russian Museum: Like the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Russian Museum contains one of the finest collections of Russian art in the world. Both museums provide outstanding coverage of the entire history of Russian art.

Booking this vacation is easy and we accept most major credit cards. We require a deposit of $300 and a completed booking form. After checking availability we normally confirm a booking within 24 hours.
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