Study Abroad in Russia

  Russia

• Moscow: 
Moscow (Moskva)

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months

Description: Academic Year and Semester Programs

You will attend gymnazia or lycee and take advanced courses in math, history, literature, and language. Your YFU experience in Russia will be greatly enriched by the educational and cultural activities you'll participate in, which includes a visit to Russian churches. Additionally, you may have the opportunity to participate in optional educational trips for an additional fee, such as a tour of Moscow and visit to the Armory Museum in the Kremlin and other museums.

Summer Program: Discover Russia
From Orthodox Cathedrals to Fabergé eggs, explore the history of Great Russia. Spend your afternoons on special trips to museums and your evenings at the ballet or the opera. Take excursions with other students on weekends to historical and cultural sites of old Russia. Russians love their natural surroundings. A visit to a lake to go swimming or to a forest to go mushroom hunting are favorite summer activities.

You'll live with and enjoy getting to know your Russian host family. It all adds up to four weeks you'll never forget in a country that has drawn visitors from ancient times to modern day.

Adventure and language course programs as well as year and semester options are available in over 35 countries.

Highlights: Living with a Russian host family is an ideal way of learning about the people, language, and culture of this influential country. Embark on a journey through Russia's history, tradition, and national culture.

Like so much else, family life in Russia is in transition. Young people had already begun to express dissatisfaction with communism before its fall and have since grown even more accustomed to more material goods and freedom than their parents. Whatever struggles modern Russian families face, Russian warmth and hospitality is well known.

Most Russian parents work outside the home, and, in fact, women account for a high percentage of the work force. Home for most Russians is an urban apartment. Some families may also have a dacha (summer cottage) in the countryside. If you live with a rural family, chances are you will live in a house, not a dacha.

Cost in US$: inquire for more information

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview Required
• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
• Alumni Network

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