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Moscow The Siberian Seminar Group arrived in Moscow on 12 June 2003. The intent of this portion of the Seminar was threefold: 1) to recover from jetlag, 2) to see a few of the historic and cultural sites of this important Russian city, and 3) to continue our techology and language lessons which had begun at two pre-Seminar orientation meetings in the United States. The following photographs and narration focus on the Moscow portion of the Seminar. |
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Our host in Moscow was Moscow State Pedagogical University. While it has several buildings at various places in Moscow, we stayed in a dormitory in southwest Moscow near the Yugo-zapadnaya Metro Station. The dormitory was one of three such buildings near an academic building. The tall building in the center of the photo is the new dormitory in which we stayed while in Moscow. To its immediate right is the adacemic building. This site was about a 30-minute metro ride to the center of the city. |
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This is the Siberian Seminar Group. The two young Russian girls at the far left had graduated from MSPU. Nadia, the one if front, is now working for the International Office, and Natasha, was a tutor for students in Moscow. They helped us move about the city when it was needed. They were very helpful. |
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The large building in this photograph with two wings on each end is the academic building near which we stayed. It houses several academic departments and it is the location where we heard a lecture about the history of Moscow. |
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In each city we had arranged for lectures on the history and geography of each of the cities and their associated regions. While in Moscow, Nadia and Natasha took us to northeast Moscow where the geography building was located. It was there that we heard a wonderful lecture about various geographic characteristics of Moscow. The geographer on the left presented the lecture while the woman on the right translated. |
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After the geography lecture, we had an opportunity to visit a short time with the two Russians. At left is Dr. Todd Marshall, a foreign language professor at UCA, and Cody McDaniel, a high school teacher at Catholic High in Little Rock. |
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It was near out dormitory where we had the history lecture. Standing is Dr. Alexander Danilov who presented a brief history of the university. To his left is Nadia Leonova. She was very helpful in getting us settled into our dormitory rooms and taking us to this lecture. She translated Dr. Danilov's lecture. To his right is Julia Idlis. She presented the lecture on the history of Moscow and the Moscow region. |
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One of our tours while in Moscow was to Sergiev Posad. This small city is located about 45 miles northeast of Moscow and contains one of the four most important religious sites in Russia - the Sergius Monastery. When we arrived in the city - we traveled from Moscow to Sergiev Posad by commuter train - we encountered activities near the monastery that were part of the "Day of Our City" celebration. It added to our experience. |
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Just outside the monastery walls at the edge of one of the main squares is this monument to Lenin. These types of monuments are ubiquitious in Russia and remain an important part of its history. |
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Also just outside the walls of the monastery was this choir which was participating in the "Days of Our City" celebration. |
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Inside the monastery were several religious structures, the most important of which was the main cathedral. The final pictures in this set are of the cathedral and other buildings in the monastery. |
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