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Newsletter September 2007	Cultural tour - Educational tours - Musical tour - Winter tour Tour for Art Students We offer artists and art lovers of every level of expertise the unique opportunity to participate in the most exciting educational art and cultural to Russia ever offered! Our company conducts a very special tour with the support of the faculty of Art History from the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, the oldest artistic and the most respected institution in the country. This tour is designed to attract student groups, teachers, and those interested in the Fine Arts. Our educational trip to Russia includes special drawing classes for those interested, art history lessons, to include applied art taught by professors of the Academy of Fine Arts. The tour will also include visiting all the museums of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg such as the Hermitage Museum, the Russian Museum, and the Museum of Baron Stiglitz, which was set up especially for the art students to learn how to recognize different artistic and architectural styles. Many other beautiful places in the city and its environs will be offered as well. Several lectures are held right in the museums where you'll have an opportunity to enjoy the original fine art masterpieces. One of the most interesting events will be a trip to the oldest walled city of Novgorod together with a professor of early Russian icon paintings from the Russian Academy. Tour participants will have an opportunity to see the 13th-14th century old icon paintings accompanied with detailed explanations. We endeavor to make our trips as reasonable, educational, and entertaining as possible, and it is our sincere belief that we all best learn things through travel and seeing with our own eyes. Russia, and St. Petersburg particularly, has a very rich heritage, and we would love to assist other people to see and appreciate it. All our tours include evening ballet, opera, and classical music performances for the enjoyment of our group. This tour also includes eleven nights at the world famous Astoria Hotel and our normal fare of four course meals in the best restaurants in the city.     Russian Tours - Details and Prices - Essential Information - Russian Newsletter Archive Site Map Address: 907 Bradwell St., Hinesville, GA 31313-2204 Phone: +1 (912) 368-0668, Fax: +1 (912) 877-4897 e-mail: info@mmarttravel.com www.mmarttravel.com