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Social program
NOTE: PRICES GIVEN ON THE BASIS OF 10 PERSON IN GROUP
You are offered an unique possibility to combine business part of your stay in Moscow with opportunity to visit and familiarize yourself with the richest historical and cultural heritage of Russia.
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Bus Tour around Moscow: 22ˆ per person
06.08.07
Duration: 4 hours
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
The price includes: transportation, English speaking guide. This excursion is to get you acquainted with the city of Moscow and its most important and beautiful sights. Anyway you can’t miss the city center - Red Square with the Lenin Mausoleum, and Tverskaya Street. Then you will go to the Lenin’s Hills, which is considered to be the highest point of Moscow where you will enjoy a great panorama of the city. Continuing the city tour, you will pass along the Kutuzov Street and visit the Victory Park with its fountains and churches.
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Excursion to Novodevichy Convent: 30ˆ per person
07.08.07
Duration: 4 hours
Time: 9:30 - 13:30
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide. Excursion to one of the Moscow’s most attractive monasteries. Novodevichy, or "New Maidens Convent" in English, was founded in a suburb of Moscow in 1524 to commemorate the liberation of Smolensk from the Lithuanians in 1514. The convent is rather like a miniature Kremlin by its architectural style. Many of the city’s monasteries served as retirement homes for royal and noble women, who either chose or were forced to take the veil and remain in the safety of the convents for the rest of their lives. The Tsars and the supreme feudal nobility showed a great interest in the Novodevichy convent, rendering it all possible financial and legal support. The convent has also been a burial place for famous persons in Russian history.
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Excursion to Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts: 32ˆ per person
08.08.07
Duration: 4 hours
Time: 9:30 - 13:30
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is Moscow’s equivalent to St. Petersburg’s enormous Hermitage Museum, and boasts an impressive collection ranging from Roman antiquities to canvasses by Gauguin.
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Excursion to The Kremlin: 50ˆ per person
06.08.07 (after bus tour around Moscow)
Time 15:00 - 16:30
Armory Chamber
Time 16:30 - 17:30
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide. The Kremlin is the symbol of Russia and the main tourist attraction of Moscow. Once the residence of Tsars and Patriarchs, today it is one of the biggest architectural ensembles in the world, which is included into the UNESCO list. During this excursion you will see the chambers and cathedrals inside the fortress. You will visit some of the churches in the area of Kremlin, walk by the Tsar Bell and the Tsar Cannon and see the unique and priceless collections of the Armory Chamber.
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Excursion to State Tretyakov Gallery: 30ˆ per person
09.08.07
Duration 4 hours
Time: 9:30 - 13:30
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide. A guided excursion to the State Tretyakov Gallery, presenting the best collection of Russian fine arts in the world, from the ancient time to the contemporaries. The museum was founded in 1856 by the merchant P.Tretyakov, who donated his collection to the city. Today the museum houses a collection of more than 130,000 artworks.
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Excursion to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior: 30ˆ per person
05.08.07
Duration 4 hours
Time: 9:30 - 13:30
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide. The enormous gleaming golden dome and gigantic structure of the newly built Cathedral of Christ the Savior is visible from all over central Moscow and is the largest church in Russia. The original Cathedral was built by the architect Konstantin Ton between 1839 and 1881 to commemorate Russia’s victory over Napoleon in the Napoleonic Wars. The church was later demolished in 1933 on Stalin’s orders, but was built anew in the 1990s.
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Tour to Sergiev Posad: 60ˆ per person (including lunch)
07.08.07
Duration 8 hours
Time: 10:00 - 18:00
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide. The town was named in honor of St. Sergius of Radonej, whose relicts were buried at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius that today become "Russian Vatican". Lavra is the richest place of historical monuments and authoritative monastery of Russia that included in UNESCO’s list of world heritage. There are out-of-town patriarchy residence, Moscow Religious School - academy and seminary, the richest library of religious literature in Russia located at the territory of monastery. There are also architectural monuments, ancient icons, historical relics and treasures that concentrated in Lavra.
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Excursion to Diamond Fund: 37ˆ per person
09.08.07
Duration 4 hours
Time: 9:30-13:30
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide. The Diamond Fund is a true treasure trove of thousands of loose diamonds, gold nuggets, and both ancient and modern jewelry of kinds. The collection of regalia in the Diamond Fund consists of the Great and Small crowns, maces, scepters, the Great Chain with the cross and star of the Order of St Andrew the First-Called and clasps to fasten the coronation mantle. All these items and are of great artistic, historical and material value. They were used almost without changes at all the coronations right up to that of Nicholas II in 1896.
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Excursion to Novospasskiy Monastery: 22ˆ per person
04.08.07
Duration 4 hours
Time: 15:00 - 19:00
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide. Situated in the historical region of Moscow, the Novospassky Monastery claims to be the oldest monastery in Moscow and is thought to have been founded in the 12th century during the reign of Prince Yury Dolgoruky, the founder of Moscow. The monastery complex consists of a thick defensive wall with seven bastions surrounding a courtyard cluttered with various ecclesiastical and secular buildings.
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Tour to Suzdal - Vladimir - Bogolubovo (2 days): 190ˆ per person
11.08.07
The price includes: transportation, English speaking guide, 1 night in hotel of Suzdal, 1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, city tour Suzdal and Vladimir. |
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This calm Russian town, first mentioned in chronicles in the 11th century, is considered to be one of the best preserved Russian towns. No other town possesses as many splendid specimens of Russian architecture of different epochs whilst retaining its original character and appearance. The hilly green town is very seductive, walking around is a pleasure, the monasteries and old beautiful churches offer dream views. You can even camp freely along the small river ’Kamenka’ that goes through the town, or next to the Kremlin or next to a monastery.Vladimir bears the name of its founder, Prince Vladimir Monomach. In 1108, on the high bank of the Klyazma River, a fortress was built, which soon grew into a town. It rapidly expanded and become the capital of North-Eastern Russia in the 12th century. The main entrance to the city is guarded by the Golden Gate (1164). The walls of the distinguished-looking Assumption Cathedral (1158-1161) carry the inimitable frescoes of Andrey Rublev. The Cathedral of Dmitry (1197) has a wondrously festive look with its intricate lace of carved stone bas-reliefs. There are many more interesting sights here, but the town appeals because of its peaceful atmosphere and its big contrast with big cities.
Deadline for application for this tour 01.07.07 |
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Tour to St Petersburg (2 days): 10.08.07
During the tour you will see the highlights of the city, beautiful wide river Neva with its granite embankments, large and small bridges, the unique architectonic ensembles such as: the Spit of Vasilievsky Island and Peter& Paul Fortress, the Decembrists’ Square with the monument of Peter the Great, St.Isaac’s Cathedral and Isaakievskaya Square, the spacious and majestic Palace Square with the best baroque style building Winter Palace and famous Alexander Column, the Summer Garden with its marble Italian statues and Summer palace of Peter the Great, the Field of Mars and harmonic Arts Square with Russian museum, Our Saviour’s Church in Russian style, Smolny monastery and Institute and, of course, Nevsky Avenue (Nevsky prospekt) - the main street of the city.You will visit the largest museum in Russia and one of the most famous museum all over the world.- Hermitage. The Hermitage is proud of its collection of the Ancient Greek & Roman sculptures, masterpieces of European painters, impressionists, post - impressionists and representatives of avant-garde, rich collections of porcelain, armor and furniture.
Program:
10.08.2007 departure from Moscow to St. Petersburg by night train
11.08.2007: arrival to St. Petersburg, breakfast, accommodation in hotel, city tour, lunch, excursion to Hermitage Museum.
11.08.2007: departure by night train to Moscow.
Price per person: 267ˆ
This price is for persons who are planning their departure from St. Petersburg and includes: excursion around the city, breakfats and lunch, hotel accommodation, excursion to Hermitage, English speaking guide, one way ticket by comfortable train from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Price per person: 325ˆ
This price is for persons who are planning their departure from Moscow and includes: excursion around the city, breakfast and lunch, hotel accommodation, excursion to Hermitage, English speaking guide, round trip ticket by comfortable train: Moscow - St. Petersburg -Moscow.
Deadline for application for this tour is 01.07.07
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