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02.02.2012
How the News is Reported in Russia, January 2012

01.02.2012
Russia's Top Five Movies, January, 2012

31.01.2012
Nashe Radio Top Five, January, 2012

31.01.2012
MTV Russia Top Five, January, 2012

12.12.2011
SRAS Holds "Living and Working in Russia-2011" Seminar

11.12.2011
Genevieve Gunow Receives $200 Jury Award

08.12.2011
Scholarships Available!

03.06.2011
Call for Papers: Vestnik!

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All Programs from SRAS

Russian as a Second Language (RSL)
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

Twenty hours per week of Russian language training. Individualized Russian Tutoring and Intensive Russian also available in most locations.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Custom & Short Term, Summer
Russian Studies Seminar: The Russian Elections
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

This intensive four-week course will detail the social forces shaping Russia's political scene and how politics may impact Russian society after the elections of 2011 and 2012.

Available: Summer
Acting in Russia
One year acting experience required; all courses in English

An intensive six-week summer course of Russian-style actor training for English-speaking actors.

Available: Summer
Baikal Environmental Studies
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

Language, history, and hands-on experience with Tahoe-Baikal Institute to study the Baikal watershed and learn how to advance environmental initiatives through government, NGOs, and academic institutions.

Available: Summer
Kyrgyz Summer Adventure
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

The Kyrgyz Summer Adventure Program combines three weeks of intensive language study in Bishkek and one week of horse-trekking through rugged Central Asian mountains!

Available: Summer
Art and Museums in Russia
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

An excursion-based three-week program to teach you art history, studio art, and/or museum studies through the famed collections of St. Petersburg's museums!

Available: Summer
Siberian Summer Adventure
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

SRAS has partnered with GBT to provide any interested volunteer with a well-rounded educational experience and unforgettable summer adventure in Siberia.

Available: Summer
The Russian Far East
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

Study the international diplomacy, economy, and history of the Far East from the Russian perspective. China, Japan, and the volatile Korean Peninsula are discussed.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer
Central Asian Studies
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

Intensive language study, courses on regional history and hands-on learning of the countries and cultures. Home stay, cultural program and educational travel included.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer
Russian Archive Access
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

SRAS offers a one-week, crash course into Russian archives. Great as a stand-alone option, as an addition to one of our courses, or as your first week of dissertation research in Moscow!

Available: Summer
Mass Movements: From Protest to Revolution
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

What causes revolution? When does a mass movement become mass protest? When does protest evolve into revolution? Were Russia's revolutions inevitable? Find out this summer with SRAS!

Available: Summer
Research Travel Services

SRAS's many years of experience in travel, research, and education are now at the disposal of those hoping to perform research in Russia. Let us help you with visas, accommodations, archival work, and more!

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Custom & Short Term, Summer
Internships: Translation Abroad
Advanced Russian skills required

Professional, hands-on translation experience and intensive Russian lessons! A unique program to jump-start your career as a translator!

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer
Internships: NGO and Cultural
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

Gain experience, make contacts, make a difference! Chose from NGOs working on a range of issues, diverse museums, and some theatres.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Custom & Short Term
Internships: Report from Abroad
Advanced Russian Skills Required

Intensive Russian lessons and an internship with a local English-language newspaper, researching stories in Russian and English and reporting in English.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer
Internships: Russian Business
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

Intensive Russian lessons combined with professional experience in Russia and a resume-building research project.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Custom & Short Term, Summer
Russian Folklore Expedition
All Levels – beginning to advanced

Leave the city behind – move to a Russian village to collect old songs and folk tales, film the spring rituals, and dance with the New Year's masqueraders. This is the Russia you definitely won't meet in the classroom!

Available: Fall, Spring, Summer
Politics and International Relations at MGIMO
Advanced Russian skills required

Enroll for regular semester classes, conducted in Russian and attended by the diverse student population of MGIMO, Russia's premier institution for politics and international relations.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year
Russian Studies Abroad
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

Intense language study, cultural immersion, and classes in history, politics, economics, and culture. For those planning a professional career with ties to Russia.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year
Siberian Studies
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

From colonialism to industrialization to modern Siberia. Environmental, economic, and demographic problems. Combines academic courses with an environmental internship for a broad understanding of the region.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year
The Russian Psyche
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

The Russians: A Developmental History of a National Psyche is an innovative cultural immersion using venues and experiences to teach the cultural history that forms the world view of today's Russians.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year
Funding: Language Exploration Grant
Intermediate to advanced

The grant awards $500-1000 to one goal-oriented student per semester.

Available: Fall, Spring, Summer
Funding: Research Abroad Grant
Intermediate to advanced

The grant awards $1000 to one upperclassman or graduate student per year to conduct research in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, or Ukraine.

Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer
Home and Abroad (Creative!) Scholarship
All Levels - from beginning to advanced

SRAS's Home and Abroad: Creative offers $7,000 to students who want to build writing, research, art, and language skills at home and abroad.

Available: Fall, Spring, Summer
Home and Abroad Scholarship Program

The SRAS Home and Abroad Scholarship Program offers $10,000 to students who want to build translation, writing, research, and language skills at home and abroad.

Available: Year
Degree Programs
Advanced; Preparatory Courses Avail for Non-Advanced

Degree programs at Russian universities are becoming more and more appealing as costs continue to escalate at home and as more and more professionals trained in Russia successfully test their skills in the West.

Available: Fall