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Russia's Golden Age

Readings: Selections by Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and others.

Tour Leader Sean Forester recently hosted a webinar about this tour! Click here to watch (34 min.) Sean also recently penned a blog about what makes this tour's perspective special. Click here to read it.

Russian realism blossomed with the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Chekhov's and Stanislavsky’s drama, and with the music of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff. Less known in the West are the equally extraordinary paintings of Repin, Levitan, Kramskoy, and Serov. The artists of this era were united by an exploration of life's timeless and profound questions: What does it mean to live a fulfilling life? Is there a God? How to understand the complex relationships between men and women? What is a just society? How do we balance modernity and tradition?

This trip will focus on a vitally important time and place in cultural history. We will examine how all the artists adapted Realism to their different media, brilliantly reflecting the common and burning issues of their day.
Literary Adventures Cultural Explorations

Russia | 12 days
Literary Adventures

Dates:
Sep 14-25, 2019
Cost:
US$5495
Group Size:
12 - 16 participants 

Includes:
Accommodation in double occupancy, based on hotels listed or similar, meals as indicated in the itinerary, all activities as indicated in the itinerary, all entrance fees, readings, fully escorted.

Itinerary at a Glance

Day 1: Meet in Moscow
Day 2: The Tolstoy House Museum, the Kremlin
Day 3: Tretyakov Gallery
Day 4: Excursion to the Polenov Estate
Day 5: Contemporary Moscow
Day 6: By train to St. Petersburg
Day 7: The Dostoyevsky Museum
Day 8: Selected galleries at the Russian Museum
Day 9: Excursion to Pushkin
Day 10: The Hermitage in depth
Day 11: Countryside dachas
Day 12: Depart St. Petersburg
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Your Tour Leader

Sean Forester is a San Francisco–based artist and lecturer. He lived in Italy for ten years and trained as a classical painter at the Florence Academy of Art. Sean is Director of Art History, Humanities, and Composition at the Golden Gate Atelier.

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Literary Adventures Cultural Explorations

Russia | 12 days
Literary Adventures

Dates:
Sep 14-25, 2019
Cost:
US$5495
Group Size:
12 - 16 participants 

Includes:
Accommodation in double occupancy, based on hotels listed or similar, meals as indicated in the itinerary, all activities as indicated in the itinerary, all entrance fees, readings, fully escorted.

WHAT THEY SAY:

"My favourite memory is fun dinners with interesting fellow travellers."

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