A select group of 14 Texas A&M International University students traveled over 6,100 miles to Moscow, and St. Petersburg, Russia between March 8-21, 2018. Students participating in the program were Isabela Barrientos, Marcos Enriquez, Briana Escobar, Kimberly Flores, Mayra Hurtado, Sergio Martínez, José A. Medrano, Aranza Obscura, Alyla Robles, María Graciela Rodríguez, Aaron E. Salazar, Rebecca Vela, Alfredo Velasco and Alan Villarreal. Their time in Russia was highly structured with academic classes, guest lectures, related guided tours and a service-learning opportunity. Among trip highlights are visits to the Lenin Mausoleum, the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, a guided tour of Cold War bunkers, an evening in Gorky Park, tour of St. Petersburg, the burial place of Russian Tsars, a roundtable discussion on the Bolshevik Revolution with students at St. Petersburg State University, a trip to the Winter Palace at the Hermitage, and Catherine?s Palace. Take a look at pictures and and blog entries from the RTG Ambassadors during their trip. Visit www.instragram.com/tamiureadingtheglobe for more blog entries.
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