Russian - Moscow: Spring 2010 Updates from the Field

Here are some additional links to help you orient yourself as you read student reports on our trip to Vladimir-Suzdal'-Murom:

Locate Vladimir-Suzdal'-Murom on Google Maps (in English)

English-Language Student Murom Tour (large file, could be a slow download)

Read & Listen to the Legend of Ilya Muromets on The Voice of Russia

Read the Lives of Ss. Peter and Fevronia (Murom): Russia's Patron Saints of Family Happiness and Marital Fidelity

Russia's First Lady, Svetlana Medvedeva, visits Murom for Family Happiness Day

Murom Institute of Vladimir State University: English-Language Students at American Home (do you recognize Alex Dvorkin '08 & Kevin Kensler '09)?

Murom Institute's Terpsichore (Muse of Dance) Festival (Ebony II in Murom)

What is American Home?

Russia's Channel One (Первый канал) is running a two-part special on Vladimir Koz'mich Zvorykin, Murom-native and inventor of the television. The site is in Russian, but contains more photos of Murom: http://www.1tv.ru/anons/id=156720

To learn more about Zvorykin, consult the two Wikipedia sites:
In English
In Russian