{"id":10158,"date":"2020-05-05T09:14:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T13:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=10158"},"modified":"2020-05-05T13:05:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T17:05:28","slug":"russia-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/russia-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Russia: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Organize your art supplies and get painting! Pick a particular location you\u2019ll visit on your trip, and compare your artwork to photos of the location when you return. Consider painting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/russia\/moscow\/attractions\/st-basils-cathedral\/a\/poi-sig\/373447\/360429\">St. Basil\u2019s Cathedral<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moscovery.com\/ivan-the-great-bell-tower\/\">Ivan the Great Bell Tower<\/a>, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globeguide.ca\/peterhof-palace-tour\/\">Peterhof Palace and Gardens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Not a painter? Check out these<\/em><em> virtual tours of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zhw4oydEHS4\"><em>Bolshoi Theatre<\/em><\/a><em> and the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hermitagemuseum.org\/wps\/portal\/hermitage\/panorama\/!ut\/p\/z1\/jZBNS8QwFEV_i4suk7zp97iLHWSsQhB0pmYj6UxsI01TkrT-faO4EZzi2z0491y4hJOG8FEsqhNemVEM4X_h-SujNN8kFdTlIS2Abul-Vz9CdnObk-M3ABeOAuH_ya8AfF1_JPx3Bbu7Dwb2lO0ZO1Rxlf4AK46acNVq_HHSGHAWZ7BJtgBlERdpmX9NQMc2KTvCrXyTVlo827BM7_10HUEEcsSLcsqH3ayfxZDkgE9GR6BnJw06ywH10uoAdBI5MaJJeuna2XYG2dkpEcFfJb1xnjQX5GTSzw28Z8PyQK8-AasP3jI!\/dz\/d5\/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh\/?lng=es\"><em>Hermitage Museum and Galleries.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Russia include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>War and Peace (1956)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Zhivago (1965)<\/li>\n<li>Fiddler on the Roof (1971)<\/li>\n<li>The Bridge of Spies (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Study some history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/russia\/russian-revolution\">Russian Revolution<\/a> of 1917, the lives of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/political-figure\/vladimir-lenin\">Vladimir Lenin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/dictator\/joseph-stalin\">Joseph Stalin<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/political-figure\/peter-the-great\">Peter the Great<\/a> and his reign. Then, examine the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Cold-War\">Cold War<\/a> and the fall of communism in 1989.\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/space-race\">space race<\/a>\u00a0is always fascinating!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Russians <\/em>by Hedrick Smith<\/li>\n<li><em>One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich <\/em>by Alexander Solzhenitsyn<\/li>\n<li><em>Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia <\/em>by Anne Garrels<\/li>\n<li><em>War and Peace <\/em>by Leo Tolstoy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Arrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a cooking class with your travel group, or consider a group outing to a restaurant that offers your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try <a href=\"https:\/\/tarasmulticulturaltable.com\/blinchiki-russian-crepes\/\">blini<\/a> (Russian crepes), pelmeni (fish dumplings), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyrecipes.com\/recipes\/borscht\/\">borscht<\/a> (beet soup), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/recipes\/herring-under-fur-coat\">herring under a fur coat<\/a> (a layered pickled herring salad), or <a href=\"https:\/\/petersfoodadventures.com\/2019\/01\/03\/pirog\/\">pirog<\/a> (stuffed pie).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Call up a friend and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyaKqd6wbIM\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about ordering at restaurants, buying souvenirs, and chatting with locals).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Russia is located across nine time zones and has the largest McDonald\u2019s in the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get painting! Pick a particular location you\u2019ll visit on your trip, and compare your artwork to photos of the location when you return. Consider painting St. Basil\u2019s Cathedral, Ivan the Great Bell Tower, or the Peterhof Palace and Gardens. Not a painter? Check out these virtual tours of <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/russia-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10166,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10158","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10162,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10158\/revisions\/10162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}