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Upon request, American Councils staff will arrange internships or community service placements for academic year and semester RLASP participants. While American Councils does not arrange formal internship placements due to the brevity of the program, summer participants are encouraged to pursue volunteer opportunities. Internship placements depend significantly on the participant’s Russian-proficiency level and the needs … Read more

All RLASP participants attend a pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C. at the start of their program. Orientation sessions address health and safety, Russian academic culture, host-family life, culture shock, strategies to maximize language gain, and key survival phrases in Russian. Participants have a chance to meet and get to know their resident directors, fellow participants, … Read more

Student Note, St. Petersburg – 06/06 We have been in St. Petersburg for a week, and I’m finally getting used to it. Today we went on a tour to see the American Consulate, the health clinic, and the ACTR regional office. To get to the places, we took the metro, a bus, and walked. I … Read more