Doing your Russian Language Course in St. Petersburg, you have a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the tradition Russian wooden architecture. This will be possible, if you take a day off from your Russian language course and head to the island of Kizhi – a UNESCO World Heritage site.

In order to get to Kizhi you need to take a night train from St. Petersburg to the city of Petrozavodsk, and from there you take a 75 minutes boat trip from Onezhskoye lake directly to Kizhi island. (more…)