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UCLA professor Arch Getty specializes in the Stalin period and the history of the Soviet Communist Party. His 5 books and more than 50 articles on the Stalin period of Russian history have been published in the U.S., England, France, Germany, Japan and Russia. In 1992, he was the first to use formerly secret police archives to publish exact data on the number of Stalin's victims. Professor Getty now spends several months each year in Moscow working in the political archives of the former Soviet Communist Party. Professor Getty's research has also been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Foundation, the International Research and Exchanges Board and the University of California Humanities Research Institute. He is founder and Director of Praxis International, a non-profit foundation that facilitates research travel to Russia, and arranges archival access for visiting western scholars.

About the Trip

In the early 1700s, Peter the Great transformed a swampy wilderness into a majestic and modern capital. Trace Peter’s footsteps through history. Explore Moscow’s Red Square and Armory Museum, then board the 120-passenger MS Repin and sail the legendary Volga, Neva and Svir rivers. Visit historic Uglich, see beautiful monasteries in Yaroslavl and Goritsy, and enjoy the outdoor museum of traditional Russian life on Kizhi Island. Spend two days discovering the sites of St. Petersburg, from the magnificent palaces of Russia’s royalty to the astounding collections at the Hermitage Museum.

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