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# SRAS

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## Posts
- [Warsaw in Ukrainian and Belarusian: Language, Migration, and Identity](https://sras.org/warsaw-ukrainian-belarusian-language/): Walk through Warsaw today and Polish is far from the only Slavic language you will hear. Ukrainian is part of everyday life in shops, cafés, workplaces, schools, and public transportation. Belarusian and Russian are also present, although often in less immediately visible ways. Cultural organizations, independent media, bookstores, schools, and community events further connect Warsaw with societies to its east.
- [Riga: A Base for Studying Media and Security in the Baltics](https://sras.org/riga-media-security-studies/): Latvia’s history, multilingual society, and position on NATO’s frontier make Riga a particularly valuable setting for examining how information, identity, and technology shape contemporary security.
- [Student Perspective: Studying in and Exploring Central Asia](https://sras.org/review-study-abroad-sleight/): For a long time, the Russian language has been a personal hobby of mine.  I would spend hours every week studying grammar, speaking with tutors, and listening to podcasts for learners.  I had put in the work studying Russian, but I craved practical learning and experience in a place that actually uses the language.  When I started university, I knew that I wanted to study abroad, and that’s how I found SRAS. SRAS offered Russian classes in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and a trip around Central Asia.  At first, I was a little hesitant as I had never heard much about Central Asia but after some research and thinking, I decided to sign up.  After a long Spring semester, and a seemingly even longer flight, I found myself walking out of the Manas International Airport ready to spend 8 weeks of my summer living in Kyrgyzstan.
- [Warsaw: A Base for Studying European Security](https://sras.org/warsaw-a-base-for-studying-european-security/): Poland’s history and geographic position make Warsaw a particularly relevant setting for examining how security threats develop, overlap, and change.
- [Tbilisi: A Base for Studying Georgia and the Caucasus](https://sras.org/tbilisi-a-base-for-studying-georgia-and-the-caucasus/): Many students are ready to look beyond the familiar study abroad destinations of Western Europe. For advisors, the challenge is identifying locations with strong academic possibilities that also work for students with limited international experience.
- [SRAS at 30: How Our Work Is Evolving](https://sras.org/sras-at-30/): Drawing on three decades of experience, SRAS is developing a broader framework for studying the region, placing greater emphasis on applied learning, and creating more flexible pathways into language study.
- [Student Perspective: Personal Growth over Winter Break in Riga](https://sras.org/review-winter-break-riga/): Over two weeks in early January, SRAS students experience Orthodox Christmas, and practice their Russian in an environment that immerses them in both Russian and Latvian history and culture. The Winter Break in Riga program offers a unique opportunity to explore the vibrant European capital of Riga while meaningfully engaging with locals and building intercultural skills. Read below the experiences of real students who have attended this short but transformative study abroad program!
- [Security and Society Journal, New Issue Published](https://sras.org/security-and-society-journal/): We are pleased to announce the publication of the fourth scholarly volume bringing together a unique series of research papers by talented students - participants in the Security and Society in the Information Age program held at Civitas University in Warsaw, Poland.
- [Meet Alex: Wanderlust and Humanity: SRAS Outreach Coordinator](https://sras.org/alex-sras-outreach-coordinator/): My fascination for the Caucasus region began on my first journey to Georgia as an SRAS student in 2022. The atmosphere immediately drew me in, and the day trip to Svaneti was enough of a glimpse of the mountains for me to know that this area was a hiker’s paradise.
- [Immersed in Central Asia: American Students Explore Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan](https://sras.org/rsl-adventure-2025/): This past July, I had the privilege of leading a group of twelve American college students through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on the pilot run of a newly created SRAS program, the RSL+ Travel Adventure. As the coordinator of this program, I had watched these students spend eight intensive weeks in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, studying Russian. By the time we set off for our two-week journey through Almaty and several Uzbek cities, they were ready to put their language skills to the test in new contexts.
- [SRAS in Conversation with Rikki Brown: Wine, Life, and Learning Abroad](https://sras.org/sras-in-conversation-with-rikki-brown-wine-life-and-learning-abroad/): Rikki Brown is a PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She recently returned from three years of fieldwork in Georgia, examining the wine economy and the impact of geopolitics on traditional winemaking practices. During fieldwork in Georgia, she taught a course for SRAS on the intersection of Food and Politics. She has a BA in Russian Studies and an MA in Social Sciences and has lived and worked in four former Soviet states, and Turkey. Rikki also has over a decade of experience in the US hospitality industry, including obtaining her Level-1 Sommelier certification.
- [Intent in Language Learning](https://sras.org/intent-in-language-learning/): Okay. Full disclosure. I have a bit of a problem.
- [Meet Lily in Kyrgyzstan – SRAS Program Coordinator for Bishkek](https://sras.org/lily-bishkek/): On the flight home from my first study abroad trip to Kyrgyzstan, I was already imagining how and when I would be able to return to the country I had grown to love. Less than a year later— 359 days, to be exact—I was elated to see that dream realized, this time landing in Bishkek as SRAS Student Coordinator. 
- [SRAS 2024 Photo Contest](https://sras.org/sras-photo-contest/): The SRAS calendar is a long-standing SRAS tradition. Each year, we invite our students to send in the pictures that they believe best tell the story of their time abroad. We curate and assemble these pictures into an annual calendar with brief narratives from the student describing what they saw, what they learned, and how they changed because of their experiences abroad. The calendar is published and distributed for free to Russian departments in the US and to SRAS partners across the globe.
- [Meet Kiara in Tbilisi – SRAS Program Manager for the Caucasus](https://sras.org/kiara-tbilisi/): No one intends to stay. I certainly didn’t when I first arrived. In truth, I didn’t even really want to come to Tbilisi in the first place. My arrival to the city was purely out of obligation—for work—and beyond the two months of my assignment, I had no plans of prolonging my time here. So, during that first week in the city, I remained skeptical when my roommate regaled me with tales about the supposed allure and spell that Tbilisi has over its visitors.
- [The Allure of Georgia](https://sras.org/georgia-why-study/): Georgia has received increasing attention in tourism and food circles over the past several years as the wider world finally discovers a truly original gem of culinary art and natural beauty. Its allure has always been strong with our students and graduates as Georgian food has long been known in all SRAS locations. From Warsaw to Bishkek and everywhere in between, Georgian restaurants offer not only the fabulous cuisine, but also the exotic atmosphere and hospitality of Georgia. Now, students have growing opportunities to visit Georgia and are finding the country, with its rich history and culture—and amazing landscape—to be as tantalizing as its amazing cuisine.
- [There’s Something About Yerevan](https://sras.org/yerevan-travel-study/): Since spring of 2022, Russian language study abroad has moved to three regions - Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Baltics. Different factors/characteristics seem to drive students to these regions. In this post, I'm going to explore the draw to the Caucasus and specifically, Yerevan.
- [SRAS 2024 Calendar Published!](https://sras.org/2024-calendar/): Dear Friends, Colleagues, Partners, and Students,
- [Introduction to Karakalpakstan as a Study Destination](https://sras.org/karakalpakstan-study-destination/): When I first arrived in Nukus, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, my immediate impression was that everything was salty. I mean this literally. As my friends and I exited the back seat of the taxi that had delivered us the three hours from Khiva, the first sensation I experienced was a distinct taste of salt in the frigid November air. It reminded me slightly of my home in Santa Cruz, California, only I’d never known the salt of the Pacific to permeate the air as strongly as the salt did in Nukus. On a later visit to the region, one of my friends even grew excited at one stop on a lonely and bleak highway, shouting out for us to look at all the “snow” on the ground. It was in fact just a field of salt.
- [SRAS in Conversation with Lee Sullivan: Studying Across Eurasia](https://sras.org/sras-in-conversation-with-lee-sullivan/): Lee Sullivan has studied with SRAS in nearly all our locations – many of them new. Back home at Stetson University in Florida, she’s majoring in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies while also taking extensive coursework in computer science and cybersecurity. She has won multiple scholarships that have allowed her to study in, travel to, or gain experience in Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Poland, and Russia.
- [SRAS in Conversation with Dr. Katarzyna Maniszewska: Security Studies in Poland](https://sras.org/sras-conversation-katarzyna-maniszewska-security-studies-poland/): Katarzyna Maniszewska is the long-time director of SRAS’ Security and Society in the Information Age program in Warsaw. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Warsaw and her research focuses on the history and development of political extremism and terrorism with particular emphasis on media coverage of terrorism. She completed postgraduate studies in Issues Relating to Organized Crime and Counterterrorism through the Faculty of Law as well as Postgraduates Studies in Management (Faculty of Management) at the University of Warsaw. She has written two books on related subjects in Polish and is expecting her third, written in English, to be published in the near future. She is also the editor of the academic journal that participants of the Security and Society Summer School contribute to.
- [SRAS in Conversation with Heather Rice: Traveling Uzbekistan](https://sras.org/sras-conversation-heather-rice/): Heather Rice has a long history of traveling, living, and working abroad. Now the Russian language coordinator and an assistant professor of instruction of Russian for the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, she recently took a trip to Uzbekistan to explore the possibilities for her students to study there.
- [SRAS in Conversation with David Galloway: Faculty Led Programming to Georgia](https://sras.org/sras-conversation-galloway/): David Galloway, Associate Professor of Russian Area Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, has run multiple faculty-led programs with SRAS. He’s also often chosen more adventurous locations. For his very first faculty-led tour with SRAS, he eschewed the capitals to take his students to Irkutsk, Russia, in 2006.
- [SRAS in Conversation with Walter Denz of Liden & Denz Language Schools](https://sras.org/sras-debrief-walter-denz/): Walter Denz founded Liden & Denz in St. Petersburg in 1992. He then expanded his language schools to Moscow, Irkutsk, and, most recently, Riga, Latvia. SRAS has, as of summer 2023, partnered with Liden & Denz in Riga to offer our students a unique new location for studying Russian.
- [SRAS in Conversation with Student Nathan Renard: For the Love of Languages](https://sras.org/sras-debrief-renard/): Nathan Renard is a recent high school graduate of Friends School of Baltimore. As part of his senior year there, he participated in a faculty led study abroad experience to Kyrgyzstan organized by his Russian Instructor, Lee Roby, and SRAS. Nathan plans on intensively studying Korean for a year abroad before moving on to linguistics studies at Pamona College in California.
- [Faculty Led Programs to the Caucasus](https://sras.org/flp-caucasus/): This spring I joined the SRAS team and in my new position, I will be developing faculty-led programming throughout our region (Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Baltics, the Balkans, and the Caucasus). The Caucasus – Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan – have become increasingly popular destinations for faculty-led programming in the absence of Russia and I will attempt here to describe what it is that makes this region so interesting - and worth studying.
- [SRAS Debrief with Student Kat Lytkowski: Security and Society in the Information Age](https://sras.org/sras-debrief-with-student-kat-lytkowski-security-and-society-in-the-information-age/): Kat Lytkowski is currently majoring in STIA at Georgetown University in the US. STIA stands for “Science, Technology and International Affairs” and is a new major that “applies cutting-edge science to the world’s most pressing political, social and ethical issues.” It takes into account the multiple forces affecting international affairs today – from social media and cyber security to epidemiology.
- [SRAS Debrief with Friends School of Baltimore: Spring Break in Kyrgyzstan](https://sras.org/sras-debrief-with-friends-school-of-baltimore-spring-break-in-kyrgyzstan/): Lee Roby of the Friends School of Baltimore led a group of her high school students to St. Petersburg, Russia every other year for 18 years. This faculty-led travel was, as she says, “a well-oiled machine” in introducing her students to Russian culture and immersing them into the Russian language. For the past three years, however, such travel to Russia has not been possible and may not even be possible for years to come.
- [SRAS Debrief with Connecticut College: Spring Break in Georgia](https://sras.org/sras-debrief-with-connecticut-college-flp-to-georgia/): The Slavic Department at Connecticut College has run course-based faculty-led travel abroad with SRAS six times since 2008. This has proved essential to their department-building efforts. These short, impactful experiences abroad can educate and excite students in ways that make them want to dig deeper and know more. Students who go abroad are more likely to declare majors in the subjects that they explore abroad.
- [In Memoriam: Elena Varshavskaya May 23, 1952 ~ March 2, 2023](https://sras.org/in-memoriam-elena-varshavskaya/): Elena Varshavskaya graduated from university as a teacher of the English and German languages. She worked at the St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum Department of Education for 20 years. She arrived to the US in 1996 and, after receiving her PhD degree in Art History, taught a wide variety of courses at the Rhode Island School of Design and Eastern Connecticut State University with a main interest in Japanese woodblock prints. Elena curated and co-curated exhibits at Springfield Museum, MA, and RISD Museum, taking particular inspiration in teaching a curating course at RISD where, under her careful supervision, her students created books reflecting various topics in Japanese art. Elena authored numerous research articles in art history, as well as her major life work, the book Heroes of Grand Pacification, which she wrote in both English and in Russian. (Obituary)
- [SRAS Expands Russian-Language Study Opportunities For 2022 And Beyond](https://sras.org/sras-expands-russian-language-study-abroad/): Students seeking immersive Russian language study opportunities abroad saw the landscape shift abruptly in 2022. Both Russia and Ukraine, the most obvious and familiar locations, are no longer viable study abroad destinations and not likely to be in the near future.
- [The SRAS Landscape: Reflections and Paths Forward in 2022](https://sras.org/sras-landscape-2022/): For months I have thought about the things I want to say about this year, 2022. So much has interfered with just sitting down to write, a combination of worry about friends and colleagues as well as trying to navigate a rapidly changing environment for study abroad and international business. Now, as we find ourselves clearly entering a new era, it is time to both reflect and talk about the future with some coherence.
- [SRAS Travel Updates](https://sras.org/sras-travel-updates/): SRAS does not currently recommend travel to Russia or Ukraine. Our other locations continue to operate as usual.
- [Support The NovaMova Family in Ukraine](https://sras.org/support-novamova-family-in-ukraine/): SRAS stands with the Ukrainian people and all those in Russia and the world who condemn the current war against Ukraine. While this is a crisis for the world, it is first and foremost a tragedy for the Ukrainian people. While we cannot help every Ukrainian directly, we aim to do all we can to help our friends at NovaMova in Kyiv.
- [Irkutsk: Modern Cultural Immersion and the Power of Nature (Extended SRAS Site Visit)](https://sras.org/irkutsk-immersion-nature-sras-site-visit/): There were a couple of things I really wanted to do for the SRAS 25th anniversary. One was to spend time on Lake Baikal, exploring places I’d never had time for in my shorter visits. The other was to take intensive Russian language classes abroad, especially as I had not had as much time exposed to the Russian language in the past year and a half.
- [SRAS Commemorative Cookbook Published – Order a Copy Today!](https://sras.org/sras-commemorative-cookbook-taste-of-eurasia/): To celebrate 25 years in education abroad, SRAS has produced a commemorative cookbook: A Taste of Eurasia.
- [SRAS Founder Renee Stillings Recognized for Outstanding Contributions To Polish-American Relations in Academia](https://sras.org/stillings-sras-polish-relations/): Civitas University has recently formally recognized SRAS Founder Renee Stillings for her "outstanding contribution in the field of study abroad programs and contribution to enhancing the Polish-American relations in academia."
- [The State of Study Abroad in Russia – 2021](https://sras.org/the-state-of-study-abroad-in-russia-2021/): As our first post-reopening semester in Russia winds down, we would like to comment on what we've experienced so far and what we anticipate for our spring 2022 semester. Next year, SRAS plans to run all programs in Russia – including those in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, and Irkutsk. We will continue to monitor the situation on the ground carefully and make adjustments as needed.
- [SRAS 25th Anniversary Quest](https://sras.org/sras-25th-anniversary-quest/): We are celebrating 25 years of innovation in study abroad - and launching a new mobile app!
- [SRAS Graduate to Present Online on the Russian Far East](https://sras.org/sras-graduate-russian-far-east/): The Russian Far East (RFE) is perhaps the most mysterious of the SRAS locations. It is home to dramatic geography - from the San Francisco-like feel of Vladivostok to the volcanos of Kamchatka. It is host to exotic wildlife - including the Siberian tiger and the Amur leopard. In fact, some 30 percent of all endangered species in Russia can be found in the RFE.
- [SRAS at AATSEEL, 2021](https://sras.org/sras-at-aatseel-2021/): Meet SRAS at AATSEEL! SRAS is excited to participate in the 2021 AATSEEL conference, held online this year. We welcome visits to our virtual booth and in particular we invite you to join our educator workshop (panel), Creating Cultureful Classrooms with Peer Tutors and Live Experiences, and our live-streamed tour of the Winter Palace (The Hermitage). If you are attending AATSEEL, you will be able to access these links via the conference platform. If you are not attending, you are still welcome to join by registering at SRAS Events.
- [Educator Workshops 2021](https://sras.org/educator-workshops-2021/): SRAS is running a special series: educator workshops 2021. Join us for discussions relevant for any teacher of language, culture, history, geopolitics, or other subjects relevant to the modern world!
- [Video Introduction to Russian Archives – 2021](https://sras.org/introduction-to-russian-archives-2021/): Are you looking to research in Russia's archives but aren't quite sure how to start? We have just produced a new video to complement our research support services by providing a video introduction to Russian archives. See the video below.
- [Virtual Hermitage Tour in Beautiful St. Petersburg, Russia](https://sras.org/virtual-hermitage-tour/): On February 27, join SRAS for a visit to the Winter Palace (The Hermitage) in St. Petersburg, Russia. This live, virtual Hermitage tour will take you inside the official residence of Russian imperial families from 1732 to 1917, the grandiose palace reflected the might and power of the Russian Empire.
- [Eurasian Foodways: Cooking and Culture Classes from SRAS](https://sras.org/foodways-cooking-culture-classes/): Join SRAS online in 2021 and explore the culinary traditions of Eurasia. Before the course, you'll receive a shopping list. As part of the course, you'll cook these delicious dishes along with your instructor, as you discuss the history and cultural relevance of the food to the region.Each course is individual and is taken separately. We will be adding more sessions throughout the year. See below for the current lineup. Contact us with any questions.
- [Winds of Change: Experiential Learning in Russia and CEE](https://sras.org/winds-change-summer-study-abroad/): Russia & CEE: Winds of Change is an exciting guided study abroad program that will look at the rise and fall of the USSR and the Iron Curtain. You will come to understand the history behind these events and thier lasting effects from inside the countries in which they took place. This study abroad program will take us through four countries:
- [New Perspectives with SRAS Virtual Site Visits](https://sras.org/sras-virtual-site-visits-perspectives/): Over this past year, SRAS has developed a growing number of online courses, classroom support options, and free events — all intended to supplement learning about our region. We continue to roll out new courses and we are very excited about our "Perspectives" series. As you all know, study abroad is very much about gaining new perspectives. This comes in many forms, including understanding differing traditions, identities, political systems, geographies, and histories.
- [A Journey to Kyiv in the Age of COVID](https://sras.org/kyiv-travel-covid/): ***Molly will be hosting a briefing on travel to Kyiv on Dec 10th! This will be followed by info sessions on study abroad and language study abroad on the 14th and 17th, respectively. Sign up here.
- [FLAS and Study Abroad in 2021](https://sras.org/flas-and-study-abroad-in-2021/): Every year, SRAS welcomes FLAS students for Russian language study in Russia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan. Many saw this disrupted in 2020, although many were able to use these funds for online study or defer them to 2021.
- [Distance Learning: The Pandemic’s Effects on Russian Education](https://sras.org/pandemic-effects-russian-education/): The following article was originally written in Russian by Georgii Vermishev and Darya Dmitrieva. It was first published in Деловой Петербург, a newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Russia under the title Удалённые знания: пандемия запустила революцию в системе образования. It has been translated here by Josh Wilson, Assistant Director for SRAS, for the benefit of our students, partners, colleagues, and subscribers.

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- [Short-Term Study Abroad and Certificate Courses](https://sras.org/destinations/study-tours/): SRAS study tours are designed to condense immersive, resume-building study abroad experiences into as little as 1-4 weeks. Formulated with students, educators, and professionals in mind, these opportunities are open to anyone with a passion for travel and learning.
- [Meet Our Team](https://sras.org/about-us/meet-our-team/): SRAS is an international team. Each of us has personally studied in and traveled within Eurasia, giving us first-hand knowledge of this specific geographic area. We've built relationships and a network of contacts that help our students not only with academic programs, but also to travel, seek jobs, pursue hobbies, and more – and not only while abroad, but long after the program ends. We at SRAS are here to help you realize the goals you set for yourself.
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## Programs
- [International Studies: Professional Practice in Georgia](https://sras.org/programs/international-studies-professional-practice-in-georgia/): Gain meaningful professional experience while developing the skills to work effectively in international and cross-cultural environments. This intensive 10-week summer program in Tbilisi combines a carefully selected internship placement with an applied international studies practicum and introductory Georgian language and culture.
- [Spring Break Warsaw: Ukrainian Language Intensive](https://sras.org/programs/spring-break-ukrainian-intensive/): Spend one week of spring break focused on intensive Ukrainian language study in Warsaw. Small-group instruction emphasizes practical communication while developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
- [Winter Break Warsaw: Ukrainian Language Intensive](https://sras.org/programs/winter-break-ukrainian-intensive/): Spend one or two weeks of winter break focused on intensive Ukrainian language study in Warsaw. Small-group instruction emphasizes practical communication while developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
- [Chișinău: Russian as a Second Language](https://sras.org/programs/chisinau-russian-as-a-second-language/): Chișinău offers a distinctive setting for intensive Russian language study. Romanian is Moldova’s official language and the primary language of public life, while Russian remains widely understood and used within parts of the population. Students develop their language skills through intensive classroom instruction, daily interaction with Russian-speaking hosts, and cultural activities that introduce Moldova’s history and contemporary society.
- [Winter Break Chișinău: Russian Language Intensive](https://sras.org/programs/winter-break-chisinau-russian-language-intensive/): Spend one or two weeks of winter break focused on intensive Russian language study in Chișinău. Designed for students with an established foundation in Russian, small-group instruction emphasizes practical communication while strengthening speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar.
- [Winter Break Yerevan: Persian Language Intensive](https://sras.org/programs/winter-break-yerevan-persian-language-intensive/): Spend one or two weeks of winter break focused on intensive Persian language study in Yerevan. Small-group instruction develops practical communication while building skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Beginners can gain an introduction to Persian, while students with previous study work at an appropriate proficiency level.
- [Warsaw: Belarusian Studies](https://sras.org/programs/warsaw-belarusian-studies/): This makes Warsaw an unusual setting for Belarusian Studies. Participants encounter Belarusian not only as a language of study, but as a language used by a living community navigating questions of identity, culture, politics, memory, and diaspora.
- [Warsaw: Security and Society Summer School](https://sras.org/programs/warsaw-security-society-summer/): Gain an intensive introduction to contemporary security challenges at the intersection of geopolitics, technology, and society with the Security and Society Summer School. Based in Warsaw, Poland, with a study tour to Berlin, the program uses Central and Eastern Europe as a vantage point for examining security developments across the wider Eurasian Corridor and their implications for the global security environment.
- [Bishkek: Russian as a Second Language](https://sras.org/programs/bishkek-russian-second-language/): Bishkek offers one of the most effective environments for studying Russian in a real-world, regionally integrated context. In Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Russian is used widely in daily life, from cafés to markets and public transport.
- [Bishkek: Central Asian Studies](https://sras.org/programs/bishkek-central-asian-studies/): Central Asian Studies is well suited for students of international relations, political science, security studies, and related fields, as well as those interested in energy, development, or regional studies. It is also a strong fit if you want to build or apply Russian language skills in a real-world, multilingual environment. No prior experience with Central Asia is required—only a willingness to engage analytically with a complex and evolving region.
- [Tbilisi: Identity and Conflict in the Caucasus](https://sras.org/programs/tbilisi-identity-conflict/): Situated between Europe and Asia, the Caucasus is one of the world’s most complex and contested regions. Here, mountains, languages, and empires converge: dozens of ethnic groups and linguistic traditions coexist within a landscape shaped by Persian, Ottoman, Russian, and Soviet rule. Questions of identity, sovereignty, and historical memory are not abstract—they are lived realities that continue to shape politics and everyday life.
- [SRAS Online: Conversation Practice Sessions](https://sras.org/programs/online-conversation-practice/): Practice and advance your Russian outside of the classroom with a native Russian-speaking peer! Learning Russian is more fun (and practical) if you get a chance to use it to interact with someone in Russia. These live, individual sessions allow you to apply what you are learning by taking part in informal chats with a Russian peer. 
- [SRAS Online: Russian Language Study](https://sras.org/programs/online-russian-study/): Study Russian online with live instruction tailored to your level and goals. Whether you are beginning the language, maintaining progress between university courses, preparing for study abroad, or refining advanced skills, individual lessons provide focused support where you need it most.
- [SRAS Online: Ukrainian Language Study](https://sras.org/programs/online-ukrainian-study/): Online Ukrainian Language Study is available for all levels, from complete beginner to advanced.
- [Crossroads: Geopolitics and Security in the Caucasus](https://sras.org/programs/geopolitics-security-caucasus/): The Caucasus is one of the world’s most important geopolitical crossroads. Located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea—at the intersection of Europe, Russia, and the Middle East—the region has long been shaped by competing empires and great powers. Today, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia continue to navigate complex questions of sovereignty, security, and regional alignment.
- [Winter Break Riga: Russian Language Intensive](https://sras.org/programs/winter-riga-russian-language-immersion/): Spend one or two weeks of winter break focused on Russian language and cultural immersion in Riga. Intensive small-group instruction emphasizes conversation and practical communication, while a Russian-speaking homestay provides additional opportunities to use the language in daily life.
- [SRAS Site Visits](https://sras.org/programs/sras-site-visits/): Join SRAS this summer for a site visit in Bishkek and/or Riga and/or Georgia & Armenia. This experience is open to educators and advisors who are considering approval of SRAS study abroad programs in these locations or developing faculty-led custom programs. We cover a lot of ground with these itineraries - from program logistics to a broad introduction to the countries, their history, landscape, and culinary tradition. SRAS provides all programming as outlined in the itineraries. 
- [Riga: Russian as a Second Language](https://sras.org/programs/riga-russian-second-language/): Riga, Latvia’s capital on the Baltic Sea, offers a distinctive environment for studying Russian within a modern European and multilingual setting. As a member of the European Union and NATO with a complex linguistic landscape shaped by history, policy, and migration, Riga provides a grounded and relevant context for language study.
- [Warsaw: Ukrainian Language](https://sras.org/programs/warsaw-ukrainian-language/): Ukrainian is a key language for understanding one of Europe’s most dynamic and rapidly evolving societies. Studying Ukrainian today offers direct insight into questions of identity, culture, and resilience in a region undergoing profound change.
- [Spring Break: Navruz in Uzbekistan](https://sras.org/programs/spring-break-navruz-uzbekistan/): Enjoy the ancient festival of Navruz in Uzbekistan this spring! This 9-day trip will introduce you to modern Uzbekistan before taking you back in time, immersing you in the art, architecture, culture, and history of this very unique civilization. See for yourself the heritage of the Silk Road, the Great Game, citadels, arks, and caravanserais. Try plov, the Uzbek national dish, and many other local foods. There will be a lot of Navruz events taking place during this time and we will join many of these unique opportunities.
- [Warsaw: Polish Language](https://sras.org/programs/warsaw-polish-language/): Polish is the primary language of one of Central Europe’s most dynamic and historically significant countries. Studying Polish provides direct access to the society, culture, and institutions that shape life in Poland today.
- [Tbilisi: Russian as a Second Language](https://sras.org/programs/tbilisi-russian-second-language/): Tbilisi sits at one of the world’s most dynamic cultural and geopolitical crossroads. Located between Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, Georgia’s capital has long been shaped by the movement of peoples, languages, and empires. Today, it remains a place where multiple identities and histories intersect—creating a rich and layered environment for language study.
- [Online Research Internships](https://sras.org/programs/online-research-internships/): Develop your research and writing skills while contributing to SRAS publications and educational resources on Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia.
- [Riga: Baltic Security and the Information Environment](https://sras.org/programs/riga-baltic-security-information/): The Baltic states have emerged as one of the most important regions in the world for understanding the role of information in modern security. Situated on NATO’s northeastern frontier and operating within a complex multilingual media landscape, the region has become a leading arena for studying information warfare, digital governance, media ecosystems, and the relationship between identity, language policy, and societal resilience in the face of hybrid threats. From strategic communication and cybersecurity to the influence of AI on public discourse, the Baltic information environment provides a unique setting for examining how communication, technology, and security intersect.
- [Latvia for Youth: Language, Community Engagement & Culture](https://sras.org/programs/latvia-youth-language-community-engagement-culture/): Spend four inspiring weeks in Riga, Latvia building real-world Russian language skills while experiencing the Baltic region through the eyes of local youth. Students live with carefully selected Russian-speaking host families and study each morning at the Liden & Denz Language School, rapidly growing their confidence in small-group classes and daily immersion.
- [Wine and History in Georgia: Identity, Tradition, and Taste](https://sras.org/programs/wine-history-georgia/): This intensive program examines Georgian wine not simply as a product, but as a lens through which to understand the country's history, religion, agriculture, hospitality, and national identity.
- [Yerevan: Persian Language](https://sras.org/programs/yerevan-persian-language/): Persian (Farsi) is central to understanding Iran’s society, culture, and role in the wider region. Spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, it provides access to a broad cultural and political space shaped by history, exchange, and contemporary dynamics.
- [Spring Break Riga: Russian Language Immersion](https://sras.org/programs/spring-break-riga-russian-language-immersion/): Spend spring break in Latvia combining intensive Russian language study with cultural exploration in Riga and Daugavpils. With 20 hours of Russian instruction, a Russian-speaking homestay, and opportunities to use the language outside the classroom, the program offers a concentrated boost to your Russian in just over a week.
- [Media Literacy in the Baltics: Identity, AI, and Security](https://sras.org/programs/media-literacy-baltics/): This one-week, field-based program examines how media, technology, and identity intersect in one of Europe’s most geopolitically significant regions. Through lectures, workshops, discussions, and visits to organizations in Riga and Daugavpils, participants explore information integrity, multilingual societies, and national security in the age of artificial intelligence.
- [Tbilisi: Georgian Language & Culture](https://sras.org/programs/tbilisi-georgian-language-culture/): Georgian is one of the world’s most distinctive languages, belonging to the Kartvelian family with no close relatives beyond the South Caucasus. Spoken in a region long shaped by empires, trade routes, and cultural exchange, it offers a unique window into how language, identity, and history evolve together at the intersection of Europe, Russia, and the Middle East.
- [Iran: Society, Power, and Regional Order](https://sras.org/programs/iran-society-power-order/): Iran sits at the intersection of the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, shaped by a long history, strategic geography, and a complex relationship with global systems. As a major regional actor operating under sustained external pressure, it offers a unique lens on how states navigate constraint, identity, and power.
- [Warsaw: Security & Diplomacy–CEE Perspectives](https://sras.org/programs/warsaw-security-diplomacy-cee-perspectives/): Study international security, diplomacy, conflict, and global affairs at Civitas University in Warsaw. Located on NATO’s eastern flank, Poland offers a compelling setting for examining the historical and contemporary forces shaping Central and Eastern Europe.
- [Yerevan: Armenian Language & Culture](https://sras.org/programs/yerevan-armenian-language-culture/): Armenian is one of the world’s oldest continuously used languages and a central expression of Armenian identity, culture, and historical continuity. Studying Armenian offers not only linguistic skills, but also insight into a society where language has played a defining role in preserving culture across centuries of political change and diaspora.
- [Central Asia: Connectivity, Power, and Regional Strategy](https://sras.org/programs/central-asia-connectivity-power-strategy/): Central Asia is rapidly emerging as a connected regional space, shaped by new energy networks, transport corridors, and growing coordination across the region. Landlocked and yet strategically positioned between Russia, China, the Middle East, and South Asia, it has long been defined by movement across space. Today, these patterns are taking new form as infrastructure, trade, and regional initiatives reshape how Central Asian states engage with the wider world.

## Locations
- [Lithuania](https://sras.org/destinations/baltics/lithuania/): Explore historical memory, national identity, and Lithuania's role in regional security and European affairs.
- [Estonia](https://sras.org/destinations/baltics/estonia/): Explore digital society, education, regional security, and identity in a country closely connected with both the Baltic and Nordic regions.
- [Azerbaijan](https://sras.org/destinations/caucasus/azerbaijan/): Explore energy, regional politics, cultural heritage, and connectivity in a country linking the Caucasus with the Caspian and Central Asia.
- [Kazakhstan](https://sras.org/destinations/central-asia/kazakhstan/): Explore Central Asia's largest country through the study of development, energy, diplomacy, society, and regional change.
- [Moldova](https://sras.org/destinations/central-eastern-europe/moldova/): Study Russian while exploring the languages, identities, histories, and cultural traditions that shape contemporary Moldova.
- [Baku](https://sras.org/destinations/caucasus/azerbaijan/baku/): Explore history, energy, architecture, and regional affairs in Azerbaijan's capital on the Caspian Sea.
- [Chișinău](https://sras.org/destinations/central-eastern-europe/moldova/chisinau/): Live and learn in a capital where language, identity, and history shape everyday life.
- [Warsaw](https://sras.org/destinations/central-eastern-europe/poland/warsaw/): Live and learn in a European capital where history continues to shape contemporary security and society.
- [Uzbekistan](https://sras.org/destinations/central-asia/uzbekistan/): Explore the cities, history, and cultural heritage that have shaped Central Asia for centuries.
- [Poland](https://sras.org/destinations/central-eastern-europe/poland/): Study language, history, security, and regional affairs from one of Central Europe's most influential countries.
- [Riga](https://sras.org/destinations/baltics/latvia/riga/): Live and learn in a historic Baltic capital where language, identity, media, and regional affairs shape contemporary life.
- [Tbilisi](https://sras.org/destinations/caucasus/georgia/tbilisi/): Live and learn in Tbilisi, a city that has long connected cultures, languages, and ideas across the Caucasus.
- [Yerevan](https://sras.org/destinations/caucasus/armenia/yerevan/): Study language, identity, history, and regional affairs in Armenia's vibrant capital.
- [Bishkek](https://sras.org/destinations/central-asia/kyrgyzstan/bishkek/): Live and learn in Bishkek, a welcoming capital that provides an ideal base for exploring Central Asia.
- [The Baltics](https://sras.org/destinations/baltics/): Explore the intersection of language, identity, security, and society through immersive study abroad programs in one of Europe's most strategically significant regions.
- [The Caucasus](https://sras.org/destinations/caucasus/): Study language, identity, history, and regional affairs across distinct cultural, political, and geographic landscapes.
- [Central Asia](https://sras.org/destinations/central-asia/): Explore one of the world's most dynamic regions through immersive study abroad programs in language, international relations, development, history, and regional studies.
- [Central & Eastern Europe](https://sras.org/destinations/central-eastern-europe/): Explore security, democracy, language, history, and regional transformation through immersive study abroad programs in one of Europe's most consequential regions.
- [Latvia](https://sras.org/destinations/baltics/latvia/): Study language, identity, media, and regional affairs from the heart of the Baltic region.
- [Georgia](https://sras.org/destinations/caucasus/georgia/): Study language, society, politics, and regional affairs from one of the Caucasus' most dynamic and internationally connected countries
- [Armenia](https://sras.org/destinations/caucasus/armenia/): Study history, identity, language, regional diplomacy, and cultural continuity from one of the Caucasus' oldest and most distinctive societies.
- [Kyrgyzstan](https://sras.org/destinations/central-asia/kyrgyzstan/): Study language, society, development, and regional affairs in a country shaped by mountain geography, nomadic traditions, and its place at the heart of Central Asia.

## Survey
- [2024 Survey of Recruitment and Rentention Strategies](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2024-recruit-survey/): The Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes has long gathered statistics about enrollments in college and pre-college Russian language courses.
- [Survey of Students of the Russian Language, 2023-2024](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2023-2024-student-survey/): The Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes has long gathered statistics about enrollments in college and pre-college Russian language courses. For 2023-2024, we have added a new component: a short survey for the students themselves. The purpose of this survey is primarily to discern the motives that prompted students to enroll in Russian language classes. Our hope is to both better understand students of Russian and their decision-making process and inform the educators and administrators who contribute to the Survey of Enrollments on how they might be able to better attract and retain students.
- [Survey of Pre-College Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2002-2020](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2002-2020-pre-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Pre-College Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2021](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2021-pre-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Pre-College Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2022](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2022-pre-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Pre-College Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2023](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2023-pre-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Pre-College Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2024](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2024-pre-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Pre-College Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2025](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2025-pre-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes in North American Higher Education, 2002-2019](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2002-2019-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2020](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2020-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2021](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2021-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2022](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2022-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2023](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2023-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2024](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2024-college/): This survey was first conducted by CCPCR, The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian. The committee was created in 1984 as a result of the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), which itself followed a report of the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979). Noting (in 1983) that “enrollments in the Russian language have dropped more precipitously than those in any other major modern language,” the Committee for Russian Language Study, composed of representatives of AAASS, AATSEEL, and ACTR, made 12 recommendations in the Report, among which was an initiative to strengthen pre-college Russian programs and establish a survey of pre-college Russian teaching.
- [Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes, 2025](https://sras.org/resources/russian-language-enrollment-surveys/2025-college/): This survey was originally created by the Committee on College and Pre-College Russian (CCPCR). The committee was established in 1984 following the Report of the National Committee for Russian Language Study (1983), itself a response to the Carter administration’s Presidential Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1979).