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Program Summary
 Join Harvard Business School alumni on an uncommon journey eastward to emerging markets in the Capitals of Commerce. Kiev, Moscow and St. Petersburg are modern Slavic cousins with fourteen hundred years of shared history. Ancient churches sit shoulder to shoulder now with 21st century financial institutions. Ukraine and Russia have their own deep and dignified cultures, but around the corner you can also find chain stores and modern malls.
The Capitals of Commerce Program is exclusively for Harvard Business School alumni and guests.
For more information, please contact the HBS Alumni Travel Program: alumni_travel@hbs.edu or (617) 495-7024
Special Benefits
- A champagne welcome reception in Kiev at Pervak Restaurant, winner of the Kiev City Guide's award for "Best Slavic Food" in 2005.
- Guided tour of Kiev's Antonin Aircraft Design Bureau, renowned for its An-255 "Mriya," the largest transport plane in the world. (subject to approval)
- Experience the new and open Ukraine following the Orange revolution.
- Enjoy an exclusive tour, by special permission, of the Kremlin's Diamond Fund to see the 189-carat Orlov Diamond and Catherine the Great's coronation crown, encrusted with pearls and 4,936 diamonds.
- Private a capella concert of Russian choral music in one of the gorgeous halls in the Kremlin Armory after closing time, when the crowds have gone home.
- Enjoy the insider's look at a Moscow food-distribution warehouse on a specially-arranged tour.
- Meet with other HBS alumni who are living and working in Moscow.
- Travel in style in deluxe compartments on the VIP Grand Express train from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
- By special permission, tour the Gold Room in St. Petersburg's world-class Hermitage Museum, admiring finely-worked Scythian and Greek ornaments dating from 700-100 BCE.
- Private farewell reception around the fireplace at the Neidgart Mansion - a luxurious 18th century nobleman's palace - in St. Petersburg.
Program Details
| Length of Trip: |
11 Days |
| Dates: |
May 5-15, 2007 |
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| Land Tour Cost |
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| Per person, double occupancy |
$5,950
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| Single Supplement |
$1,495 |
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Map
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| Day 1: |
Depart USA |
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| Day 2: |
Arrive Kiev |
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| Day 3: |
Kiev |
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| Day 4: |
Kiev |
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| Day 5: |
Kiev, fly to Moscow |
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| Day 6: |
Moscow |
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| Day 7: |
Moscow, deluxe overnight train to St. Petersburg |
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| Day 8: |
Arrive St. Petersburg |
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| Day 9: |
St. Petersburg |
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| Day 10: |
St. Petersburg |
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| Day 11: |
Depart St. Petersburg, arrive USA |
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