Handles All Your Travel Arrangements

Irene Travel Agency can get you very good prices for transatlantic flights on any airline. Enjoy our special fare of $750 on Aeroflot Russian International Airlines for a round trip, non-stop flight from New York to Moscow on a comfortable Boeing 767.

Experience Russian hospitality from the very beginning of your journey at the Aeroflot gate in JFK airport. Try delicious Russian cuisine, see a new Russian movie and enjoy the friendly service of beautiful Russian flight attendants on board!

Russian Domestic Air and Train Reservations: Within 24 hours Irene Travel Agency will confirm your reservation and issue your ticket for any Russian domestic air carrier or train.

Famous "Red Arrow" overnight train Moscow-St. Petersburg

Within 24 hours Irene Travel Agency can book and issue your ticket for a comfortable well-served and secured overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg. "Red Arrow" departs Moscow at 11:55PM and arrives St. Petersburg at 8:25AM the next morning.

Our driver will pick you up at the airport or train station and bring you to the hotel. The driver meets our guests holding a sign with the guest's name on it.

At your request we will provide you with a vehicle and a driver for a required period of time. Buses for groups rent are available.

In order to avoid all kinds of routine hassles related to getting Russian visas and save lots of time, we ask that you please mail the following papers to our office:

• A filled-out Russian visa application form

• 3 passport-sized personal photos

• A copy of your international passport, valid for at least six month beyond the travel dates to Russia

• A check made payable to the Russian Consulate

Irene Travel Agency accepts requests for travel arrangements from people traveling to Russia for business purposes. We can recommend the most convenient place to stay and hold negotiations in as well as provide you with any kind of service required to support your business visit. At your request we can make the following arrangements:

• a business visa
• all accommodations
• transfers on arrival/departure
• reservation of space for business meetings in hotels/business centers with required facilities
• banquet services
• guide-interpreter services
• car rental
• sightseeing tours during the breaks on your business program
• theater ticket reservations for an evening program
• bodyguards fluent in your native language

Our agency accepts requests for travel arrangements from participants of international fairs and exhibitions, delegates to congresses, sport events, and festival participants. Here are some international events which will be held in Russia in 1996:

Sports

• International Moscow Peace Marathon (Moscow - 01.09)
• Tennis Davis Cup (Moscow - September)
• Badminton Grand Prix series (Moscow - 08 - 13.10)
• Dju-do Europe Command Championship (St. Petersburg - 18-20.10)
• Tennis Kremlin Cup (Moscow - 04.10 - 10.11)
• International "Izvestia" Cup Hockey Tournament (Moscow - December)

• Shostakovich 90th Anniversary Musical Festival ( Moscow, St. Petersburg - September)
• International Book Fair (Moscow - September)

Business

• "Hotel - 96" (Moscow - 11 - 14.09)
• "Jewelry - 96" (Moscow - 08 - 14.10)
• "Hotel Business - 96" (Moscow - November)
• "Computer Science - 96" (Moscow - 14 - 18.10)
• "Health and Pharmacy - 96" (Moscow - 03 - 06.12)

Irene Travel Agency offers you the following itineraries to ride Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway. The Trans-Siberian is the longest rail line on earth, an epic journey of almost six thousand miles over one third of the globe. The ride through the vast expanse of Russia endures for seven days.

At your request, Irene Travel Agency will arrange tours of your choice at stopover cities and transit from the train stations to the hotels:

• Transfer from train station to hotel - $25

• City tour - $55 per person; $35 per person if two people are traveling; $25 if three are traveling.

• Lake Baikal tour - $90 per person; $50 per person if two people are traveling; $35 per person if three are traveling.

Choose any route and sail on modern, comfortable river liners on the beautiful Russian waterways. Cruising on the Russian waterways, on board a nice and cozy river ship, is the best way to see a variety of old Russian cities and natural settings. Cruises are available from May through October.

Main Routes Moscow - St. Petersburg 7 days Moscow - Uglitch 4 days Moscow - Astrakhan 21 days Moscow - Volgograd 14 days

Examples of Three Cruises

Cruise Day	Moscow-St. Petersburg	Moscow-Rostov-on-Don	Moscow-Volgograd
1, 2, 3rd days 4th day 5th day 6th day 7th day 8th day 9th day 10th day 11th day 12th day 13th day 14th day 15th day 16th day 17th day 18th day 19th day 20th day 21st day 22nd day 23rd day	Moscow Uglich Kostroma, Yaroslavl Goritsy No stops Kizhi Valaam St. Petersburg St. Petersburg St. Petersburg	Moscow Uglich Yaroslavl Nizhny Novgorod Cheboksary Kazan Ulianovsk Samara Saratov Volgograd No stops Astrakhan Akhtuba Volgograd Usovka Rostov-on-Don	Moscow Uglich Kostroma Nizhny Novgorod Kazan Samara Saratov Volgograd No stops Astrakhan Akhtuba Volgograd Saratov Usovka Samara Ulianovsk Cheboksary No stops Yaraslavl Uglich Moscow

Irene Travel Agency offers a wide range of special interest tours for individuals and groups. At your request, we can design any program to meet your interests.

The Russian Language Training Course:

All students will be enrolled in classes of 4-6 people. One teacher is appointed for every class. The program of the course varies from 14 to 30 days and may be extended up to 2-3 months by tourist's request. The Russian language training course is arranged on the basis of four academic hours a day (one academic hour last 45 minutes), six days a week, with Sunday off.

In addition to the language training, we can also arrange a cultural program upon request.

• Skiing in the Ural mountains, the Kirovsk region, and the Dombay region.

• Cross-country skiing lasting from several hours to several days on the ice of Lake Baikal, in Taiga, and in the mountainous areas of Irkutsk.

• Paddling along the shores of Lake Baikal.

• Cycling in the Baikal region.

• Scuba tours (visibility up to 40 meters) under ice sheets.

• Horseback riding.

• Vologda - grouse during the spring; bear, wild boar, moose in August-September.

• Krasnoyarsk - buffalo, Siberian deer, elk, reindeer, wild boar, grouse, lynx.

• Vladimir - elk, deer, wild boar, grouse, black cock, duck, goose, waldshnep.

• Novgorod - grouse, wild boar, elk, bear.

Kostroma & Yaroslavl

Friday: Depart from Moscow in the evening. Saturday: Breakfast on board. Arrival in the 18th Century Kostroma on the Volga River, then a visit to the splendid Inpatiensky Monastery and the gold domed Trinity Cathedral. A cruise on the Volga, dinner in a city restaurant, then continue the trip to Yaroslavl. Sunday: A day in Yaroslavl, founded in 1010 by Prince Yaroslav the Wise. Often called a Russian Florence, Yaroslavl is a treasure house of historic monuments. A visit to the St. Ilya Church & Transfiguration Monastery, with its fine icon collection. Board the noon train, return to Moscow by 5pm. Program cost per person - $350, double occupancy.