This is where Oriental Studies actually happens ✏️ You can’t really imagine an Oriental Studies fellowship without museums. Here, they’re not part of the cultural program — they are the learning environment. History becomes something you engage with directly: through sources, artifacts, and real research context. So where have our fellows already been? 📚 Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts An archive where documents don’t just sit in storage. Diplomatic correspondence, decrees, traces of entire eras — all helping piece together how states, cultures, and ideas once interacted. 📚 Russian State Library One of the largest libraries in the world, and a place where knowledge feels tangible. Here, participants worked with rare collections and research materials. 📚 Oriental Museum A space where meaning is built visually. Through art, symbols, and material culture, fellows explored how ideas are encoded, reinterpreted, and carried across time. No “tourist mode.” Just full immersion into the field. Which museum would you start with? 🤓 — Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts 🤩 — Russian State Library 🥰 — Oriental Museum The InteRussia fellowship is implemented with the support from the Presidential Grants Foundation. #interussia #orientalstudies #PresidentialGrantsFoundation 🔥🔥🔥