For the last few weeks, I’ve hosted a young, diminutive, digital media journalist from Tula, Russia by the name of Kseniya or ‘Susha’ for short. She just left on Sunday and already I miss her. Her visit was part of…
PRESS RELEASE: Last Saturday, Sept 6th, the Times Union ran a cover news story titled “Russians are coming, but not as many.” Indeed, 3 out of 5 Russian delegates chosen through the Open World grant program by Congress, were able…
The annual “Songs at Sunset,” an Albany-Tula Alliance much-talked about event of the year, is accepting donations to the event to be held on Sunday, September 7th, 2014. Unlike previous years, when the soiree was enjoyed at Charlotte Buchanan’s lovely…
Time is running out for Capital Region High school students to enter the 4th biennial Albany-Tula Alliance Essay Contest. The topic for this year’s essay contest includes social media and its influence on modern Russia. We are asking students to…
2012 Essay Contest winner and now, lucky for us, board member of the ATA, Rose Schneider talked about her experiences visiting Tula at the Essay Contest Launch Party last night at the Colonie Library. “Nearly 2 years later and I…
Tweet your way to Tula! Launch of the 2014 Essay Contest In the interest of cultural understanding and cooperation, every two years the ATA sponsors an essay contest for Capital Region students. Given the influence of social media sites to…
Executive Director, Gerald Shaye Report on Visit to Tula and Moscow October 6 – 12, 2013 October 6 – Dinner in Moscow with a former student of hospitality management at SUNY Cobleskill and a graduate of the International Academy of…
The Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker is coming to Albany! In honor of this critically acclaimed show, the ATA is hosting a Grand Reception before the performance. Tickets for Thursday, December 5th at the Palace Theatre are on sale now…
A few days ago, Olympiad winners Margarette Keesee and Will Heatley returned from a whirlwind trip to Tula, Russia. While they are both decompressing still and writing up their summaries of the trip, please enjoy a few photos that ATA…
Barbara Webster, chair of the Albany-Tula Alliance’s Education and Culture Committee, and Jerry Shaye, chair of the ATA were guests of the Tolstoy Pedagogical University at the celebration of their 75th anniversary in Tula over the past three days. Highlights…
