Julia Nekrasova:

Education:

Karelian State Pedagogical University, Foreign Languages Department, majored in English and German, graduated magna cum laude;

Guide and Interpreter Course at GidIntour company; with the following licenses:

• the State Hermitage
• the Russian Museum
• Peter and Paul's Fortress
• St. Isaac's Cathedral
• Petrodvorets (Peterhof)
• Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo)
• Pavlovsk

History of Arts course at the Russian Museum Educational Center (Russian iconography, painting and sculpture);

City history course at Peter and Paul's Fortress Educational Center;

Finland and Sweden guide course at the Central Excursion Bureau;

Training course at the Saint Scholastica College, MN, USA;

Training course with the English Home Stays program, London, GB.

Professional experience:

• Several years of guide and interpreter practice with different companies and on my own;
• Tours to Finland as a guide with Russian and foreign tourists;
• Work as a tourist manager in a tourist company "Sputnik" (receiving foreigners in St. Petersburg - providing visa support, accommodation, booking, guide and interpreter services, etc.).
• Work as a guide and support with an adoption agency - worked with families from the US who were adopting children in St. Petersburg and other North Western cities, accompanied them to Moscow on business).

Alexei Polenov:

Education:

School of Extensive English Learning;

College of Television, Film Directing Department;

Tourist Management Course;

Carnival College (Carival Cruise Lines), Service, Hospitality, Crowd Management Courses, FL, USA;

Professional Bodyguard School "Baltica"

Professional experience:

• Several years of working with tourists on my own and with different companies - as an administrator, manager, personal support; providing accommodation, transportation, booking etc.
• Two years of working with Carnival Cruise Lines as an administrator, FL, USA