seeking Petersburg apartment for June 06

[Ian Helfant]

Hello, all -- I'm looking for a centrally located apartment in Petersburg 
for the month of June. I'll be doing research primarily at the National 
Library with some trips as well to the Academy of Sciences Library and 
Pushkinskii Dom. I'll be looking through mid to late 19th-century hunting 
journals in pursuit of an ecocritical project on hunting and the rise of 
conservationism in pre-revolutionary Russia. I'd appreciate any leads, as 
I'd prefer to avoid going through one of the commercial real-estate 
agencies. 

A second question. Does anyone have a suggestion about the best way to 
procure a visa invitation for this sort of research trip? I suppose one 
could go through the normal commercial agencies, but suspect there may be 
a more scholarly/cheaper route to getting an invitation. Many thanks for 
any suggestions/leads. 

Please reply off-list to ihelfant at mail.colgate.edu. Ian Helfant Associate 
Professor of Russian 219c Lawrence Hall Colgate University Hamilton, NY 
13346 315-228-7721 (w) 315-824-9185 (h) 315-228-7176 (fax) 

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