At the beginning let me give a great thanks to Annet for spectacular photos (taking into account imperfections of her camera
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During our trip several people asked about speaking clubs in Moscow where they could get some practise.
There you will find a long list of such organizations:
http://www.study.ru/support/useful/clubs.html
Obviosly this list isn't full, so it would be great to get to know smth new from you