• Sister City with Durham since 1989 • Kostroma was founded in 1152 on the banks of the Volga River. It is one of the Golden Ring of Cities northeast of Moscow • Site of the beginning of the Romanov dynasty (1600s – 1917) • Sister City Projects: Open World Grants with the Library of Congress supporting visits of librarians, local government officials, educators. They have also had exchanges with artists and high school students • Here are videos to introduce you to Kostroma and to Russia