As leader of a People-to-People tour to Russia, and one whose family history is linked to the cataclysmic history of 20th-century Russia, Ruth Corey, felt a special responsibility to introduce her traveling companions to Russia, and Russian Montessorians to her cohorts. Her traveling companions were a group of 15 Montessori teachers, committed to fulfilling the People-to- People mission statement, which asks them: " to exchange views and share educational and child-rearing ideas for the mutual benefit of both; and through such contact to promote peace and friendship between visitors and hosts." Russia now boasts 62 Montessori centers throughout the Federation. On this trip, they were scheduled to visit two of those-one in Moscow and one in St. Petersburg. They visit an art center, observe the Mother and Child Program where children and parents work along side one another, and discuss day to day challenges of teaching and running a school. The professional final gathering ends with an exchange of gifts, and final expressions of peace and appreciation of one another.