We have received advice from the following persons in creating these courses (our thanks to everyone for their help).
- Vladimir Ilitchev, former Prefect, Kutuzovskii Raion, Moscow; Director, Accor Hotel Group, Russian Federation
- Gennady Shkliarevsky, Bard College
- Andrew Wise, Daeman College
- Bob Depczenski, emeritus professor, Northern Virginia Community College
- Alan Kimball, associate professor of history, University of Oregon
- Brian Williams, associate professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth