Fulbright Invitation Letter

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I'm applying for a Fulbright Scholarship to Novosibirsk in Siberia. One of the requirements of the scholarship is that I have a letter of invitation from a faculty member at the institution I want to go to, and I have found someone to sign such a letter for me.

So they want me to write what they call a рыба ("fish") for them to sign.

I have two questions. The first is the most important. The second is more just curiosity.

(1) I know that when addressing a letter internationally you put the address in the language and format of the destination country, and then underneath it put a much briefer version in the native language. Now, all over the world people know New York City, USA; but I'm in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, and I can't imagine that many foreigners know where that is. Furthermore, I imagine that they'd want the name of the city it would get airmailed to, not the final destination, or am I wrong?

What I have is this:

<my name>
c/o University Honors Program (0427)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
USA
Вирджиния
США


(2) Have any of the members here applied for Fulbright before? Any words of wisdom?

Спасибо!
--Аркадий