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St Petersburg Travel & Sightseeing Guide

January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A trip to St Petersburg
St Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia nestled along the banks of the River Neva, was once the cultural centre of the country in the days of the tsars. Once known as the ‘Venice of the North’, the city has recovered from the destruction caused during WWII and become [...]

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Sochi Travel & Sightseeing Guide

January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A trip to Sochi
Sochi is the future home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. It’s one of Russia’s southernmost cities, with the Caucasus Mountains filling in the landscape that surrounds this Black Sea resort. Despite its reputation for winter sports, the metropolitan areas of lower elevation can become downright hot during the summer. Of course, [...]

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Samara Travel & Sightseeing Guide

January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A trip to Samara
Samara is an important city in Russia - equal parts industry and culture - with a population of well over a million people. Not far from Moscow, Samara briefly served as a sort of secondary capital city during WWII. Local colour draws on the university as well as the wealth of [...]

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Omsk Travel & Sightseeing Guide

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A trip to Omsk
Serving as Siberia’s capital, and having more than a million residents, the culture of Omsk is quite different from that of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and is worth the attention it’s getting from tourists today. With traditional buildings made of carved wood, a number of theatres providing variety in live entertainment and [...]

Jan

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Novosibirsk Travel & Sightseeing Guide

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A trip to Novosibirsk
Founded in the late 19th century, Novosibirsk began as nothing more than an outpost next to a Trans-Siberian Railway bridge across the River Ob. Today, it has grown to the largest city in all of Siberia, with further accolades as the third-largest city in the whole of Russia. It gained [...]

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Kaliningrad Travel & Sightseeing Guide

January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The “House of Soviets”, Kaliningrad. Photo Courtesy Vladimir Sedach, Wikipedia

A trip to Kaliningrad
Previously known as Königsberg, the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic Sea. Having been destroyed during WWII, the city is nevertheless home to some remains of its German inheritance and an appealing assortment of war [...]

Jan

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Ekaterinburg Travel & Sightseeing Guide

January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A trip to Ekaterinburg
Situated on the Iset River in the eastern part of the Ural mountain range, Ekaterinburg is a main city in the heart of Russia and the district’s major industrial and cultural centre. Ekaterinburg is the country’s fifth-largest city and was known by its Soviet name Sverdlovsk between 1924 and 1991. It is [...]

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Moscow Travel Guide

January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A trip to Moscow
Moscow is in the western (European) part of Russia several hundred kilometres from its borders with Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States and Finland with more than 90% of the motherland stretching east all the way to the Pacific Ocean. With a population of nine million it is the country’s most populous city. [...]