Contents
- RUSSIAN TRAVEL WELCOME PAGE
- Ugly Disclaimers
- Questions answered
- Visa assistance
- Tickets
- Airport pickup
- Guides and interpreters
Survival orientation tour- FREE guides
- Accommodation in Moscow
- Handyman services
- Similar services in St. Petersburg, Irkutsk....
- Countryside tours:
the City of Staritsa and our "dacha" - Moscow to St. Peters
- Misery tourism
- Individual programs
- Preferred client status [!]
- Emergency assistance [!]
- Business services [?]
- Prices and payment terms
- Complimentary orientation tour
- My co-ordinates
- Links
- Yes we ARE prejudiced [!!]
- Attention penniless bums
- Attention vegetarians
- Russian phrases
- Feedback and testimonials
- A message to my colleagues
- How to inquire
- Is Russia your kind of place - take a test
- A mystical digression
- History, principles, policies
- About us
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WELCOME TO RUSSIA
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Just found, to be sorted out:
- Glas (Russian contemporary literary magazine)
- Russian Nature Travel Expeditions
In The Tracks of The Siberian Tiger, Amur Leopard and Ussuri Black Bear - First Russian Wildlife Expedition and Field Forum. - Intourist (principal Russian tourist agency)
- Shakti (St. Petersburg agent)
Zephyr Press (publisher of Explorer's Guides and Russian literature in translation)
www.expat.ru.htm - Moscow expat site
http://www.russiajournal.com/start/index.htm - "Sites and Sounds of Pyatnitskaya Street"
http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/scams.html - Tourist scam alerts
- Glas (Russian contemporary literary magazine)
- Russian Nature Travel Expeditions
In The Tracks of The Siberian Tiger, Amur Leopard and Ussuri Black Bear - First Russian Wildlife Expedition and Field Forum. - Intourist (principal Russian tourist agency)
- Shakti (St. Petersburg agent)
- Zephyr Press (publisher of Explorer's Guides and Russian literature in translation)
RUSSIAN LINKS
DON'T FORGET TO BOOKMARK THIS VALUABLE RUSSIAN RESOURCE
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Link collections
- Sher's Russian web - http://goeasteurope.about.com or http://www.websher.net, sher07@mindspring.com. I didn't get what the main point of this site is, but it does contain a comprehensive links list on subjects such as art, literature, music, religion, universities, geography, travel, newspapers, sports, women, children, history, philosophy, theatre, language and so on.
- www.lira.ru - a good collection of Russian resources with special emphasis on literature
- www.ecotravel.ru - Ecological Travel Center
- www.we-friends.com - accommodation world-wide
- Random Russian experiences. A wealth of information, from riding public busses to radical groups to electrical adaptors - http://www.wayan.net/exp/rus_exp/index.htm
- http://www.babouchka.org/ - An acive Moscow-focussed site NO RESPONSE FEB. 10, 2002
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Russian earch engines. www.rambler.ru | www.yandex.ru | www.list.ru | www.toplist.ru | www.weblist.ru | www.stars.ru | www.ru | www.google.ru
Information on cities and regions. Pskov | Pskov (2) | Tver | Novgorod | Yaroslavl | Suzdal | Vologda | Vologda (2) |
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* my pet projectsBBS's. www.cityvision2000.com | www.budgettravel.com/messages/index.htm | www.russia.com | www.we-friends.com | http://russia-tourism.com | Francophone site - http://www.moskovia.com | An excellent Moscow site - http://www.babouchka.org/
Travel notes. www.wayan.net | www.travelhog.net/mytriptorussia/ | www.friends-partners.org/~asebrant/
Health and safety
- Petty street crimes, incl. money exchange - http://www.kidalovka.narod.ru/ (in Russian, but a must to read nevertheless; I'll do a review with my clients..)
- My own musings on the safety aspect of Russian travel. [to be added; the main idea is that Russia can be remarkably safe or otherwise, depending on who you are, the objectivist world-view fails utterly here; examples of my own and other's experience]
- Emergency health care [some of my own stories]
- http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/scams.html - Tourist scam alerts, mostly apply to western Europe, but it would not hurt knowing them if you are on your way to Russia
Official and semi-official. US government information for Russia-bound travellers | Official City of Moscow | More platitudes and truisms | www.russiatoday.com/
Maps and pictures. Moscow | More Moscow | Interactive map of Russia | Pictures | The Kremlin (pictures)
Language and culture. alphabet, phrases | rural life | culture | museums
My own information files.nRussian travel FAQs | Exampels of prices for everyday commodities
Colleagues and competitors: Roxana in St. Petersburg | Jack Sheremetoff in Irkutsk (lake Baikal, Trans-Sib) | Translators and interpreters - http://www.angelfire.com/ny/surgut/ |
e-shop LIRA Books, audio, video, software and souvenirs for all Russian-speaking population of the world. Delivery in 7-12 days by air around the world. All major credit cards accepted. Contact info@lira.ru or +7(095)280-8624Tickets and visa support
- JetTravel - Inexpensive and hassle-free tickets. (095) 207-9008, 207-1800, fax 207-1876, Jettrav@com2com.ru, www.jettravel.ru, Sretenka 16, office 48, Moscow 103045.
- Sharma Travel - In Ottawa I and my friends always bought from Sharma Travel - 36-174 Colonnade Road, Ottawa K2E 7J5, (613) 224-4447. They can get real deals..
Visa support
Over the years we've been looking at, recommending and testing various visa support agencies, getting client feedback, ourselves acting as shadow clients, and are pleased to announce the winner:
www.visatorussia.com
(mention me - uncle Pasha - and receive a small discount)Advantages of taking your visa problem to this company:
- Acceptable prices. Not the lowest, but quite competitive.
- Fast response to e-mails. If you've worked in Russia you'll appreciate the importance of it. If not, take my word that reacting to business communications in timely manner is by no means universal here.
- 24-hour hotline
- A network of agents throughout Europe, Canada, and the States.
- Registration on the spot.
- Informative and easy-to-navigate website
- [add something about their interests stretching beyond just visa support]
Accommodation (on the cheaper side)
Travellers Guest House: tgh@glasnet.ru, www.iro.iu
Ismailovo Hotel: (095) 737-7000, livable rooms from $25/night
In St.Peters contact Roxana: www.roxana.spb.ru
Travel2000 - http://www.travel2002.supereva.it/russia.htmTravellers with special interests: Vegetarians | More Vegetarians | Gay and lesbian | Physically challenged | Eco-tourism | Cycling Club - http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8640/
Questions and general information: www.allexperts.com | http://www.russia2you.org
Last update July 3, 2001