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Re: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by slimchancetoo 05 May 2012

Hello, I have not yet been to Astrakhan and I am trying to research it now Not having very much luck unfortunately. As for Volgograd,…
RE: Any info on ships from Iran to Russia via the Caspian Sea

by everbrite 01 May 2012

http://persiatours.com/transportation_ferry.htm Have you tried contacting the above company? Searching on Russian sites i find compani…
RE: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by jaoto 29 April 2012

Volgograd indead has the only Soviet war remember that is really worthwhile (ok Brest and Sevastopol is also kind of nice, but far from…
Re: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by buckwajd 27 April 2012

Astrakhan has some neighborhoods with amazing old traditional russian wooden houses. some are quite well preserved, others very delapidated.…
Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by janeywhite 27 April 2012

I had intended spending two days in each of Astrakhan and Volgograd but the vagaries of the Russian trains means I may have to split it…
RE: Anybody Been to Chechnya Lately?

by Chicagobest 23 April 2012

Would you take the train or some bus/marshrutka combination to get to Grozhniy from Astrakhan?
Re: Anybody Been to Chechnya Lately?

by Chicagobest 18 April 2012

Thank you for the wonderful posts. I am afraid I wrote hastily about the veil, I meant head covering. I think more tourists have been…
RE: Traveling around the Caspian Sea

by everbrite 18 April 2012

Five countries surround the Caspian Sea. You can forget about visiting Iran so that leaves 4 countries. Kazakhstan is probably the simpliest…
Re: Anybody Been to Chechnya Lately?

by Chicagobest 11 April 2012

Can anybody answer this question: Will Russian Railroads even sell us kupe tickets to Grozhni if we turn up at the Astrahan Railway Station…
Re: Russia-Kasachstanboarder at Astrachan open 24 hours?

by kolla 05 April 2012

Hello who knows how much does it cost for a vehicle to cross the Volga at the border ? Thanks kolla
Anybody Been to Chechnya Lately?

by Chicagobest 02 April 2012

I am still thinking about going there this summer. Looks like there is a train every other day from Astrakhan number 602. That train…
Re: Driving through Ukraine with a small caravan

by cazzalepin 04 March 2012

Sorry I should have been more specific (although we are quite flexible in our route) - we plan to travel from the Slovakian border E via…
Re: Samara, Kazan, Nizhny via the Volga?

by AlexWhiteUS 16 February 2012

Good day! I'm from Samara, Russia. Just read your topic, and can say this: It's real to have a longer direct travel from Samara to Nizhny…
Re: Local Bus Astrakhan to Siochi Via Chechnya and North Ossetia

by Vanda_Pe 14 February 2012

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RE: Reverse stalking techniques

by barbi 11 February 2012

I couldn't log in to my FB account today, it said it had been blocked and then said: *Your account was recently accessed from a location…
RE: Samara, Kazan, Nizhny via the Volga?

by dutchswede 26 January 2012

Yes OP, it is possible to book yourself into a longer cruise through a local travel agency, though I can't provide any names for Samara-base…
RE: Kazakh Visa in Astrakhan

by rozwal 16 January 2012

I would like to renew my question :)
RE: Driving from Beyneu, Kazakhstan to Kungrad, Uzbekistan

by danielsprague 11 January 2012

You need to ask around for diesel as it's not sold at the pumps in the west of Uzbekistan (correct summer 2011). Kungrad would be the…
Re: Russian itinerary for next summer

by atsirlin 03 January 2012

I suggest that you spend at least one day (or better 2-3 days) in Nizhny Novgorod, because it is an essential city in the Volga region,…
Double Entry Visa Needed for overnight trip in and out of South Ossetia?

by Chicagobest 07 December 2011

I know the easy answer is get the double entry Russian visa anyway. But. We will have used up the first entry going from Mongolia to…
RE: boat from Kazan to Samara

by yblanter 16 November 2011

From what I know the passenger service between Moscow and Astrakhan discontinued several years ago. Only cruise ships survive.
Re: boat from Kazan to Samara

by Chicagobest 11 November 2011

I went back and found my old thread where the last post said there is twice weekly Samara to Kazan service. My knowledge of the travel…
RE: boat from Kazan to Samara

by EddyV 10 November 2011

I lived at Rechnoy Vokzal (River Station) in the north of Moscow until April this year when I moved to Kuntsevo. Last summer I popped…
RE: boat from Kazan to Samara

by Spoerle 10 November 2011

A ferry is a ship that crosses a river, a sound, an area between two islands. Between Moskva and Astrachan would sail a passenger river…
RE: boat from Kazan to Samara

by everbrite 10 November 2011

EddyV - is a really a ferry from Moscow to Astrakhan? Somehow I thought it was a cruise route and that there were short sections with…