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   RE: Help Needed to Plan our trip

   by jaoto 18 May 2012

   >am curious as to why you chose Nizhny Novgorod as a place to stop. I would second the idea of visiting Kazan 4 reasons are the excurtion…

2. 

   RE: Bread Basket of the world in Ukraine

   by zashibis 04 May 2012

   After visiting Kiev, were you then planning on returning to Moscow?? I do hope you realize that this means you'd need a multiple-entry…

3. 

   Re: Did anyone go to Moscow during the USSR days?

   by jaoto 17 March 2012

   On this link I have scanned some dias from a trip by car from Finland, via Vyborg, Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev and Lvov to Poland. The main…

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   Re: Tobolsk or Kazan?

   by jaoto 26 January 2012

   If one have actually been in Tobolsk and Kazan, the big differences are much more eye catching than the minor similarities. When you…

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   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,…

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   Re: Okay NOT to drink in Russia?

   by jaoto 17 September 2011

   >anyone who visits that sort of bar in the first place It does not work like that in restaurants and bars in provincial Russia. In provin…

7. 

   Re: Transsib / Transsiberian: Best travel season?

   by go2pr 09 June 2010

   Thanks Ruth for your objective answer about the lack of "scenery interest" on the trans-Siberian. This is a big turn-off for me. Nonethel…

8. 

   RE: Fuel Cost in Russia

   by danielsprague 11 April 2010

   Thanks, but could you tell me the price in Roubles? I'll be staying on main roads in the North Caucasus and Volga Region. Thanks Da…

9. 

   RE: Studying Urdu and Persian in Indonesia

   by Laszlo 02 March 2009

   RAK was correct about the accidental similarity between dua and two. I recall a VERY well-informed American linguist specifically citing…

10. 

    Seeking a general picture of everyday life in Russia

    by Naakka 16 June 2007

    My plan is to travel in Russia for about four weeks, starting at the end of August. I´ve been a few times to Moscow and St Petersburg,…

11. 

    Russian Volga Region or Siberia this summer?

    by NoRealBillingAddress 20 April 2007

    I'm more interested in history as well as seeing the real Russia. I'm leaning towards the Volga region. It's too bad the Russian visa…

12. 

    Russian Volga Region or Siberia this summer?

    by everbrite 19 April 2007

    Are you interested in history or nature? How much time do you have?
    
    BTW I don't know how much transportation there is on the Volga…

13. 

    Russian Volga Region or Siberia this summer?

    by twoleftfeet 19 April 2007

    Generally speaking, the Volga route has more of historical/cultural interest, if that's what you're after, whereas Siberia is more empty/uns…

14. 

    Russian Volga Region or Siberia this summer?

    by NoRealBillingAddress 19 April 2007

    I'm planning out a trip to Russia in June starting in St. Petersburg. I can't make up my mind about two options. One, travel through to…

15. 

    Europe to China by mountain bike

    by ubik 26 February 2007

    Hi radius,
    
    Just sent you a PM.
    
    Just to add two things:
    
    - unless they've changed things considerably, a visit to…

16. 

    Planning travel through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan..

    by sivkoburko 20 December 2005

    Hi Will,
    
    OK, here’s my thoughts on the parts of your itinery I’m more or less qualified to comment on. To give you some backgrou…

17. 

    FINNO-UGRIC THREAD

    by Laszlo 30 September 2004

    Mr A,
    I had checked it earlier but now went back to check out that sculpture.
    Well, I must say that I don't see it very similar…

18. 

    Romance languages the only ones with a single parent

    by Laszlo 17 September 2004

    Cornucopia,
    
    The Hill Maris and the Meadow Maris are two subgroups of the same ethnic group (of 600.000 or so), who live in the…

19. 

    From lake Baikal to Yakutsk

    by everbrite 29 October 2003

    I understand your desire to experience "real" winter. If you want to experience winter time different from in Western Europe,…

20. 

    From lake Baikal to Yakutsk

    by Europakorps 28 October 2003

    Ruth,
    
    Thanks again for all and sorry for being a bit of a hassle but it's just that information is sometimes quite difficult to…