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There are four trains you can take (just checked on http://marshruty.rzd.ru/), they all go through Belarus.

I would think that the Russian visa is valid to enter Belarus, check that with your local Belarussian consulate. The immigration card mentions Belarus (there is a federation of Russia and Belarus that ...

Train 082И does the trip in 52.5 hours
Train 350Ч does the trip in 56 h

Actually, RZD has a new site marshruty.rzd.ru. At last something decent
This shows 3 trains doing the trip, from 50h to 56 ...

Now, a few years later I'll ask the same question,

is the bus route still running?

I might be going to st petersburg over newyears...
Yes it is. They still hand out ads or those buses on Vossta ...

Hi,

I don't know the sites you mentionned. I know this one is ok
www.saint-petersburg-apartments.com/
I have used another one that was also ok but I don't remember. The first you mentionned is mo ...

In hotels the price often differs if it's single or double occupancy. But I recommend to book an apartment. For half the price of the hotel you'll have more comfort, internet or whatever facilities yo ...

Oh my oh my oh my !!!

This is exciting news.
Just a few days after I complained about the miserable sick joke that used to be rzd.ru, they changed it completely.
First, there are now the schedule ...

Fantastic, thanks a lot for the answers. I agree, tutu.ru rocks.
I read somewhere that rzd.ru will be modernized by the end of the year, I can't wait!!!
No elektrichki schedule, this is crazy. If SN ...

Concerning the Russian part, which this forum is about :
You take the car in and out, so there is no problem with Russian customs.
Unless you want to spend more than 30 days in Russia you simply nee ...

OK I know that rzd.ru is an utterly miserable failure of a website and I strongly believe that whoever is responsible for it should be sentenced to life emprisonment. But normally if I try different t ...

No it's about 6 hours. If you have a licence valid in Russia, don't bother with offers above. But take your own GPS after making sure it knows Russian roads, or make sure in advance the rental agency ...

Don't buy to a company that repeatedly doesn't answer the phone. Unless the place you want to go needs a special permission (military restricted places mostly) you don't really have to write on the ap ...

You'd be much better off signing up for the French Foreign Legion if you just can't stomach the idea of the US military. Here's the FAQ for the Foreign Legion - probably better if you read it in Ru ...

Oh yeah if you want tough time either the Russian army or the French foreign legion are good places. A fair percentage of soldiers in both don't even survive the training. If you want the hardest poss ...

Russian chanson... Oh... Ask the grandparents of your friends then, they'll be happy to tell you.