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any one know of the trains between moscow and kostroma?
tried to order a ticket thru waytorussia based on their info, but intergroup emailed back saying no train available. I am going to A WEDDING AN ...

I am looking for any info on trains from Vladimir to Saint Petes.
I am actually going from Kostroma, but I think the train is 16 hours or so, so I may get to Vladimir and go from there.
ANY and al ...

anyone have any info/impressions of kirov?
will be spending a few days there in march for some work related stuff.
anything is helpful!

Go to the Alexander palace at Tsarskoe Selo, when I was there it was almost empty, no tourists because I guess it is not as famous and no one except history buffs like myself would look for it.
So be ...

I am not sure about urban art but a must see is the "new tretyakov" museum which is soviet and russian art from 1900 until the present.
It is truly amazing and you will see art there that y ...

well Casey, just got back and I must say the BBC was the only English news I could find, and of course The Moscow Times, which is weirdly slanted in a anti-american sort of way.(quite refreshing actua ...

they do sell out ahead of time,but it is worth a try. There are two other nite trains that are good, #4 and #6, besides the red arrow.

Casey, I always use my atm card for cash, I do not like carrying alot of cash with me, and you get the best exchange rate. Yes, most banks charge 3%, but it is worth it not to have to deal with the wh ...

point taken, tho I do think that the low birth rate is a sympton of a much larger social problem which has already been brought up, and I agree with you completely.

if there is such a thing as a low birth rate then how do you account for the at least 500,000 orphans at the present time? There are baby orphanages all over the Russian Federation as well as the regl ...

there really are no other options, it's the train or a bus. Or as gonzock stated you can fly to Riga or Tallin, and then get on a train for the remaining journey. I am taking a train from St Petersbur ...

Tretyakov gallery is quite old one
with articles of russian artyes, I have been there(very wonderful museum), but there is a new museum in a different location that is 20th century art and forward, l ...

I am wondering if anyone has been to the new Tretyakov museum in Moscow?? I have ten hours to kill until a late train and I have never been. Should I? Any thoughts???

I am not currently a student, but I still have access to the University of Texas library, so I will check it out. thanks for the tip. Smile

Sounds like you had a wonderful time! So I am wondering how much do you think a normal person would spend on meals a day?? (not too cheap, but not luxury either, normalne) And also, how was the weathe ...