We were looking forward to our trip to Russia for a long time. We wanted to try the food, Slavic hospitality, the train ride. Let’s have a look at some...

We are heading west and the last night train takes us to Ulan Ude, the center of the Buryat Republic. We meant to spent the end of our journey to...

Automotive transport in Russia is a story in itself. Unmistakable gray UAZ vans cross the Baikal countryside, and although it may seem that they look one like the other, it...

After two weeks on the road, we finally reached the waters of Baikal. The deepest lake in the world is not only a reservoir of drinking water, it is also...

You can’t understand Russia with your brain. These are the words of Russian journalist Fjodor Ivanovich Tjutchev. One of the things that we had a problem to understand (and we...

Stop # 3 took us to the Stolby Nature Reserve located in the middle of Siberia. It is situated close to the city of Krasnoyarsk and its main attractions are...

When planning a route on the Transsiberian railway, we were looking for an interesting nature, so we chose the first major stop in Ekaterinburg, the imaginary gateway to the Ural...

The first steps of our journey around the world led to Russia. Given that we only had 30-day visas and Russia offers a lot to see, we planned our trip...

Far to the north, in the middle of Russian Siberia, lies a 250-thousand-people city of Norilsk. Two seasons change there – 9 months of winter and 3 months of autumn,...

The word black passenger is not used in Russia, and maybe it is a completely unknown term. Not for the honesty of its inhabitants, but because of the impossibility of...