Insight Guides Russia (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Insight Guides Russia

Travel made easy. Ask local experts. 
Comprehensive travel guide packed with inspirational photography and fascinating cultural insights.

From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this guide to Russia is all you need to plan your perfect trip, with insider information on must-see, top attractions like St Basil's, the Kremlin and Red Square, and cultural gems like wandering around Kizhi's magnificent churches, exploring the vast Lake Baikal and riding the epic Trans-Siberian Railway.  

Features of this travel guide to Russia:
- Inspirational colour photography: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Historical and cultural insights: immerse yourself in Russia's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Editor's Choice: uncover the best of Russia with our pick of the region's top destinations
- Key tips and essential information: packed full of important travel information, from transport and tipping to etiquette and hours of operation
- Covers: Moscow; The Golden Ring; St Petersburg; The European North; Southwest of Moscow; Along the Volga; The Urals; The European South; Siberia; Russian Far East

Looking for a specific guide to Moscow? Check out City Guide Moscow for a detailed and entertaining look at all the city has to offer.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Russia
• Russie

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839052378
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Russia, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Russia. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Russia are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Russia. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

© 2020 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
Russia’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: The Riddle Of Russia
A Boundless Land
Decisive Dates
Beginnings
The Mongol Yoke
The First of the Tsars
Windows on the West
Five Emperors
The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
Life Today
The Women of Russia
Russia’s Ethnic Diversity
A Taste of Russia
Religion in Russia
Art and Inspiration
Literature
The Music Makers
Russian Cinema
Insight: The Trans-Siberian Railway
Introduction: Places
Moscow
Insight: The Moscow Metro
The Golden Ring
St Petersburg
Insight: The Hermitage
The European North
Southwest of Moscow
Along the Volga
The Urals
The European South
Siberia
Insight: Siberia’s Adventure Playground
Insight: Lake Baikal
Russian Far East
Travel Tips: Transport
Travel Tips: A–Z
Travel Tips: Language
Travel Tips: Further Reading


Russia’s Top 10 Attractions



Top Attraction 1



Red Square, Moscow. This vast cobbled space is Russia’s epicentre, a witness to medieval executions, May 1st parades of ballistic missile launchers and a million Russian wedding photographs. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



The Hermitage, St Petersburg. The Hermitage’s bamboozling collection of Old Masters, sculptures, antiquities and archaeology is a powerful symbol of Russia’s imperial past. You’d need several weeks to see it all. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



The Kremlin, Moscow. Once the original Moscow, this fortress became the seat of religious power, tsarist rule and then Soviet might, and is still the centre of power of today’s Russian Federation. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 4



Lake Baikal. The world’s deepest lake is so remote and isolated that it has evolved its own eco-system, with hundreds of species unique to its waters. It’s also the most interesting stop on the Trans-Siberian railway. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 5



Palace Square, St Petersburg. Behind the Winter Palace is a key landmark in St Petersburg’s turbulent history: Palace Square has witnessed murder, conspiracy and the coup that ousted the last tsar. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Trans-Siberian Railway. A ride on the Trans-Siberian Railway across the steppe from Moscow to the Pacific is one of the world’s classic rail journeys. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



Siberia. There are few places left on earth as untamed as Siberia, a huge adventure playground. However, it’s not all blank spaces on the map – Siberia’s cities have fascinating tales to tell. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



Golden Ring. Long before Moscow became Russia’s top dog, numerous principalities surrounded and rivalled the city. The kremlins of Vladimir and Suzdal have survived to this day and form the highlights of a Golden Ring tour. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 9



St Basil’s, Moscow. No one will believe you’ve been to Moscow without a picture with this psychedelic church on Moscow’s Red Square in the background. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10



Kizhi’s churches. Situated in Russia’s under-visited north, these elaborate wooden churches on Kizhi Island were assembled without nails or modern tools in the 17th century. For more information, click here .
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Editor’s Choice



Best Adventures

Trans-Siberian Railway. A ride on the Trans-Siberian train, through Russia’s heartland, is one of the world’s epic journeys. For more information, click here .
Great Baikal Trail. Pack your hiking boots for a ramble around Lake Baikal or join an army of volunteers working on this ambitious project. For more information, click here .
The Altai. This remote area in Siberia’s south is one huge outdoor playground with enough snow-capped mountains and fast flowing rivers to last a lifetime. For more information, click here .
BAM Railway. The ‘other’ Trans-Sib starts life in Tayshet, Eastern Siberia before crossing some mind-boggling remote backcountry on its way to the Pacific. For more information, click here .
Volga River. A trip along the Volga River, Europe’s longest, offers the chance to explore some of Russia’s ancient settlements. For more information, click here .
Adventures in Siberia. As industries carve tiny paths though this remote wilderness, tourists are able to explore some of the world’s finest natural settings – from virgin forests to killer whales. For more information, click here



BAM Railway train near Tynda.
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Only in Russia

Moscow’s Metro. Underneath the capital’s streets lies Moscow’s metro system, a sprawling palace of marble and coloured stone lit by chandeliers and decorated with sculpture and mosaics. For more information, click here .
Tuvan throat singing. Little-visited Tuva is cut off from the rest of Russia by high mountains. Experience the Tuvan’s mindboggling throat singing at the Centre for Tuvan Culture in Kyzyl. For more information, click here .
Peterhof. Russia’s imitation of Versailles was once the primary country residence of the tsars. It’s now open for all to see. For more information, click here .
Dachas. The dacha is a fixture of Russian life: families spend as much of the summer as possible in these rudimentary houses, enjoying simple countryside pleasures. For more information, click here .
130 Kvartal. Irkutsk has dedicated an entire neighbourhood to the preservation of timber architecture, filling traditional structures with cafés, restaurants, bars and shops. For more information, click here .
Sochi. The city that hosted the most expensive Olympics in history is a balmy, almost subtropical place popular with Russian holidaymakers. For more information, click here .



Moscow Metro.
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Best Museums and Galleries

Tretyakov Galleries . Moscow’s Tretyakov and New Tretyakov galleries house a fine collection of icons and Russian artworks from the early 20th century. For more information, click here .
State Armoury Museum. The elaborate fittings of Russia’s imperial state, from silk ball gowns to enormous jewels and Faberg