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List of the best Russian airports
«AviaPort» agency held an investigation of more than 20 Russian airports. According to results of the study, the best airports are located in Sochi, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Vladivostok and Kazan. The worst ones are the airports of Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Irkutsk, Tumen and St. Petersburg. «Sheremetyevo» and «Domodedovo» were off the study due to a different level […]
Top-5 Russian cities in 2013
Tourist agencies published the most popular Russian cities in 2013 among foreign visitors. Kazan, the capital of the Universiade of 2013 rapidly gained growing but expected popularity. So now the top-5 of Russian most attractive tourist locations includes not only Moscow and St. Petersburg. There are also Kazan, Adler and Yekaterinburg.
Sochi Olympic train in Moscow Metro
Two weeks ago a brightly decorated train came to one of the most popular lines of the Moscow Underground — Serpukhovsko–Timiryazevskaya. Sochi Olympic Games themed vehicle presents all the symbols of the competition. It also has information about the Games inside. It is not the first train decorated in Olympic style. The first one was […]
Train tickets are available in three new offices in Sochi
It is possible now to purchase long-distance train tickets in three offices in Sochi: on the stations of «Olympic Park», «Krasnaya Polyana» and «Sochi Airport”. Tourists and participants of the Olympics do not have to go to Adler to buy tickets as it used to be. They can purchase tickets forty five days before the […]
Tula oblast chooses the best tourist slogan
The residents of Tula Oblast (Russia) are offered to choose the best motto that will became a tourist slogan for the region. Local authorities suggest 4 phrases to vote for: “In Search of a Green Stick”, “Visit Us and Be Surprised”, “The Secrets of the Tula Region. In the Footprints of Russian History” and “Sweet […]
Google improved Russian regions maps
Google.Maps updated maps on twenty regions of Russia. The changes affected street names, information about unilateral movement and turns. Also, some locations were added. For example, were updated maps for cities of Kaliningrad, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, and Ulyanovsk Oblasts and Primorsky, Krasnodar and Perm territories. Improved maps of Adygea, […]
Kazan is the cultural capital of Turkic world
2014 is declared to be a year of Kazan being the cultural capital of the Turkic world. The international organization TURKSOI announced it in 2009. The celebration of the year of Turkic culture the capital of the republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) is starting 26th of April — the day, when a famous Tatar poet […]
Khanty-Mansiysk authorities plan to build an oil park
The administrative centre of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous region is famous for oil production. In Khanty-Mansiysk, tourists are offered oil tours: visiting of the biggest oil producing companies, observing how oil is being produced and getting a souvenir — a drop of «black gold». A meeting about development of the oil industry held in the city. Local […]
Russian Railways launched The Wedding Train
The presentation of the new Russian Railways project took place at Leningradsky railway station (Moscow) in December, 2013. This project is called The Wedding Train, and the first trip will be launched soon. It is a luxurious railcar attached to the train, where married couples could spend their honeymoon journey. Russian Railways plan to provide […]