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Tsars, Palaces and Churches 

Saint Petersburg was the vision of Tsar Peter the Great which dates back to 1703 when during the Nor...

The most remote place in the Russian Arctic Ocean 

The idea to travel to the almost inaccessible Tiksi started with Jeff Shea, an American traveller wh...

The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg 

From the 1760s onwards the Winter Palace was the main residence of the Russian Tsars. Magnificently...

Waiting for the Total Ecplise in Biysk 

It took me almost exactly 24 hours to reach Biysk in Siberia. I departed London on a 4 hours flight...

Sleeping Beauty Awakens 

On the eve of her 300th birthday the city of Saint Petersburg is putting on makeup and generally spr...

Novosibirsk, capital of Siberia 

If you go to Russia, please, do not miss Novosibirsk. I know that Novosibirsk (the third Russian cit...

Baikal Lake from Buryatia 

Ulan Ude is the capital of Buryatia, one of the 21 Russian autonomous republics (including Ichkeria,...

A visit in Moscow and the start of Trans Siberian 

The city of Moscow was founded in 1147. It s a city living mainly from aerospace, chemical equipment...

Irkutsk or the Paris of Siberia 

Irkutsk was founded in 1651 as a Cossack garrison to establish authority over the indiginous Buryats...

Lake Baikal: The Pearl of Siberia 

Lake Baikal is a crystal clear body of the bluest water. It is surrounded by all sides with rocks an...