Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Vladivostok Fortress: labyrinths of defensive constructions
Vladivostok is a well-known Russian port on the Pacific Ocean, the destination point of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. It was closed for all the foreigners from 1958 until 1991. The city is rather young (founded in 1860), but it disposes an architectural monument which is worth to be visited anyway if you are found of industrial and military tourism or not. It is defensive constructions, visible from the city, the theme for numerous legends and rumors. Everybody who has ever been in the city noticed the strange concrete constructions on the tops of the hills, on the feet of the rocks, along the roads and on the seashore. If you look attentively, you can recognize direct lines of breast works, made of concrete. You can walk around them all alone with your camera, or address to the local diggers’ club: they give you a real tour. It is rather interesting, even if you are not a fan of military tourism. >>>
Monday, 25 January 2010
. What kinds of Russian visas do exist? How long does it take to obtain a Visa?
1. What kinds of Russian visas do exist? How long does it take to obtain a Visa?
There are 5 common visa types: diplomatic, tourist, business, guest, and transit. Obtaining a visa usually takes you a month or so. In order to obtain a Russian visa you need to submit a valid passport, a tourist voucher, an invitation and other documents depending on the desired visa type to the Russian Consulate in your home country.
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There are 5 common visa types: diplomatic, tourist, business, guest, and transit. Obtaining a visa usually takes you a month or so. In order to obtain a Russian visa you need to submit a valid passport, a tourist voucher, an invitation and other documents depending on the desired visa type to the Russian Consulate in your home country.
If you order a Russian visa through our site, our Visa Support Service managers will contact you the same working day. You can send your request for a Russian visa through our online form.
Reindeer safari: Evenki style
Every country, disposing territories on the north like Finland, Sweden and Norway cannot help but offers reindeer safari among its winter tourist services. Russia is not exception. In Russia you can choose between Karelia, Murmansk Region, Yamal peninsula and so on along the north of the country down to Chukotka which is separated from North America by the Bering Strat. There are also such tourist services in America, but we are talking about Russia. And all the small peoples of the North living on this huge space use reindeer teams as traditional mean of transport. Each region has its own national color, and it I’ve chosen Sakha Republic and Evenki people. I have selected them in hazard because all these people with their reindeer teams are equally worth to be described.
First of all, a little ethnography, because such tours are not only adventure ones, but ethnographical as well. Evenki are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia. In Russia, the Evenki are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North. They live in many Russian regions, including Sakha Republic. >>>
First of all, a little ethnography, because such tours are not only adventure ones, but ethnographical as well. Evenki are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia. In Russia, the Evenki are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North. They live in many Russian regions, including Sakha Republic. >>>
Tips for renting a flat in Russia
Foreigners coming to Russia on business or for sightseeing have to decide where to stay: in a private apartment or a hotel. On the one hand hotels are reliable and, what's more important, they are in charge of registering your visa upon your arrival. On the other hand, the price they want for a room, no matter single or double, is often too high for the service given. Renting a flat turns out to be more beneficial if you travel with friends, besides, many people see it as the way to be more independent.
Here are some tips, which can make the procedure of renting a flat easy and safe.
Here are some tips, which can make the procedure of renting a flat easy and safe.
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Booking apartment accomodation in Russia's largest cities is easy with Russia-IC Apartments For Rent service. Here you can find a great variety of short-term apartments located in four Russian cities: Moscow, St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara. Our apartments are carefully selected and most of them are situated in the city centres near tourists attractions. Russia-IC constantly extends the number of cities with the apartments available for booking. If you cannot find an apartment to your taste among our available offers, please specify your needs in the form, and we'll do all that lies in our power to help you.Tips for renting a flat in Russia
Classic of Children’s Cinema Leonid Nechayev Passes Away
The film director Leonid Nechayev, a classic of the children’s cinema, died after a stroke on the night of Sunday, aged 70.
Friday, 22 January 2010
Trans-Siberian Railway tickets
Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest continuous rail line on earth, each run clattering along in an epic journey of almost six thousand miles (or about ten thousand kilometers) over one third of the globe. For most of its history, the Trans-Siberian journey has been an experience of almost continuous movement, seven days or more of extraordinary train travel through the vast expanse of Russia. It runs from Moscow to Vladivostok via southern Siberia. While it attracts many foreign tourists, it is widely used by Russian people to travel around the country.Highway Chita-Khabarovsk awaited in 2010The Trans-Siberia Railway: Moscow to BeijingTrans-Siberian Railroad and the wars of 20th century
Apartments for rent / Moscow
Apartments for rent / Arbat-Levshinsky 3 Moscow
SLEEPS: 4
ADDRESS: metro Smolenskaya
LOCATION: The building is located in the downtown area of Moscow, not far from the Church of The Christ The Savior. The area has many embassies and it is well controlled by police. There are many stores, bars, restaurants within walking distance (New Arbar, Prechistenka and Osozhenka streets). Pushkin Art Museum, Rerikh museum, Old Arbat street offers an excellent opportunity to explore the city history. Metro station Smolenskaya is 7 minues walk, Kropotkinskaya - 10-15 minutes walk. The building is easily accessible from the Garden Ring, Boulevard's Ring, and from Komsomolsky Prospect.
SLEEPS: 4
ADDRESS: metro Smolenskaya
LOCATION: The building is located in the downtown area of Moscow, not far from the Church of The Christ The Savior. The area has many embassies and it is well controlled by police. There are many stores, bars, restaurants within walking distance (New Arbar, Prechistenka and Osozhenka streets). Pushkin Art Museum, Rerikh museum, Old Arbat street offers an excellent opportunity to explore the city history. Metro station Smolenskaya is 7 minues walk, Kropotkinskaya - 10-15 minutes walk. The building is easily accessible from the Garden Ring, Boulevard's Ring, and from Komsomolsky Prospect.
Apartments for rent
Booking apartment accomodation in Russia's largest cities is easy with Russia-IC Apartments For Rent service. Here you can find a great variety of short-term apartments located in four Russian cities: Moscow, St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara. Our apartments are carefully selected and most of them are situated in the city centres near tourists attractions. Russia-IC constantly extends the number of cities with the apartments available for booking. If you cannot find an apartment to your taste among our available offers, please specify your needs in the form, and we'll do all that lies in our power to help you.Tips for renting a flat in Russia
Tips for renting a flat in Russia
Foreigners coming to Russia on business or for sightseeing have to decide where to stay: in a private apartment or a hotel. On the one hand hotels are reliable and, what's more important, they are in charge of registering your visa upon your arrival. On the other hand, the price they want for a room, no matter single or double, is often too high for the service given. Renting a flat turns out to be more beneficial if you travel with friends, besides, many people see it as the way to be more independent.
Here are some tips, which can make the procedure of renting a flat easy and safe.
Here are some tips, which can make the procedure of renting a flat easy and safe.
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Apartments for rent / New Arbat Moscow
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BEDROOM: 2
SLEEPS: 4
ADDRESS: metro Arbatskaya
LOCATION: The building is situated in the street Novy Arbat, 5 minutes walk from Arbatskaya metro station. The surroundings: wonderful places for having a rest and walking – Stary Arbat street, Nikitsky and Gogolevsky boulevards, Oktyabr cinema, Moscow Book House.
CONDITION: The flat is decorated in light tones: beige, pastel. Due to large windows in the kitchen and in the sitting-room, the flat is naturally sun-lighted all over the daytime. Tile on the floor of the WC-and-bathroom unit and the kitchen, plastic windows. Equipped with everything necessary: ironing board, linen drier, washing machine, air conditioner, fridge, microwave stove, TV-set. Metal door. Secure entrance. Concierge.
CABLE TV & INTERNET: Satellite TV, unlimited high-speed Internet, CD and DVD players. Internet WIFI.
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BEDROOM: 2
SLEEPS: 4
ADDRESS: metro Arbatskaya
LOCATION: The building is situated in the street Novy Arbat, 5 minutes walk from Arbatskaya metro station. The surroundings: wonderful places for having a rest and walking – Stary Arbat street, Nikitsky and Gogolevsky boulevards, Oktyabr cinema, Moscow Book House.
CONDITION: The flat is decorated in light tones: beige, pastel. Due to large windows in the kitchen and in the sitting-room, the flat is naturally sun-lighted all over the daytime. Tile on the floor of the WC-and-bathroom unit and the kitchen, plastic windows. Equipped with everything necessary: ironing board, linen drier, washing machine, air conditioner, fridge, microwave stove, TV-set. Metal door. Secure entrance. Concierge.
CABLE TV & INTERNET: Satellite TV, unlimited high-speed Internet, CD and DVD players. Internet WIFI.
Apartments for rent / Krasnaya Presnya 1 Moscow
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BEDROOM: 2
SLEEPS: 4
ADDRESS: metro Ul. 1905 goda
LOCATION: 2-room apartment, total size is 64 sq.m. (20 sq.m., 14 sq.m. and the kitchen is 14 sq.m.), 15 meters from the metro station 1905 year, on the 6-th storey of the new 16-storeyed block house. There is a door intercommunication system at the house.
CONDITION: The apartment has been cosmetically repaired, it is clean and light. There is wall-paper on the walls and laminated flooring. There is all the necessary furniture. The sitting-room: the folding twin sofa, TV-set, the buffet, 2 cases. The bedroom: the twin bed, the bed-side table, the wardrobe. The kitchen: the kitchen furniture, the folding sofa, dishes, the electric stove and the microwave stove, the electric kettle, the cafetiere, the refrigerator. The bathroom: the bath, the washing machine. The sanitary facilities are separated.
CABLE TV & INTERNET: YES, Internet: LAN – unlimited access.
BEDROOM: 2
SLEEPS: 4
ADDRESS: metro Ul. 1905 goda
LOCATION: 2-room apartment, total size is 64 sq.m. (20 sq.m., 14 sq.m. and the kitchen is 14 sq.m.), 15 meters from the metro station 1905 year, on the 6-th storey of the new 16-storeyed block house. There is a door intercommunication system at the house.
CONDITION: The apartment has been cosmetically repaired, it is clean and light. There is wall-paper on the walls and laminated flooring. There is all the necessary furniture. The sitting-room: the folding twin sofa, TV-set, the buffet, 2 cases. The bedroom: the twin bed, the bed-side table, the wardrobe. The kitchen: the kitchen furniture, the folding sofa, dishes, the electric stove and the microwave stove, the electric kettle, the cafetiere, the refrigerator. The bathroom: the bath, the washing machine. The sanitary facilities are separated.
CABLE TV & INTERNET: YES, Internet: LAN – unlimited access.
Apartments for rent / Nevsky prospect, 79 Moscow
BEDROOM: 2
SLEEPS: 4
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ADDRESS: metro Nevsky prospect
This suite is located a couple of minutes away from Mayakovskaya metro station, close to pl. Vosstanya (Moscow train station).The area provides with the wide range of attractive places: restaurants «Magrib» and «Sushi planet», Internet cafe, Cinema, Museum of Wax Figures, etc.It includes two bedrooms (26+26 sq.m) with a balcony onto Nevsky pr. and a spacious eat-in kitchen (12 sq.m.). Each of the bedrooms is furnished with a double bed and a cupboard, and a sitting area, with armchairs and TV.Color TV, bathtub, washing machine, stove and oven , great view.
SLEEPS: 4
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ADDRESS: metro Nevsky prospect
This suite is located a couple of minutes away from Mayakovskaya metro station, close to pl. Vosstanya (Moscow train station).The area provides with the wide range of attractive places: restaurants «Magrib» and «Sushi planet», Internet cafe, Cinema, Museum of Wax Figures, etc.It includes two bedrooms (26+26 sq.m) with a balcony onto Nevsky pr. and a spacious eat-in kitchen (12 sq.m.). Each of the bedrooms is furnished with a double bed and a cupboard, and a sitting area, with armchairs and TV.Color TV, bathtub, washing machine, stove and oven , great view.
Tips for renting a flat in Russia
Foreigners coming to Russia on business or for sightseeing have to decide where to stay: in a private apartment or a hotel. On the one hand hotels are reliable and, what's more important, they are in charge of registering your visa upon your arrival. On the other hand, the price they want for a room, no matter single or double, is often too high for the service given. Renting a flat turns out to be more beneficial if you travel with friends, besides, many people see it as the way to be more independent.
Here are some tips, which can make the procedure of renting a flat easy and safe.
Here are some tips, which can make the procedure of renting a flat easy and safe.
Apartments for rent / New Arbat 2
Apartments for rent / New Arbat 2 A 3-bedroom (four- room) apartment in the centre of Moscow for short-term rent, located in the well-known house of the Moscow Chehov art theatre, dwelling of many outstanding Russian actors. Spacious four-room apartment on the 8th floor, with beautiful views of old Moscow, Tverskoy boulevard, Kremlin stars, the dome of the Temple of Christ the Savior, Moscow city-hall, State Duma, ITAR-TASS building, Ostankinsky television tower. Ideal place to go for a walk, for Kremlin is only 5 minutes away, same 5 minutes to Pushkin Square on the central city street Tverskaya along Tverskoy boulevard, 2 minutes to the Old Arbat street, 7 minutes to the Patriarchal ponds, slowly passing Gogol boulevard within 10 minutes you will reach the Temple of Christ the Savior. Each room of the apartment is different, with highlight and interesting interior, the living room is so equipped that even a big company will feel comfortable in it. Total area - 107 square meters, number of sleeping places (2+2+2+2), plasma TV, DVD, satellite TV, unlimited Internet access, built-in kitchen, microwave oven, washing machine.
Apartments for rent / New Arbat 2
Apartments for rent / New Arbat 2 A 3-bedroom (four- room) apartment in the centre of Moscow for short-term rent, located in the well-known house of the Moscow Chehov art theatre, dwelling of many outstanding Russian actors. Spacious four-room apartment on the 8th floor, with beautiful views of old Moscow, Tverskoy boulevard, Kremlin stars, the dome of the Temple of Christ the Savior, Moscow city-hall, State Duma, ITAR-TASS building, Ostankinsky television tower. Ideal place to go for a walk, for Kremlin is only 5 minutes away, same 5 minutes to Pushkin Square on the central city street Tverskaya along Tverskoy boulevard, 2 minutes to the Old Arbat street, 7 minutes to the Patriarchal ponds, slowly passing Gogol boulevard within 10 minutes you will reach the Temple of Christ the Savior. Each room of the apartment is different, with highlight and interesting interior, the living room is so equipped that even a big company will feel comfortable in it. Total area - 107 square meters, number of sleeping places (2+2+2+2), plasma TV, DVD, satellite TV, unlimited Internet access, built-in kitchen, microwave oven, washing machine.
Apartments for rent / Kazanskaya ul.,5 In few steps from the very heart of Nevsky prospect you will find a cozy and very stylish street - the Kazanskaya street named after the Cathedral located in the beginning of the street. The street begins at Nevsky prospect and almost at the corner our apartment is located in a closed and quite yard on the 4fth floor of an ancient house which is considered to be an architectural memorial.A minihotel is situated in the same yard downstairs. Also you will find very good and tasty restaurant on the 1st floor of the building.A living room with 2 fold out sofa's measures 30 meters. A petit kitchen with all you need to cook a dinner. Bathroom with water heater washing machine and electric clothes dryer measures 7 meters. Toilet is separate.Two bedrooms - both 12 meters has very comfortable beds made from cospine tree and decorated in natural wood style.You can enjoy 400 sattelite channels on TV. Apartment has a telephone as well.Cleaning and linens changed 2 times a week.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
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Friday, 15 January 2010
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Cosmonaut Training Centre – 50th Anniversary
Yesterday the Cosmonaut Training Centre, which is the main “space university” of our country, celebrated its 50th anniversary. On January 1960 the Commander-in-Chief of Soviet Air Force ordered to establish the Cosmonaut Training Centre (CTC), which is now named after Yuri Gagarin. Not only Russian cosmonauts train in the CTC, the Centre also works with international astronauts from USA, Europe, Japan and other countries. After half a century of hard work, the Centre trained over 100 Russian and tens of foreign cosmonauts on unique facilities for practicing all possible and impossible situations.
Monday, 11 January 2010
Voronezh Mentioned as Ukrainian City in History Textbooks
History textbooks used by senior school students in Crimea claim that Russia is an occupant for Western Ukraine, Ukrainian rebel army fought successfully with the German troops, and Voronezh is situated on the ethnic territory of Ukraine. Moreover, the textbook New History of Ukraine for the 10th form asserts that World War I was “predatory” for Russia and the nature of its intentions “were covered by Russian propaganda as the striving to unite all the Russian lands”. “The Russians behaved as occupants…” The textbook’s map “Ukrainian lands in the early 20th century” alleges Voronezh, Kuban and Crimea to be among the ethnic territories of Ukraine. Source: moe-online.ru
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Militiamen Return 12 Icons Stolen on the New Year’s Eve
Militiamen in the Rostov Region have returned to an orthodox church 12 icons, which were stolen on the New Year’s Eve. Two suspects were detained. The icons stolen from the St. Martyr Parasceva Church in Manychskaya Settlement date back to the 17-18th cc. Their price amounts to 200 million rubles on the black market. One of the detained suspects was on the federal wanted list, and another one is suspected of being earlier accessorial in similar crimes. Both suspects are not local residents of the Rostov Region. The local archpriest Oleg Dombinsky expressed gratitude to the law enforcement officers for solving the crime within a short time and “curing the wound incurred to the parish by those who committed the crime”. Source: lenta.ru
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Charter flights Georgia – Russia finally begun
Charter flights of the Georgian air carrier AirZena have finally begun after a series of delays and cancellations, taken place for variety of reasons. The first Boeing – 737 is awaited in the Moscow airport of Domodedovo today, on the January, 8. AirZena will carry out two more flights Tbilisi – Moscow, on the January, 9 and 10. The air carrier voices a hope that the Foreign Ministry of Russia allows two more flights, on the January, 11, 20 and 22. The flights have begun later as it was supposed. Unfortunately, the flights to St. Petersburg were cancelled. Director of AirZena wishes that the regular air service between Georgia and Russia will be resumed, because such service is on demand and the only alternative of it, different transit flights are very uncomfortable and expensive. Russia-InfoCentre can offer you fast transfer service to and from any Moscow airport.
Avalanche blocked traffic on the federal road in Altai Republic
An avalanche descended on the Federal Road M-52 near the settlement of Chibit (Altai Republic ) and blocked the traffic. It was restored in about one hour, reports the pres service of Russian Emergency Ministry, Altai Republic Department. The avalanche descended in the morning, at 7. 25 a.m. (local time) (4. 25 a.m. MSK). The length of the road section, covered with snow was rather small, about 8 metres. That’s why the consequences of the avalanche were liquidated rather fast, by 8.30 a.m. (local time) (5.30 a.m. MSK). It is not reported if anybody was hurt. Russia-Info-Centre provides Russian Visa ServiceRussian Emergency Ministry for the tourist and business purposes and train tickets for all Russian trains as well.
Flight Moscow – London interrupted because of a drunk passenger
The flight Moscow – London has landed in Amsterdam because of a passenger whose behavior was not adequate and disturbed carrying out a flight. It was flight 894 of BMI Air Company. According to the sources, the behavior of one of the passengers of the flight Moscow – London N 894 was aggressive and it looked like he was very drunk. Nevertheless he was trying to fight, crying aloud. The staff managed to pacify him before landing. Booking apartment accomodation in Russia's largest cities is easy with Russia-IC Apartments For Rent service.
Reactor of Volgodonsk power plant shut down because of emergency
Some troubles in the Block 1 at the nuclear power station of Volgodonsk on the January, 10 caused shutting it down. The background radiation is within the mark, so there are no reasons for panic. Now the block is shut down for maintenance. It is supposed to resume functioning in 4 days. The failure of the steam generator happened at 9. 20 a.m. (local time) on the January, 10. According to the preliminary data, the reason for maintenance is a leakage in the steam generator pipes. The atomic power plant of Volgodonsk in the first one built in Russia after the Chernobyl disaster, more properly, in 2001. It disposes two reactor units; the second one began functioning last December. Get Russian visa support without much ado. Try our Russian Visa Service.
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