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‘Russian Cyberpunk Farm’. This superb pseudo-documentary – read satirical – film highlights the funny side of life on a technologically advanced Russian farm – but with a ‘between the eyes’...

Siberia, as a term to illustrate, ‘Stunning wilderness’ is not usually found outside Russia.   However, our Kiwi readers can experience a bit of the names magic! Not quite the...

We were tempted to write this post after an aerial (drone) photo came to us. It is hard to get such an image unless you are a local! The Photo...

River cruising has always been popular in Russia and now, Trans Siberian enthusiasts have a newly restored classic Stalinist Style building to add to their architectural sightseeing in Moscow. For...

We still get questions about travel to Russia – at this time. Our bottom line is still – do not. While some parts of Russia are making great efforts to...

The 9,259 km (5,752 mile) journey between Moscow and Vladivostok aboard the famous Rossiya (No. 2) train will now take 8 nights, one longer than the previous schedule, but now...

Mongolia is a favourite part of the Trans Mongolian route for all of us here at transsiberian.com.au Add to this this writers love of local music and in particular ‘Fusion...

St Petersburg is a ‘Palatial City’. The central city is quite compact, compared to other large cities, which makes it easy to get about by walking. Walking everywhere does depend...

Many of us have (and will again) enjoyed Russian theatre be it music, or dance. This writer is, I admit it, a Greekophile and when I see Russian culture embracing...

As we depart western Easter we move towards the orthodox Easter traditions from Eastern Europe and Russia. This writer has gathered together a collection of Russian and Ukrainian decorative, painted...