In the cramped train compartment, our knees brush against each other. I exchange a smile—my first in the two weeks since I’ve been in Russia—with a stranger across my seat. Russians are wary of ...
For centuries, citizens of the Eurasian continent have pondered an affordable and speedy way to traverse the great expanse of tundra separating Europeans from their Asian neighbors. And when the ...
It had the makings of a military thriller. In November, Ukrainian operatives carried out closely sequenced attacks on critical sections of the Baikal-Amur Railway, which runs through eastern Russia ...
The Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia is the longest railway journey, traversing three countries and two continents, taking holidaymakers to some of the world's most secluded spots. The train links ...
On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7 km of mountain ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Once considered the preserve of scruffy backpackers, hardy adventurers, and vodka swigging businessmen, a new train on Russia's Trans-Siberian route aims to lure wealthy tourists ...
Restaurants have gotten pretty creative with their outdoor spaces: igloos, Swiss ski chalets, Viking huts. At the globally inspired small plates restaurant Compass Rose, just off 14th Street, the team ...
The project's cost is unclear yet, head of the Siberian Federal District's Interregional Association Gennady Guselnikov said, adding those would be trillions of rubles NOVOSIBIRSK, October 12. /TASS/.
A 1973 train trip through Siberia to Moscow by rock legend David Bowie is now the subject of a museum exhibition. “David Bowie in the Soviet Union” at California’s Wende Museum features his friend ...
The Institute of Economics and Industrial Production has confirmed as reasonable the project to develop the route, including in the proposed configuration NOVOSIBIRSK, March 27. /TASS/. The ...
On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7 km of mountain ...