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Ryazan: Gateway to the Russian Heartland

Mar/Apr 2008

Author: Andrei Gusachenko
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2008
Department: Features
Page: 30   ( 6) pages

Summary: If you want to understand Russia, you have to leave Moscow and St. Petersburg behind and visit the towns and villages of the heartland. And it would be hard to find a better place to start than Ryazan. An added plus: it is just 200 km from Moscow.


This article appeared in the Mar/Apr 2008 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.

YOU CAN READ THIS ARTICLE by ordering the back issue of Russian Life.

Weblinks related to this story:

  • Ryazan Overview Some nice info and a good encyclopedic type overview of the city and region from Kommersant.