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The world’s biggest country, in a magazine. Since 1956.
Moscow to Vladivostok
Author: Peter Aleshkovsky
Translator: Alexei Bayer
:: Illustrations/Images by Eugene Petrushanskiy
Russian Life: Sep/Oct 2009
Department: Features
Page: 30 ( 12) pages
Summary: Few trips anywhere in the world rival the Trans-Siberian Railway. A six-day, seven-night, 9250 kilometer-long trip across the girth of the world’s largest country, it is also, as novelist Peter Aleshkovsky found, a trip into Russia’s past.
This article appeared in the Sep/Oct 2009 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:
- Great Online Encyclopedia Everything you could want to know, most of it also in English. Route stops, history, photos, etc.
- Guidebook on the Trans-Sib Great place to start if you want a printed guide.