Towns, villages, and points of interest mostly north from Moscow. Getting there. Where to stay. What to see. Observations, impressions. Based on my numerous trips to Staritsa, about ten runs from Moscow to St. Petersburg, and three so far to Kandalaksha. A few other places I've been to or where I have reliable connections are also here. Questions welcomed. I CAN BE HIRED TO ASSIST WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED IN RUSSIA AND ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA I ROAM. EXAMPLES OF SERVICES >>


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Moscow to Saint-Petersburg

Moscow to Riga Road

GOLDEN RING

Saint-Petersburg to Kola through Karelia, between Ladoga and Onega

To Kola though Golden Ring

City of Kandalaksha and Vicinity

South edge of Kola Peninsula

Other places visited, well-known, or where I have local contacts

Odds 'n' ends

About me, services, contact
 

 

 

 

 

Notes and photos from our August 28 to September 1 2011 trip from Kandalaksha to Moscow via Vologda

Moscow to Saint-Petersburg

Khimki (incomplete)

Zelenograd (incomplete)

Solnechnogorsk (incomplete)

Klin

Turbaza Sputnik

Soon!!Emmaus
Tver
Staritsa
Soon!!Bernovo
Soon!!Krasnoye
Torzhok
Russkaya Starina Antique Shop
Vyshny Volochek

Soon!! Valenki Factory

Motel Kolomno
Valday

Ostashkov
Staraya Russa
Hotel Lubava
Novgorod-the- Great

Gatchina

Tosno

Porcelane Factory

St Petersburg

ALONG THE Moscow to Riga Highway

Mitino

Krasnogorsk

Tank Museum in Lenino

New Jerusalem

Yaropolets

Volokolamsk

Rzhev

Zubtsov

Bortenyevo

Stepurino

Staritsa

Golden Ring

Dmitrov

Kimry

Sergiev Posad

Khotkovo

Estate Abramtsevo

Pereslavl-Zalessky

Vladimir

Suzdal'

Ivanovo

Kashin

Myshkin
"I don't like the Golden Ring concept. Except Myshkin. I think I could even live there."

Kalyazin

Yaroslavl

Murom

Uglich

Vologda

To Kola via Sergiev Posad, Uglish, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Cherepovets..

See Golden Ring above for

Sergiev Posad

Kalyazin or Pereslavl

Zalessky and Rostov

Uglich or Yaroslavl

Myshkin

Poshekhon'ye

Fisherman's Hut Hotel and Cafe in Gayutino

Cherepovets or Vologda
(see Vologda under Golden Ring above)

Belozersk or Kirillov

Ferapontovo

Lipin Bor

Chisty Dor

Vytegra

Pudozh
Povenets

THROUGH Karelia

 

Tikhvin

Lodeynoye Pole

Pryazha

Julia of Ruskeala

Kalevala

Sartavala

Valaam

Muyezersky

Lakhdenpokh'ya

Suoyarvi

Old dirt road from Sartavaala to Medvezherorsk
Staraya Ladoga

Petrozavodsk

Olonets

Kondopoga

Medvezh'yegorsk

Pitkyaranta
Velikaya Guba and the village of Kondoberezhskaya
The Island of Kizhi

Prionezhye & area

Segezha

Belomorsk

Kem'
Loukhi

Paanaiarvi

Poyakonda
Kovda

Nilma

Kandalakha

Kandalaksha Nature Reserve

Alexandra Goryashko

South edge of the Kola Peninsula (north side of the White Sea, also known as "Tersky Bereg")

Luvenga

Kolvitsa (Kolvica)

Umba

Kashkarancy

Kuzomen

Varzyga

Kirovsk

Murmansk

Places not on the way from Moscow to the Kola Peninsula

New!! Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region

Ryazan

Kaluga Region

Moscow to Chisinau

Nizhny Novgorod

Tumen (Tyumen)

Sochi

Miscellaneous

Types of rural accommodation

Collective farm art

"Winter is the Soul of Russia"

Russian Misery Tourism (c)

For Russian Bride Seekers

Scams & Tricks

Recommended rural and small town Russia resources in English

Russian versioN OF THE STARITSA SITE
(not presently maintained)

ABOUT ME, WHAT I DO, CONTACT INFO, REFERENCES..

Services
MOBILE HOME

CV/bio sketch

References

Full contact info

 

Finally, with a bit of hesitation, I'm revealing to the public a few photos that, I think, capture my essence well..

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