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www.realrussia.co.uk - Your specialist travel agency assisting thousands of customers every year with tours, visas, & train tickets between Russia & China

We are an award winning specialist travel agency assisting tens of thousands of customers every year with travel to, within and beyond Russia. We've won "Russia's Leading Travel Agency" five consecutive years in the World Travel Awards. For unique itineraries, accommodation, train tickets, rail tours, local guides, transfers and visa applications for complex journeys in Europe, Russia, China and M

ongolia - it is our mission to provide an easy, hassle free service so that all may experience the unique beauty within Russia and the surrounding areas. With offices in the UK and Russia, we can help tourist and business travelers alike, with a range of reliable and flexible service for all, see our website www.realrussia.co.uk

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25/02/2022

Welcome to the fascinating Republic of Karelia. Although the population of Karelia identify as predominantly Russia Orthodox, Karelia has its own proud identity, culture and history. The architecture itself is unique and the beauty of the countryside there drew Catherine the Great to holiday here in the 18th century.

23/02/2022

What's at the end of the Trans-Siberian? Vladivostock! Vladivostock is a new European capital, being founded in 1860, first as a military outpost, now as an important port, with centres of excellence for learning, art galleries, scientific development and important business development.

21/02/2022

Massive Mutnovsky, one of the most active volcanoes of southern Kamchatka. It's last Lava flow was 1904 and if you dare, you could trek this volcano with us....

20/02/2022

In the Far East of Russia there is a place known as The Land of Fire and Ice! The Kamchatka River and the surrounding central side valley are flanked by large volcanic belts containing around 160 volcanoes, 29 of them still active. Did you know these volcanoes are so important, six even have UNESCO World Heritage status.

18/02/2022

The beautiful and serene Nikitsky Monastery in Pereslavl-Zelessky. Another unmissable attraction on our Golden Ring tours. The Monastery has had an interesting history, being used by Tsars in the 17th century and also as a soviet military base in the 1950s. It was reclaimed and restored by the Orthodox Church in the 1990s.

16/02/2022

One of the reasons you should travel out of Moscow and St Petersburg on the Golden Ring tour is for the quirky and unique Russian museums, such as this one dedicated to Russian toys in Sergiev Posad. The city claims to have invented the Maytryoshka dolls and the museums here hold toys once beloved of the Russian Royal family as well as culturally significant folk made toys.

14/02/2022

Russia has History, Russia has Wilderness, Russia has Culture, Russia has treasures you don’t even know yet.

We have some of the most incredible tours launching this month that will show you the Real Russia, where there are still true adventures….

13/02/2022

The Annuciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin is renowned for it's gold foil domes. It is interesting because it is a thoroughly Russian creation, being designed by local Russian architects in the 15th century, whereas other cathedrals in Moscow were designed by Italian architects.

11/02/2022

Sunset in St Petersburg. Cross St Petersburg off your travel bucket list with us. We make visiting Russia easy: organising visas and excursions as well as flights and hotels.

09/02/2022

Why travel the same old places as everyone else when you can visit Siberia?! We recommend a tour of Lake Baikal, but when to go is up to you. Are you more of a beach and wildlife lover or ice cave exploring traveller?

07/02/2022

Dreaming of Trans-Siberian journeys, with incredible scenery, comfy cabins and the gentle sound of a historic engine chugging away ....

The Trans-Siberian spans nearly the whole country, departing Moscow in the west and travelling to Vladivostok in the east. The entire journey is 9,200km long (5,700mi) and would take 152 hours and 27 minutes to complete non-stop. The pictures below are of the 'Golden Eagle' one of the most luxurious trains to traverse the route.

06/02/2022

The Amber Room is valued at a whopping $500,000. Originally containing six tonnes of amber, lit with candle light and covered in gold gilt, the room could not be hidden from invading N**i troops during WWII. The curators responsible for removing the art treasures in Leningrad tried to disassemble and remove the Amber Room. However, over the years the amber had dried out and become brittle, making it impossible to move the room without the amber crumbling. The Amber Room was therefore hidden behind mundane wallpaper, in an attempt to keep German forces from seizing it, but obviously failed. The room is now restored beautifully and is considered by some to be the 8th Wonder of the World.

03/02/2022

Everyone knows St Basil's Cathedral, and you probably know it is in Moscow.... but have you ever seen inside? Come with us and take a peek. It is magnificent!

31/01/2022

From day to night in incredible Moscow. We love this city and have some amazing excursions and tours coming for you very soon!

Video credit: Kosmo

30/01/2022

One week to go until the Olympic Figure Skating medals are awarded. World champion Anna Shcherbakova, world record-holder Kamila Valieva and Alexandra Trusova are all set to make their Olympic debuts after being selected in the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skating team for Beijing 2022 We know the girls will make Russia proud!

Photo Credit: cottonbro

28/01/2022

The People's Palace aka St Petersburg Subway. Moscow and St Petersburg have the most exquisite metro stations in the world. In Moscow, each station had its own unique commission and architect. With no expense spared, the thousands of square foot of marble, carvings, statues, colonnades and archways make even the Friday commute something to enjoy.

Photocredit: Tama66

26/01/2022

Reindeer husbandry in Russia is the basis of the cultures of many northern indigenous peoples. Domesticated reindeer allows the herders to live in harmony with the extremely severe natural conditions of the Far North. They sew their clothing from reindeer fur using reindeer tendons as thread, live in tepees made of reindeer fur, drink warm reindeer blood and eat raw meat.

Many herders say: “Our people will live as long as the reindeer are here. If there are no reindeer – there will not be our people”.

24/01/2022

It's still deep snow in Russia today, but not everyone minds the cold. St Bernard's have saved countless lives of freezing adventurers who come to peril, by lying close to them and keeping them warm whilst help arrives. Fluffy heroes!

Video credit: Driton Toni

21/01/2022

The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal in Russia have been designated as a UNESCO heritage site. The Patrimony embraces eight medieval limestone monuments including The Golden Gate, The Cathedral of the Assumption and the wonderfully carved Catherdral of St. Demetrius.

⚜️ Search for “Golden Ring” to find out more about these sites just outside of Moscow ⚜️

19/01/2022

There is little more important to Russian culture than tea drinking, especially in Tula, Russia's samovar capital. Although the type of samovar you possessed, its metal work and quality, would vary greatly with class, tea drinking has been common too all people in Russia for hundreds of years. Time to put the kettle on?

Picture is 'The Merchant's Wife at tea time' by Boris Kustodiev

16/01/2022

Abstract art? No, frozen ice on Lake Baikal! It freezes in these fascinating patterns depending on the depth and currents. The ideal place for a photographer to visit, if you can take the cold of a Siberian Winter...

14/01/2022

There has been some unusual and exciting 'Space Weather' this January across the skies of Russia. This January, scientists have been recording some of the most vivid and unique Northern Light activity in decades. This is the result of more 'sunspot' activity on the sun than there has been in at least five years. If you're visiting the Arctic Circle this month, you are in for a real treat.

12/01/2022

Wild ice skating in the frozen lakes of Russia is a winter dream come true!

10/01/2022

Lake Baikal is absolutely magical! This time of year it is surrounded by these ice caves and grottos. Visit somewhere that is like nowhere else on Earth!

09/01/2022

These striking stone pillars, each reaching 30 to 40 M, are all that is left of what was once a whole mountian range. The mountains were eroded little by little over 200 Million Years. You can hike to them on the Pechoro-Ilychski Reserve.

07/01/2022

Merry Christmas! счастливого Рождества!

Happy Holidays to all our Russian Team and to those celebrating Orthodox Christmas.

#счастливогоРождества

05/01/2022

New Year, new plans.... anyone else thinking that this year they will finally get away? We've got trips of a lifetime in the pipeline. New tours, full of adventure, coming soon!

20/12/2021

Say hello to 'Father Frost' aka 'Ded Moroz' aka the Santa Clause of Slavic Mythology. From Mongolia to Macedonia, well behaved children anticipate presents on New Years Eve from this magic stick weilding, troika sleighing, winter wizard.

photocredit: NVK Sakha

19/12/2021

Six more sleeps till Christmas here in the UK and our Russia team have begun their countdown too: twenty days until Orthodox Christmas. The difference in dates is down to the Orthodox church not adopting the Gregorian dates for Christmas and Easter in order to keep Easter and Passover separate. It means a longer festive period for us at Real Russia and we are not mad about it!

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