Bicycling in the chilly spring starting in Russia and traveling through Scandinavia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. How much it costs, and how to wild camp en route.
A brief trip to a remote part of Russia, Kamchatka, which is a peninsula that dangles down near Siberia, and is full of bears, volcanoes and funny people.
Kostroma, about 200 miles northeast of Moscow, is home to a moose farm you can visit. Learn a bit about the history of moose farming in Russia.
Jennifer Eremeeva has spent two decades in Russia, observing how the place she wanted visit wasn’t all that she had hoped for. What it’s like in Russia now.
Solovetsky Islands: The Silence of the Russian North By Maria Kozyreva When planning our summer trip, I offered my husband a chance to visit the Solovetsky Islands. It was my unrealized dream to see this remote sacred place in the […]
Russia: Ten Secrets of the Russian Bath. Jonathon Engel visits a banya for the ritual switching, plus a very hot and very cold experience.
Russia mourning the lost towns. A sad story about returning to Lake Baikal where the author spent her childhood and remembering how it was.
In the course of the history Solovetsky Islands were known for its fabulous severe nature and its great monastery, a real stronghold of orthodox Christianity.
Galina Iskakova visits the Pietro Mazza farm in Mednoye, Russia, where she samples many delicious cheeses and enjoys meeting all the animals.
Visit the North Pole Aboard a Russian Icebreaker with Adventure Life’s North Pole Expedition on the Soviet ship, 50 Years of Victory. .
A review of Jeffrey Tayler’s latest book, River of No Reprieve: Descending Siberia’s Waterway of Exile, Death, and Destiny By Marina Solovyov
Russian River Valley in California’s Sonoma County, where Max Hartshorne finds ‘a perfect mix of scenery, greenery and laidback culture.’
By Rina Galaktionova Where? The Republic of Karelia is situated in the North West of Russia, just to the east of the Finno-Russian border. Its capital Petrozavodsk is about 300 miles to the north from St Petersburg. Why go? Karelia […]
Joshua Hartshorne visits Sakhalin Island in Russia with two paleoglaciologists who study tree rings, it’s a ravaged and rarely visited place.