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View Photos for: Moscow and St Petersburg

How can you not like a city that puts chandeliers in its subway stations? With its striking monuments, churches, and hardened local characters, Moscow is truly something to see. Blink and you might think St Petersburg is Amsterdam, all canals and bridges. But not if you spill vodka and blood at dawn. Click on the thumbnails for more info.

View Photos for: The Trans-Siberia Railway

On the world’s longest train journey, expect pictures of life on a train. But a few days on Lake Baikal, the world’s largest lake, shows that despite the gray wooden shacks of Siberia, there is plenty of colour to be found. A freezing swim, some local characters, welcome to life at 120 km/hr. Click on the thumbnails for more info.



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