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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator's Emma Fick's epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway--from Beijing through Mongolia to Moscow--including more than 200 watercolor illustrations and handwritten text that includes cultural and historical information as well as invaluable travel tips"--
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English
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"After two and a half years as NPR's Moscow bureau chief, David Greene travels across the country--a 6,000-mile journey by rail, from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok--to speak with ordinary Russians about how their lives have changed in the post-Soviet years. Reaching beyond the headline-grabbing protests in Moscow, Greene speaks with a group of singing babushkas from Buranovo, a teenager hawking 'space rocks' from last spring's meteor shower...
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Tot@l-Content
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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The train takes viewers from the palaces of St. Petersburg and the busy streets of Moscow to the vastness of Siberia with its jewel, Lake Baikal. Then continues by air to the remote Kamchatka Peninsula, a land of great volcanoes and nomadic reindeer herders. Along the route explore Russia's varied landscapes and the ethnic diversity of its people.
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel--full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engineering. Christian Wolmar passionately recounts the improbable origins of the Trans-Siberian railroad, the vital artery for Russian expansion that spans almost 6,000 miles and seven time zones from Moscow to Vladivostok. The world's longest train route...
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Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Wanting to escape a failed relationship, a young Finnish woman boards a train to travel from Moscow to Mongolia. Wanting to be alone, she chooses an empty compartment, but is soon joined by a former soldier who recounts explicit stories of his past.
"A young Finnish woman boards a train in Moscow, in the waning years of the Soviet Union. Bound for Mongolia, she's trying to leave a broken relationship as far behind her as she can. Wanting to be alone,...
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Reaktion Books Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"All aboard for a delicious ride on nine legendary railway journeys! Meals associated with train travel have been an important aspect of railway history for more than a century - from dinners in dining cars to lunches at station buffets to foods purchased from platform vendors. For many travellers, the experience of eating on a railway journey is often a highlight of the trip, a major part of the ̀romance of the rails'. Food on the Move focuses on...
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