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fiogf49gjkf0d INDEPENDANT TRAVEL IN RUSSIA MUST FIRST BE ARRANGED
THROUGH A BRANCH OF INTOURIST THE STATE RUN TRAVEL
SERVICE.
ROAD:
THERE ARE SOME RULES TO FOLLOW IF DRIVING IN RUSSIA.
TRAFFIC DRIVES ON THE RIGHT, SPEEDS ARE LIMITED TO 60KPH
IN BUILT-UP AREAS AND 90KPH ELSEWHERE.
REGISTRATION PLATES AND STICKERS DENOTING THE COUNTRY OF
REGISTRATION MUST BE DISPLAYED.
YOU MUST TRAVEL ONLY ALONG INTOURIST MOTOR ROUTES FOR NOT
MORE THAN 500KMS PER DAY.
DO NOT STOP IN UNAUTHORISED PLACES IE ON ROADS WHERE ONLY
TRANSIT TRAVEL IS PERMITTED. A COMPLETE LIST OF AUTHORISED
ROADS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM AN INTOURIST OFFICE EITHER IN
RUSSIA OR PREFERABLY BEFORE DEPARTURE.
MOTOR INSURANCE COVER FOR TRAVEL WITHIN RUSSIA SHOULD BE
ARRANGED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THIS CAN BE DONE THROUGH
BLACK SEA AND BALTIC INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED IN LONDON.
ALTERNATIVELY UPON ENTRY TO RUSSIA AT THE OFFICES OF
INGOSSTRAKH THE SOVIET STATE FOREIGN INSURANCE AGENCY.
PETROL VOUCHERS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE BORDER. AT SOME
PETROL STATIONS ONLY VOUCHERS ARE ACCEPTED AT OTHERS CASH
95OCTANE PETROL IS MOST SUITABLE FOR WESTERN ENGINES.
MULTIGRADE OIL IS M10GI
TRANSMISSION OIL IS TAD-171
ANTIFREEZE IS TOSOL 1-40
CAR HIRE:
MANY DOMESTIC AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL CAR HIRE AGENCIES
ARE PRESENT. CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN CAR ALSOO AVAILABLE.
BUS:
IN MOST TOWNS AND CITIES THE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS ARE EFFICIENT
& VERY CHEAP. BUSES, TRAMS AND TROLLEYBUS SYSTEMS EXIST.
RAIL:
IN SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES A METRO SYSTEM OPERATES.
THE TRANS SIBERIAN IS 9000KMS FROM EUROPE TO THE PACIFIC.
THREE RAIL ROUTES EXIST FOR TRAVELLERS CROSSING SIBERIA.
TRANS SEBERIAN
TRANS MONGOLIAN
TRANS MANCHURIAN
THERE IS A DAILY DEPARTURE OF A ROSSIYA TRAIN FROM
MOSCOWS YAROSLAVSKY STATION. BREAKS OF JOURNEY ARE
THEREFORE POSSIBLE.
THE TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY RUNS FROM MOSCOW TO
KHABAROVSK AND THE TO THE PORT OF VLADIVOSTOK.
ACCOMODATION ON TRAINS VARIES LITTLE EXCEPT FOR THE NUMBER
OF BERTHS IN COMPARTMENT. IN RUSSIA THE TRAIN FOLLOWS MOSCOW
TIME BUT THE TRAIN CROSSES SEVEN TIME ZONES.
AIR:
THERE IS A GOOD NETWORK OF DOMESTIC FLIGHTS TO MANY MAJOR
CITIES THE MAIN HUB OF AIR TRAFFIC BEGINING IN MOSCOW.
THERE ARE TWO AIRPORTS MOSCOWS SHEREMETYEVO WHERE
TERMINAL ONE OPERATES DOMESTIC ROUTES AND ST. PETERSBURG
AIRPORT. SHEREMETYEVO AIRPORT IS 29KMS NORTH WEST OF
MOSCOW.
WATER:
CRUISES ON THE BLACK SEA CAN BE ARRANGED THROUGH TRAVEL
AGENTS. SAILING DATES FOR THE SHIPPING SERVICE BETWEEN
VLADIVOSTOK AND YOKOHAMA SHOULD BE RESERVED IN ADVANCE
ENSURING THAT TRAIN ARRIVAL AND DEPARTING TRAVEL BY
SHIP ARE IN ACCORDANCE.
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