An Explorer's Guide to Russia

by Robert Greenall, Ed Hogan

Release Date: July, 1994

Edition: Paperback

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A really meaty guide to Russia

We were preparing for our first trip to Russia a couple of years ago and were at our local "Notting Hill Travel Book Shop". It seemed that all I could find were those Mobil and Fodor's books were little more than gigantic and expensive advertisements. Then I ran into "Explorer's Guide". It was a great find.

Here is a travel guide written for intelligent people. There is a lot of great information and background into the culture and history of various stops you might make. That is the value of this book.

If you need up to the date information on hotels, restaurants etc, this one is not going to work for you. It is too dated at this point. Russia is a volatile country that changes daily. Luckily it only gives a little bit of an overview of that anyway (if you want a hotel list, get the Fodor's or Mobil).

One of the advantages of this book, is the attention it gives to less traveled locals like: Tver,Yaroslav, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladmir, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Bryansk, Smolensk, Pskov, Novgorod, Vologda, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk etc.

This will be a good book for you to have. At the same time, you need to pick up at least one more. I'd recommend the Lonely Planet travel guide.