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.Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and Its People
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by: Jonathan Dimbleby

May 01, 2008
Of course JD was able to work as a reporter in Russia without speaking any Russian...Re-Odd choice of presenter/writer. British reporters in Russia just follow the BBC/Times party line...so why would they have to speak any of the local language? The present Guardian correspondent speaks Russian like a small dim-witted child (from London). What chance does he have of digging up any good stories?

RE - Erroneous and misapprehending - Khordorkovsky is the hero of the BBC/liberal western media...do you seriously expect them to investigate allegations that he was responsible for murder? (Mayor of Nefteyugansk anyone?)



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.Cracow (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
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from: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd

February 01, 2007
Of course JD was able to work as a reporter in Russia without speaking any Russian...Re-Odd choice of presenter/writer. British reporters in Russia just follow the BBC/Times party line...so why would they have to speak any of the local language? The present Guardian correspondent speaks Russian like a small dim-witted child (from London). What chance does he have of digging up any good stories?

RE - Erroneous and misapprehending - Khordorkovsky is the hero of the BBC/liberal western media...do you seriously expect them to investigate allegations that he was responsible for murder? (Mayor of Nefteyugansk anyone?)



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.Russian (Lonely Planet Phrasebook)
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by: Jim Jenkin

March 01, 2006
I took this book with me when I visited Russia for the first time with absolutely zero knowledge of Russian. This book was invaluable! Due to the nature of the Russian language, being one that is spelt as it is spoken, I was using words and phrases from this book and being mistaken for a local! The problem was I could not understand the responses I got many times, but that is not a fault of the book.

The book also lists words and phrases in Cyrillic, which means it's extremely easy to learn to read in Russia and I was able to read nearly all of the Cyrllic alphabet within the day!

On my journey on the Trans-Siberian railway I shared my carriage with a native Russian from Omsk. He had only a bare basic understanding of English from ... Read More:
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.Moscow (Lonely Planet City Guides)
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by: Mara Vorhees

March 01, 2006
Travel books should be up to date (or as much as publishing and printing time allows) and this was published in August 2000 and is probably the latest book on Moscow. But it's also full of what you need to know for a visit to Moscow, with a wide range of topics covered. It also covers both the cheap and the expensive ends of the hotel and restaurant markets. One criticism: the maps are not very clear; the type is too small. All in all, a good book to plan your trip and take with you.
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.St Petersburg (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
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by: Melanie Rice, Christopher Rice

February 01, 2007
As the most beautiful city I have ever visited (indeed, perhaps the most beautiful city in the world), many guidebooks do not do St. Petersburg justice. Instead they choose to focus on a country in economic and political turmoil and a city with decaying buildings from a former era. Whether you believe these judgements or not (personally, I think the buildings in central St. Petersburg are in excellent condition), they do not exactly fill you with excitement about seeing the city's wonders (of which there are many) and make you feel like it was worth shelling out all that money to come on holiday here.

This guide, however, is different. It refrains from this gloomy picture of the city and instead paints a St. Petersburg that is full of history, culture ... Read More:
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.Russia and Belarus (Lonely Planet Country Guide)
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by: Patrick Horton, Steve Kokker, John Noble, Louis Regis, Mark Elliott, Mara Vorhees, Simon Richmond

March 01, 2006
The three reviews below refer to the old edition of this book. The new version has been entirely rewritten and re-researched. As part of the team who helped write it I should leave the reviews to other people, but I think the criticism of not including Ukraine is quite unfair given that the book never claims to do so!
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.The Rough Guide to The Baltic States - 2nd Edition
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by: Jonathan Bousfield

January 10, 2008
The best guild book for the Baltics States there is. Very up to date and full of excellent tips. Had a very nice time in Tallinn using the guild. Also a good reference book for business travellers who are going to the Baltics for the first time.
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.The Rough Guide to St Petersburg (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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by: Dan Richardson

June 02, 2008
The best guild book for the Baltics States there is. Very up to date and full of excellent tips. Had a very nice time in Tallinn using the guild. Also a good reference book for business travellers who are going to the Baltics for the first time.
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.In Siberia
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by: Colin Thubron

September 07, 2000
What on earth drives Colin Thubron? Why, traversing a subcontinent whose name has become synonymous with suffering, would he face tedium, banality and appalling weather to seek out agonizing communities, explore Artic death camps, plumb the worldview of demoralized individuals and contemplate remote sites where dramatic events unfolded years, if not millennia, ago? Certainly there is an unrelenting fascination with the mysterious heart of Eurasia, crisscrossed at least three times by the Russian and Chinese-speaking author, but there seems to be more. The intensity of the effort to bear witness to mankind's resistance to inexorable forces sometimes seems like part of a manic attempt to hold back the passage of time itself. Whatever the motivation the result is particularly ... Read More:
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.Moscow (DK Eyewitness Travel Guides)
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by: Christopher Rice, Melanie Rice

January 15, 2007
This guide is a truly excellent one. Not only did I buy a copy for my own personal use, but actually bought a second copy, which I left with Russian friends in Moscow in preparation for future visits. The wealth of knowledge it contains even surprises them. With two copies, it makes it possible for me to look at places I am interested in, and to simply tell my friends the "page numbers" They can then decide the easiest ways, and the time required, to visit places in Moscow even they were unaware of. Highly recommended, for both the casual or regular visitor to this city.
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