Useful links

General information

Wikipedia about Russia

Guide to Russia: Comprehensive Guide to Russia - history, geography, culture, travel.

Interactive Map of Russia: detailed maps of cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg. Great fun!

Russia on the Net: Russian web directory, great for searching for companies, products or just reference information.

Grand Tour Russia: A website of a group travelling 12,000 kilometres across Russia - they are looking for travelling companions (sputniks) if you are interested, or just go and see how they are getting on.

CHEAP Air Tickets to Russia online. Book your ticket to Russia NOW!

Weather

Weather in Russian regions (English, Russian)

Hotel reservation and apartment rental

Budget accommodation in St.Petersburg (English, Russian)

Hotels, apartments, tours in St.Petersburg (English, Russian)

Culture

Russian cuisine

Museums of Russia (English, Russian)

Hermitage Museum Official Website

Russian Museum

Useful information on Moscow going out and eating out (English, Russian)

Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, English page (English, Russian)

Mariinsky Theatre

Going out in St.Petersburg – museums, theatres, concert halls, etc. (English, Russian)

St.Petersburg playbill (English, Russian)

St.Petersburg theatres (English, Russian)

Russian Dictionary:

Learn Russian Now! Learn Russian in St. Petersburg. Russian courses at ProBa Language School

Free Russian Download: A language learning software from Transparent Systems, you learn by doing rather than by remembering. Download a free lite version here; a great way to learn some basic words and phrases before you go. The full system has loads of activities, including interactive conversations and games. Highly recommended. Learn how to listen, understand and speak Russian with Linguaphone language courses

Russian Internet Radio: : A list of Russian Radio stations broadcasting on the internet, great for getting a taste of Russia before you arrive.

IJAS VIDEO.COM Latest Russian DVD movies, music CDs, and books in Russian and English

http://english.sovmusic.ru/ Soviet songs, speeches, military marches, posters and many more..

Russian Anthems Museum to download

Russian Laser Art-Life in Glass: RussianLaserArt.htm

http://www.artsstudio.com/ Reprodaction and copying old masters oil paintings in Russian Museum

Russki Albom: Art web sites in Russia and USA

Russian Women Magazine:

RussianLegacy.com: Russian music, poetry, history, giftshop and much more

Original Souvenirs and Gifts from Russia: If you are looking for unique souvenirs and gifts from Russia this is exactly what you need.

REGNUM.ru: Regularly updated newsline from Russia and post-Soviet countries

Periodicals about Russia for tourists

Moscow Times – comprehensive daily newspaper for English-speaking tourists

St.Petersburg Times – weekly newspaper for expats about St.Petersburg

Neva News: St. Petersburg’s first monthly English newspaper for delivered free to hotels and online.

Local Tourist committees

Moscow tourism information centre (English, Russian)

Saint-Petersburg tourism information centre (English, Deutsch, Francaise, Suomi, Espaniol, Italiano, Japanese, Chinese, Russian)

The Customs

Russian Customs regulations database in English

Russian Harmonized Commodity Description And Coding System (English)

Official bodies

British Embassy: Foreign and commonwealth country information on Russia, includes travel advice and links to the British Embassy and consulates in Russia.

Russian Consulate, London: The main website of the Russian consulate in the UK, please note that there are many "scam" sites around - this however is the real one

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (English, Deutsch, Francaise, Russian)

Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation (English, Russian)

Moscow Government International and External Economic Relations Department (English, Russian)

St. Petersburg Committee for External Relations (English, Deutsch, Francaise, Russian)