As the symbolic heart of Russia, Moscow, which celebrated its 850th anniversary in 1997, has enjoyed a renaissance as one of the world's great cities. The capital's once somber streets now buzz 24-hours a day with purposeful activity, and joint ventures between east and west have already opened plush new hotels, internationally-stocked shops, and well over 1,000 eating establishments. Her sister-city, St Petersburg, host of Russia's Golden Age and cradle of revolution, and surely Russia's soul, celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2003. One of the most graceful and well-proportioned cities in the world, filled with baroque and classical architecture, intersected by canals, it is easy to see how St Petersburg became the inspiration for musicians, artists and writers such as Rimsky-Korsakov, Pushkin and Dostoevsky. This book contains a wealth of information on the two cities and the regions surrounding them: fully updated histories and cultural connections of the cities, information on finding accommodation, shopping and restaurants, details of museums, architectural landmarks and theatre and comprehensive tours of each city. Also included is an indispensable guide to the Golden Ring, a series of ancient Russian towns set in the stunning countryside around Moscow.
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A definite 'Don't Leave Home Without It!' -- Robert Trent Jones II
Indispensable...takes the traveler on a splendid journey through the extensive map of the Russian soul. -- Isabel Allende
Indispensable...takes the traveler on a splendid journey through the extensive map of the Russian soul. -- Isabel Allende
About the Author
Masha Nordbye is a writer and TV producer who has visited more than 100 countries. She has traveled extensively throughout the former Soviet Union over the past 25 years, and studied at Moscow University. She has produced films for National Geographic, ABC, The Discovery Channel, PBS, Disney, and 20th Century Fox, as well as other documentaries on the Russian Circus, Lake Baikal and Siberian Tigers. Nordbye also helped organize a North American Tour of the Moscow Circus, leads treks in Russia, and is the author of other books and numerous magazine articles on Russia.
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So You Want to know Moscow and St. Pete?,
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This review is from: Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring (Odyssey Illustrated Guide) (Paperback)
Friends who've been to Russia kept raving about this book. They found it the old cliche: an indispensable companion for finding their way around. So did I when I eventually followed in their footsteps. And no wonder. Based on information from a person in fourth degree of separation from the author, I found out that Ms. Nordbye has been in and out of Russia on a pretty regular basis since she studied at Moscow U. back when the KGB still bugged your room. Not only does she write travel books, she's also a director of offbeat documentaries and has led many an expedition in and out of Russia, and particularly these two cities, where her knowledge of where to go and what to see has satisfied the narcisisum of even the most jaded Hollywood types. In this book, you get the benefit of Ms. Nordbye's linguistic and historical knowledge as well as a frequent travelers' tips on pop culture, lodging and cusine. If you're going to Russia you're going to go to Moscow and St. Petersburg. BUY THIS BOOK!
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Moscow, St Petersburg & The Golden Ring,
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This review is from: Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring (Odyssey Illustrated Guide) (Paperback)
The best way to see any country or city is with a trusted friend, someone who has lived in the place and has a special love for it.Through their intervention you meet the country as if it were a cherished acquaintancce, seeing the most interesting sides of it, tempered by its challenging aspects. Nordbye has been traveling to and within the former USSR for over 25 years. She conveys a love of the country and its people that is as infectious as it is realistic. There is none of the misanthropic cynicism or boundless blind enthusiasm of other travel guides here. Instead, there is everywhere a reveling in the beauty of the country's eclectic, chaotic nature--on one page, we read that Moscow has more casinos than Las Vegas, on the next there is a wonderful historic passage on cows in Red Square. Flip to a random page and you are led to the place that Russia's finest carriages were once built or to the small cemetery where Turgenec is buried...This book is a delight! "RUSSIAN LIFE Magazine" 9/03
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Beautiful and deeply practical--what more could you want?,
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This review is from: Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring (Odyssey Illustrated Guide) (Paperback)
Filled with glorious photographs and inside information. Ms. Nordbye, who is also a noted writer of travel articles has been to over 100 countries, and regularly to Russia (her second home) for the past 25 years. So her advice is based on broad experience gained not as a tourist, but as an insider. Reading this, you will share her enthusiasm until you simply cannot wait to go there! Get this book!!!
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