Guide to the Great Siberian Railway

Guide to the Great Siberian Railway
Title Guide to the Great Siberian Railway PDF eBook
Author Aleksandrʺ Ippolitovichʺ Dmitrīevʺ-Mamonovʺ
Publisher
Pages 572
Release 1900
Genre Siberia (Russia)
ISBN

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Border Crossings

Border Crossings
Title Border Crossings PDF eBook
Author Emma Fick
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 243
Release 2022-04-19
Genre Travel
ISBN 0063080370

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An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick’s epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway—from Beijing through Mongolia to Moscow—including more than 200 watercolor illustrations and handwritten text that includes cultural and historical information as well as invaluable travel tips. In May 2015, on a trip through the Baltics and Scandinavia, artist and illustrator Emma Fick and her boyfriend (now husband) Helvio discovered a worn copy of the Trans-Siberian Handbook at a secondhand shop in Helsinki. Many travelers from around the globe had used the guide to journey on the longest train ride in the world. Emma and Helvio took their find as a sign to embark on their own adventure on the legendary railway that has captured the imaginations and curiosities of many travelers and explorers since its construction a century ago. A year and a half later, with Trans-Siberian Handbook in hand, they boarded the train in Beijing. Their odyssey was just beginning. Border Crossings is the chronicle of their unforgettable 26-day, 8-city journey across Asia to Moscow. Emma offers a concise history of the railway and in vivid, visual language, takes you across a vast landscape of rural villages and bustling urban centers, through open food markets brimming with delicacies and a snowy mountain wilderness dotted with clusters of gers—nomadic homes. Emma’s detailed observations and lush descriptions, accompanied by detailed colorful illustrations, bring this remarkable journey of discovery and adventure—the landscapes, food, people and cultures—to life. Experience drinking salty milk tea, eating shoe sole cake (fried cakes shaped like shoe soles piled high and topped with milk curds and hard candies), and riding camels in Mongolia. In Russia, wander through a snow-draped countryside filled with stands of birch trees, explore the wonders of freshwater Lake Baikal—the source of omul, a ubiquitous and beloved fish delicacy—go ice fishing, and take a self-guided tour of Moscow. With its hand-drawn maps, its wealth of illustrations of every aspect of the experience—from sleeping quarters on a train to the highlights of a monastery or the details of a memorable meal, Border Crossings is an invitation to experience new destinations and cultures first-hand—to travel the Trans-Siberian Railway as never before, whether you’re a nomad looking for a new vacation destination, an armchair traveler, or just culturally curious.

Trans-Siberian Express

Trans-Siberian Express
Title Trans-Siberian Express PDF eBook
Author Warren Adler
Publisher
Pages 418
Release 2013-12
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9781629212975

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The Trans-Siberian Railway

The Trans-Siberian Railway
Title The Trans-Siberian Railway PDF eBook
Author Deborah Manley
Publisher Andrews UK Limited
Pages 323
Release 2011-12-08
Genre Travel
ISBN 1908493313

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No railway journey on Earth can equal the Trans-Siberian between Moscow and Vladivostock. It is not just its vast length and the great variety of the lands and climes through which it passes. It is not just its history as the line that linked the huge territories which are Russia together. It is a dream which calls countless travellers to the adventure of the longest railway in the world. From the birth aboard of Rudolf Nureyev to the childhood obsession with the railway of Lesley Blanch, to the weariness that eventually overcame Paul Theroux, to the excitement of the author's own journey, this revised and updated collection of travellers' accounts brings together emotions, descriptions and humour from a century of travel. This new edition of a classic anthology takes us through the tremendous achievement of the railway’s construction across harsh, unsettled lands through the earliest journeys of Western travellers and the trains on which they travelled, and their descriptions of fellow travellers, food, scenery, domestic arrangements, adventures on and off the train, convicts, revolution and war as the train carried them through a lonely, lovely landscape. The barrier of Lake Baikal was crossed by a British-built ice-breaker, put together on the lakeside until the link around the deep water and through the first tunnels of the route was completed. The railway played – and still plays – a huge part in holding this vast country together.

The Trans-Siberian Railway

The Trans-Siberian Railway
Title The Trans-Siberian Railway PDF eBook
Author Anne Meinhardt
Publisher C J Bucher Verlag Gmbh
Pages 191
Release 2008
Genre Travel
ISBN 9783765817373

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Some 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) of track and seven time zones! Luxury trains and simple wagons, endless taiga, and the clearest lake in the world: a trip with the Trans-Siberian Railway promises many highlights. Anne and Olaf Meinhardt spent six months traveling through the gorgeous landscape of Siberia towards Mongolia and China, have tasted borscht, picnicked at the shores of Lake Baikal, and strolled through dreamy birch forests. Impressive photos and special reports tell the tale of the expanse and beauty of the different landscapes.

Trans-Siberian Handbook

Trans-Siberian Handbook
Title Trans-Siberian Handbook PDF eBook
Author Bryn Thomas
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2011
Genre Railroad travel
ISBN 9781905864362

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The eighth edition of the definitive guide to the world's longest railway journey is a major revision, entirely re- researched and updated by Anna Kaminski, a Russian-UK dual-national educated in both countries. All routes were retravelled and there is additional information on Siberia, including the Lake Baikal area. The book includes ......

Trans-Siberian Railway

Trans-Siberian Railway
Title Trans-Siberian Railway PDF eBook
Author Anthony Haywood
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre Railroad travel
ISBN 9781741795653

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Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.