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Oka valley: cruising down Russia’s ancient waterwayJan 3, 2018 • 6 min read
You might recall the names of great Russian rivers like the Volga or the Yenisey from geography lessons, but the Oka is unlikely to be one of them despite…
Western European Russia Travel Stories
road tripsArtistic retreat: bohemian getaways from MoscowJan 3, 2018 • 6 min read
Nothing in classic Russian literature captures the idea of paradise lost better than Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. The M2 highway going directly…
artNikola-Lenivets: contemporary art in the Russian countrysideAug 17, 2015 • 4 min read
Contemporary art is not usually prone to hiding in the remote countryside, but here is an exception. Taken over by a group of architects and land artists…