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При упоминании имени Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова на память сразу приходят его Белая гвардия, Мастер и Маргарита или Собачье сердце. Эти без преувеличения гениальные романы выдержали многочисленные переиздания, были неоднократно экранизированы и по праву занимают самое почетное место в золотом фонде российской литературы.

The audioguide tells the story, describes the architecture, and reports interesting facts about the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, one of the oldest Russian churches. It was erected in the years 1045 - 1050. Prior to its construction there were no stone buildings in Novgorod. Byzantine Masters from Kiev, which had close ties to the Byzantine Empire, were invited. The audioguide has been made by professionals in the field of history and art.

“Riveting—a delicious odyssey full of history, humor, and jaw-dropping stories. If you want to understand the making of modern Russia, read this book.” —Daniel Stone, bestselling author of The Food Explorer A high-spirited, eye-opening, appetite-whetting culinary travel adventure by an...

Discovering the Russian soul is like opening a matryoshka, a Russian doll, revealing the many layers. The Russian Orthodox religion is unique, Russian history is tragic, and the people are unpredictable. Russia's military and political power, as well as the rich contribution of its art and culture, is the result of an inner dynamic not always understood by outsiders.

An erudite and entertaining history of Moscow, a city defined by its survival and reinvention, and whose rich history offers crucial insight into contemporary global politics "A magisterial account of Moscow that reveals the city’s history and something of its soul through countless interwoven...

Ian Frazier trains his eye for unforgettable detail on Siberia, that vast expanse of Asiatic Russia. He explores many aspects of this storied, often grim region. He writes about the geography, the resources, the native peoples, the history, the 40-below midwinter afternoons, the bugs. The book brims with Mongols, half-crazed Orthodox archpriests, fur seekers, ambassadors of the czar bound for Peking, tea caravans, German scientists, American prospectors, intrepid English nurses, and prisoners and exiles of every kind....

Plongez dans une épopée moto sans frontières !Sur sa monture d’acier, l’auteure – une baroudeuse aux racines vietnamiennes, françaises et québécoises, docteure en économie défiant les conventions – échange classeurs et théories contre routes de gravier et horizons sauvages.

È il 1975 quando Jan Brokken rimane folgorato da San Pietroburgo, l'allora Leningrado, patria splendente e malinconica di poeti e dissidenti, folli e geni, disperati e amanti, culla della ribellione agli zar e poi al regime sovietico in nome della libertà dell'arte e dello spirito. In occasione del centenario della Rivoluzione d'Ottobre, Brokken ci accompagna nelle sue passeggiate fra presente e passato attraverso strade, teatri, case e musei sulle tracce dei personaggi che hanno reso Pietroburgo una capitale mitica della cultura europea.

Travel Tales: Russia & The USSR is a collection of travel stories of one of the travel world's most, shall we say, duplicitous destinations—a bit mysterious, somewhat alluring, yet still demanding a modicum of caution.

Die transsibirische Eisenbahn - die längste Zugstrecke der Welt und eine Reise voller Abenteuer und Magie. Erlebnisse auf der Strecke von Hamburg über Helsinki, St. Petersburg und quer durch Russland über den Baikalsee und die Mongolei nach China.

Kreml, Basilius Kathedrale, Bolschoi-Theater. Wer diese Schlagwörter hört, muss sofort an die russische Hauptstadt Moskau denken. Und das ist richtig so! Wenn Sie sich dazu entschließen, der russischen Metropole einen Besuch abzustatten, dann sollten Sie von den wichtigsten Highlights und Sehenswürdigkeiten schon einmal gehört haben. Selbstverständlich wird Ihre Stadttour bei diesen drei Sachen nicht enden, denn Moskau ist eine riesige Stadt und hat, außer den weltbekannten Sightseeings, noch viel mehr zu bieten.

En agosto de 1928, Manuel Chaves se embarca en un viaje en avión por Europa con la finalidad de escribir una serie de reportajes para el periódico del que es redactor jefe, Heraldo de Madrid. De Madrid a Bakú, pasando por Berlín y Leningrado: del Mediterráneo al Caspio. Chaves fue pionero en utilizar los adelantos técnicos de la época, como el avión, para ofrecer a sus lectores testimonios de primera mano sobre la situación política y social de algunos de los principales países europeos.

From Russia with Love was my favorite Bond Film with the dapper Sean Connery playing Agent 007. Thus, it was apt for me to seek this as the title of my book about my travels to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Siberia, where I saw the house of the mystic Rasputin. I traveled to Ukraine and took a train from Liviv to Kyiv. So, open up your vodka bottles, sit back, and enjoy Russia and Western Europe through my eyes.

En el sexto viaje, Jorge exploró las islas de Rusia Asiática, como Sajalín, conocida como Karafuto por los japoneses, y la "isla prohibida" de Iturup, llamada en japonés Etorofu-to, en las Kurilesv, o Chishima-retto para los japoneses, tras obtener, de manera rocambolesca, un permiso para embarcar en un buque terriblemente balanceante en un frio mes de diciembre.

En este audiolibro Jorge Sánchez nos relata su viaje por Chechenia, Ingushetia, y demás peligrosas y belicosas repúblicas rusas entre el mar Caspio y el Mar Negro, distribuyendo pequeñas propinas en los controles militares para abrirse paso por ciudades prohibidas.

Санкт-Петербург уникален. И неповторим. Своеобразие и чарующе-строгое обаяние города складывается из уникальности и неповторимости всех его архитектурных составляющих.

Сегодняшняя Москва - растущий, быстро изменяющийся город. Город, где переплелись Европа и Азия, архаическое и сверхсовременное, где перезвон мобильных телефонов сливается с гулом церковных колоколов.

The tour begins with a tour of Moscow and the Kremlin, which towers on a forty meter high hill above the Moskva River. With the construction of the Kremlin, the history of the city began as the spiritual and secular center of the country. The fascinating "cruise of the tsars" leads over rivers, canals and lakes through the former empire of the tsars, past monasteries and wooden churches to St. Petersburg. The first travel destination is the historic town of Uglic and later Jaroslavl, one of the oldest trading cities on the Volga.

Du möchtest gerne St. Petersburg erkunden und einen perfekten Urlaub verbringen? Dann ist dieses Hörbuch genau das Richtige für Dich! Sankt Pieterburch, Petrograd, Leningrad - im Laufe ihrer faszinierenden Geschichte gab es viele Namen, die jene Stadt zierten, die heute als Sankt Petersburg bekannt ist. Eine Stadt, die in 42 Inseln unterteilt auf einstigem Sumpfgebiet im Delta des Newa-Flusses liegt und die mit dem gezielten Hintergedanken erbaut wurde, genau das zu werden, was sie heute ist: einer der prächtigsten Orte der Welt.

With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev’s great grand-daughter, and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the Soviet Union since 1993, Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler offer a poignant exploration of the largest country on Earth through their recreation of Vladimir Putin’s fabled New Year’s Eve speech planned across all 11 time zones.