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Moscow, St Petersburg, And The Golden Ring
4th edition of this bestselling Odyssey guidebook.

As the symbolic heart of Russia, Moscow, with its 870th anniversary in 2017, is the center of politics and culture, and has enjoyed a renaissance as one of the world's great cities. The capital's streets now buzz 24 hours a day, and offer a wealth of historic sites, plush new hotels, internationally-stocked shops and thousands of eating establishments.

Her sister-city, St Petersburg, host of Russia's golden age and cradle of revolution, and surely Russia's soul, was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. One of the most graceful and well-proportioned cities in the world, filled with baroque and classical architecture, and known as the Venice of the North for its scenic canals, it is easy to see how St Petersburg became the inspiration for musicians, artists, poets and writers such as Rimsky-Korsakov, Diaghilev, Pushkin and Dostoevsky.

This guidebook contains a wealth of information on these two great cities and the regions surrounding them, including the Golden Ring, a series of ancient Russian towns set in the stunning countryside around Moscow including Yaroslavl, Vladimir, and Suzdal.

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