Trans-Siberian Handbook
The World's Longest Railway Journey (Now Includes Siberian Bab Railway)
Bryn Thomas(Author)
Trailblazer Publications (Publisher)
8th Edition
Published on 31. August 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-905864-36-2 (ISBN)
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Description
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 kilometre by kilometre route guides to the Trans-Siberian (Moscow-Vladivostok), Trans-Mongolian (Moscow-Beijing via Ulaan Baatar) and Trans-Manchurian (Moscow-Beijing) journeys with strip maps in Russian, English and Chinese plus a new section on the Siberian BAM route; city guides and maps to 25 stopovers including Moscow, St Petersburg, Sergiev Posad, Rostov-Yaroslavski, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Suzdal, Nizhny Novgorod, Vyatka (Kirov), Perm, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Tobolsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Listvyanka, Bolshie Koty, Bratsk, Severobaikalsk, Nizhneangarsk, Ulan Ude, Chita, Birobidzhan, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Ulaan Baatar, Harbin, Beijing where to stay and eat, information about Siberia and the railway, and 76 maps plus timetables, rail fares, Russian & Chinese phrases.
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The best guide to the Trans-Siberian is undoubtedly Bryn Thomas's the Trans-Siberian Handbook (Trailblazer) which has the most detailed route outline and a good history. 'To the Edge of the World' by Christian Wolmar, Atlantic Books, 2013More details
Edition
8th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hindhead, Surrey
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-905864-36-2 (9781905864362)
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