This invaluable guide takes you beyond borsch, Bolsheviks and the Bolshoi to unveil cultural treasures, fast- moving cities, and vast, empty landscapes in a region that stretches halfway around the world.

• 124 detailed maps, including metro maps
• special food & drink section - more than just vodka and caviar
• tips on avoiding queues and beating bureaucracy
• details on getting around, from Minsk to Moscow to Magadan
• the latest on gallery-hopping in St Petersburg, lazing on a beach in Crimea and climbing volcanoes in the Russian Far East