Believe it or not, but apart from the world-famous ‘Golden Ring’, the well-trodden path for almost all the foreigners coming to Russia, there is another unique tourist route - the ‘Silver Necklace’, ...

Bathed by the waters of the Volkhov River, stands the city that was the birthplace of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. The train empties, pouring onto the platform groups of people laden with ...