Russian Federation

• Introduction
• Getting Around
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Air

There are daily flights to Moscow from all major European capitals and New York, as well as from Hong Kong and other Asian cities. There are also daily services to St Petersburg from many European capitals.

Train

The main western rail gateways to European Russia are Helsinki, Warsaw, Prague and Budapest. There are daily services from Paris and Amsterdam to Moscow via Berlin and Warsaw. There's also a service from Berlin to Omsk. The Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow to Vladivostok, where you can get a train to Beijing. There are limited cruise and ferry services between Russia and Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Turkey and Georgia.

Boat

In summer, it is possible to travel long distances across Russia on passenger boats. The main passenger services exist between Moscow and St Petersburg, and between Moscow and various points on the Volga and Don rivers, including Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Astrakhan and Rostov-on-Don.