Moscow`s dark & ever-changing face is vividly captured in these br&-new stories from some of Russia`s most prolific noir authors, including Alexander Anuchkin, Igor Zotov, Irina Denezhkina, & Anna Starobinets. Moscow Noir is the latest edition in Akashic`s internationally-acclaimed Noir Series, exploring this fabled & troubled city`s darkest recesses. ...

Moscow in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to 'A Brief History' actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...

Moscow in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to 'A Brief History' actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...

Moscow is an eternally compelling city, with a fascinating urban environment & historical backdrop. Be inspired to visit by the brand new Berlitz Pocket Guide Moscow, a concise, full-colour guide to this iconic city that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that the city has to offer. Inside Berlitz Pocket Guide Moscow:· Where To Go details all the key sights in the city, from the Kremlin, to the iconic Red Square, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, & are cross-referenced to the text.· Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including Lenin`s Mausoleum, the Pushkin Museum & Gorky Park.· Perfect Day provides an itinerary for one day in the city.· What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time in Moscow, with detailed suggestions including shopping, entertainment & dining.· Essential information on Moscow`s culture, including a brief history of the city.· Eating Out covers the city`s best cuisine.· Curated listings of the best hotels & restaurants.· A-Z of all the practical information you`ll need. ...

Moscow Public Transport Map from DMB with tram, trolleybus, bus, rail & metro routes with line numbers and/or stations, covering the city within its outer ring road, with an enlargement for the inner ring road area. The map is double-sided & covers the city within its outer ring road at 1:30, 000, with four insets extending coverage to the more built-up & populated areas outside it. Streets with public transport lines & connecting other streets are named. Most streets, whether named or not, are annotated with house or block numbers for easier identification of addresses. Tram, trolleybus & bus routes are shown with line numbers, railway stations are named, & metro stations are prominently highlighted. The city centre, roughly within the inner ring road but extending westwards to include all the main railway stations (Belorussky, Leningradsky, Kazansky, Kursky, Peveletsky & Ukrainsky terminals), is shown in greater detail enlarged to 1:20, 000, indicating tram/trolleybus/bus stops & different Metro entrances. The map is indexed for streets names shown on it &

Includes:: a separate diagram of the metro network. All place names are in the Cyrillic alphabet & the map legend is in Russian only.

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As the symbolic heart of Russia, Moscow, with its 870th anniversary in 2017, is the centre of politics & culture, & has enjoyed a renaissance as one of the world`s great cities. The capital`s streets now buzz 24-hours a day, & offer a wealth of historic sites, plush new hotels, internationally-stocked shops & thousands of eating establishments. Her sister-city, St Petersburg, host of Russia`s golden age & cradle of revolution, & surely Russia`s soul, was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. One of the most graceful & well-proportioned cities in the world, filled with baroque & classical architecture, & 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 & writers. This 4th edition of the Odyssey guidebook contains a wealth of information on these two great cities & the regions surrounding them, including the Golden Ring, a series of ancient Russian towns set in the stunning countryside around Moscow. It provides a historical overview & is a guide to cultural sites of the two cities & the Golden Ring towns such as Yaroslavl, Vladimir, & Suzdal. There are literary excerpts from writers such as Pushkin, Dostoevsky, & Dumas, & a recommended reading list. The 784 pages include 200 colour photographs & 23 maps. ...

Venya is more interested in how much he & his colleagues can drink during the working day than in his job. Once he is fired, he spends the last of his money on booze & sets off on a train journey to visit beautiful, picturesque, utopian Petushki, where his beloved & child are waiting for him. But Venya`s drinking gets out of control on the train, & Petushki seems to lie increasingly beyond his grasp. Funny & sad, Yerofeev`s alcohol-soaked story of a man on a train perfectly captures Soviet society on the brink of doom: exhausted, corrupt & heading into the night in sodden dignity. ”A dark & hilarious work cocktailing the satire of Gogol with the gutter-level eye of Bukowski & the menace & nightmare vision of Genet.” (Time Out). Moscow Stations
- the only novel published by the Russian writer Venedikt Yerofeev
- was written in 1969 & existed first only amongst samizdat circles, as a typed manuscript passed hand to hand by readers in Soviet Russia. It was first published officially in the magazine Sobriety & Culture in 1989. This translation was first published by Faber in 1997.

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The distinguished American historian of Russian & Soviet science Loren R. Graham recounts with warmth & wit his experiences during 45 years of travelling & researching in the Soviet Union & post-Soviet Russia, from 1960 to 2005. Present for many historic events during this period, Graham writes not as a political correspondent or an analyst, but as an ordinary American living through these years alongside Russian friends & critics. Graham befriended some of the leading scientists & politicians in Russia, but his most touching stories concern average Russians with whom he lived, worked, suffered, & exchanged views. Graham also writes of the ethical questions he confronted, such as the tension between independence of thought & political loyalty. Finally, he depicts the ways in which Russia has changed
- visually, politically, & ideologically
- during the last 15 years. These gripping, sometimes humorous, always deeply personal stories will engage & inform all readers with an interest in Russia during this tumultuous period of history.

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Moscow Street Atlas from the Russian publisher DMB provides detailed mapping of the city centre at a scale of 1:6500 & coverage of the outer town & suburbs at a scale of 1:10, 000 that broadly corresponds with the limits outer ring road but also encompasses satellites of surrounding residential micro-regions. The road network shows motorways, major & minor roads, traffic flow direction on main roads & junctions, as well as one way streets & road features such as tunnels & bridges. Car park areas are also shown. Metro lines & stations, train stations & suburban & intercity train lines are shown with their onward directions indicated at the edge of the atlas coverage. River transport boarding/alighting points are given & Moscow’s airports are shown. Coverage at both scales shows individual buildings, most with street numbers. The legend explains a range of symbols to found on maps, including Orthodox churches & other denominational places of worship, shopping centres & markets, hospitals, theatres, concert halls, cinemas, museums, hotels & monuments. An additional feature of the atlas is a panoramic site map of Moscow’s Kremlin, with 39 of the key buildings & features indicated, as well as the surrounding area of the Manezh’ & Mokhovaia Street, with the closest Metro stations shown. Also included is a telephone directory type list of potentially important places for both residents & visitors, including such things as hotels, shopping centres & markets, cultural establishments, health centre & hospitals, official government buildings & transport nuclei. The atlas is indexed by street name, metro/train station, & large neighbourhoods. *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE:** All place names, maps legend & all other text are in Russian only.** Supplies of all titles published in Russia are very irregular & we cannot guarantee a definite delivery time for titles not in stock. If a title is currently out of stock, it may be advisable, where possible, to choose an alternative version.*
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Moscow Atlas from AGT Geocenter Moscow in A4 format claims to feature each registered building in Moscow. The indexed atlas divides the city into six areas: central, north, north west & north east, south, south west & south east & the zelenograd region. Motorways, main, local & one way roads & pedestrian only streets & squares are all differentiated on the atlas. Railways, bridges, underground walkways, tunnels, tram lines, airports & metro & bus stations are shown. A transliterated metro plan is provided as is information on water transport such as river ports & berths. The atlas locates a wide array of leisure past times such as cinemas, theatres, museums, exhibition halls, circuses, zoos & libraries. Places of worship, post offices & hotels are also shown. The legend, which is the only bit of the atlas that is translated into English, is very extensive & broken down into symbols related to the different categories of; city authorities, medical care, leisure, boundaries, transportation, hydrography, green space & built-up area. The atlas highlights of a large number of local official & government buildings, provides a list of key name changes to streets & stations since the break up of the Soviet Union & has a detailed telephone directory. The telephone directory is a thorough reference guide of contact information for transport & medical services, official & government departmental buildings (for things like courts, pensions & insurance, visas), locations of leisure or cultural pursuits & tourist sites, & a vast array of additional useful places.*THIS ATLAS IS IN THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET ONLY**IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE:** Supplies of all atlases from Russia are very irregular & we cannot guarantee a definite delivery time for titles not in stock. If a title is currently out of stock it may be advisable to choose an alternative publication.*
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