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ARTICLES

Tel Aviv's Little Russia

On Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, T+L finds pork on rye, women in babushkas, and plenty of Russian vodka—all the makings of a cultural mash-up.

Pilgrimage to Russia

In search of family history—and to meet a long-lost, distant cousin—Alex Shoumatoff crosses the country to the ancient city of Novgorod and finds a place...

Russian Riviera

Yes, you read that correctly. In the alluring Black Sea town of Sochi, plutocrats and state officials alike are spending billions to reinvent what was...

High-Speed Rail To Connect Europe and Russia? Could America Be Next?

In the past decade, ambitious high-speed rail projects have condensed Europe, reducing travel times–often by more than half–on principal routes like Madrid-Barcelona (was: 9 hours;...

40 Trips To Change Your World | Russia

Smolensk, Bryansk, and Volgograd Provinces

How to Take a Luxury Cruise For Less

Crystal Cruises, the #1 large-ship cruise line in our annual World’s Best Awards since 1996, is re-introducing the idea of stand-by travel on five of...

The Futurist: China Leads High-Speed Rail Plans

BBC Travel - Passport Blog |  With the 30 June opening of the high-speed rail between Beijing and Shanghai, China became a leader in new...

Moscow's Moment

Valerie Stivers-Isakovia looks beyond the armored cars and gilded excess–and finds Russia's capital in the midst of a burgeoning cultural revolution.

World's Most Visionary Cities

To see the future, visit these forward-thinking metropolises.

To Russia with Clubs

Roll over, Khrushchev: last summer, Joe Cocker played the Kremlin, Hair played Gorky Park and the author played golf in the Russian Amateur.
HOTELS

Grand Hotel Rodina

A luxurious refurbishment of a stalin-era villa, the 40-room Rodina is set on manicured grounds with a private beachfront in the year-round resort town of Sochi. Russian Hotels, an arm of billionaire... more ›


RESTAURANTS

Simple Things

Simple Things, a year-old café owned by Moscow food maven Katya Drozdova, is the capital's first venue to combine peasant cooking with a gourmet sensibility—inspired by Alice Waters, whom... more ›


ACTIVITIES

TsUM

Here, slim-thighed trophy wives named Ksusha browse an exquisite selection of $1,000 dresses in sizes two and four. (British retailer Nicholas Harvey, founder of Harvey Nichols, is rumored to have... more ›




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