Chapter 4

Go to Chapter [1], [2], [3], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10].

Video. Link to the video for Golosa (currently only Chpts.1-5 of Book 1 Third Edition).

Sound. Link to the audio recordings for Golosa: Book Two.

Golosa. Textbook links to useful web sources for this chapter.

Verbs of Motion, A Trip, How do you get to Red Square? Chpts. from Conversation Course by Evgeny Shtephan.

Grammar Exercises. Exercises by George Mitrevski - posted on the Golosa web site. [Do the Exercises from this chapter.]

An Interactive Online Russian Reference Grammar. From Robert Beard, Bucknell University. [Russian fonts required]

RUSSIA AND RUSSIAN CITIES - MAPS

• Russia
  CIA maps. From the collection at the University of Texas. A list of the maps you can call up.
  Commonwealth of Independent States - 1994. Political map.
  Russia. Political map.
  Russia. Administrative Divisions.
  Russia. Map (zoom in) from the National Geographic Society.
  Russia. Map and information from the CIA's The World Factbook.

  (in Russian)
  The World and also a Russia map. Both navigable maps from "Na Karte RU."

• Siberia and Cities of Siberia
  Map of Siberia. From Jack Lynch's site.

• Moscow
  Map of Moscow. [Note well the layout of the city.]

  (in Russian)
  Moscow. Navigable map from "Na Karte RU."

• St.Petersburg
  Leningrad. Map from the collection at the University of Texas.

  (in Russian)
  Map of St. Petersburg Together with Environs. Map in Russian, but you can get English explanations. From Horis, Ltd. Zoom in and out on any district.
  St. Petersburg. From "Na Karte RU."

RUSSIA AND RUSSIAN CITIES - GENERAL

• Russia
  Russian Cities on the Web. A good selection of links to particular cities.
  a Ten Months in Russia. Cities; maps; photos. A good general tour of European Russia.
  Backcountry trip. Personal trip (with pictures) to the Russian wilderness areas. Andrey Sebrant's page.
  

• Siberia and Cities of Siberia
  Home Page of Irkutsk. Photos. Audio bits [long wait!]. Map. Article from the N.Y.Times. Short historical essay. Chronicle of historical events. Lake Baikal. (Plus a number of other interesting topics.)
  

• Moscow
  Camera views. From Paragraphs office located on one of seven Moscow's hills.
  Moscow. Guide from All-Moscow.ru.
  Lonely Planet Destination: Moscow. History, attractions (including those "off the beaten track"), entertainment info and a slide show of the city.
  Pictures from Moscow. RusPhoto provides a large variety links to photos of Moscow and the surrounding region including personal photoalbums.
  Slides of Moscow. From the "Little Russia" site.
  Overview of the city. From "A Russia Phototrack."
  Welcome to the Moscow Expat Site. A virtual community for English-speaking expats and Russians. Find information on life in Moscow.

  (in Russian)
  Moscow. Nice map of Moscow you can navigate and even add (your own and select) content to! From "Na Karte Ru."
  Moscow 850. Photos, a timeline for the last 850+ years of Moscow history, resources and lots of other information about Moscow.
  Welcome to Moscow. History, culture, leisure, entertainment, sports, business, science,etc. [Also in English!]
  ROL: Russia-On-Line. Jokes, horoscope, business, health, animal world...
  Moscow City Hall. The official server of the Mayor's office.
  Moscow Media Tour. Nice pictures and text. [In Russian: win 1251 or koi-8]
  Moscow on Foot. Nine walks around town described. From Natal'ia Nevazhskaia.

• St.Petersburg
  Fresh GUIDE to St. Petersburg. From Comset.net.
  All About St. Petersburg for Tourists. General travel; information on theaters, events, fairs; accommodations. From Nota Bene.
  Saint Petersburg. Views and historical information, plus a special section on churches are presented by Peterlink.
  Alexander Palace Time Machine. Tour the palace of the last Tsar of Russia, Nikolas II, and his family in the town of Tsarskoe Selo outside St. Petersburg. Includes a history of the Romanov family, biographies of those in the palace, photos of the family, and more.
  Lonely Planet Destination: St. Petersburg. History, map, attractions, entertainment info and a slide show of the city.
  Saint Petersburg City. Many photos of the city and surrounding area.

  (in Russian)
  Wandering Camera. Hundreds of pictures of St. Petersburg from the site: "Everything about St. Petersburg".
  St. Petersburg Home Page. Nice photos [in Russian; for English version see the Peterlink site above.]
  St. Petersburg's History. A collection of original articles written by Dmitry Sherikh, plus numerous links to sites on the history of St. Petersburg (in Russian only).
  Saint-PetersBurg.RU . Categories such as: Mass Media; Culture and Art; Business and Services; Recreation; etc. [Also in English]

• Cities of the "Golden Ring"
  

TRAVEL

Russiatours, Inc. Unique programs and help to plan your trip to Russia.
U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Here you can find all kinds of official US information, including the Peace Corps work in Russia, Consular Services, Press Releases, etc.
The Russian Chronicles A chronicle of a journey throughout Russia, including Siberia, with lots of b/w photos for illustration. Includes maps.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

• metro
  Russia, November 3: Sleduchi Stancia Komsomolskaya. Photo essay from Wayan Vota on riding the Moscow metro (includes a couple of other articles as well).
  Moscow Metro. On the subway system of Moscow.
  Welcome to Moscow Guide! Information on the Moscow Metro (including signs in Russian and translated in English), also a link to some pictures of the stations and a metro map (in English).
  Hotels-Moscow: Metro Map.

  (in Russian)
  

• busses, trolley busses, street cars, taxis
  Follow some of Wayan Vota's "Random Russia Experiences" in these photo essays: Taxis, Trollybus, Tramvi, Buses.
  

  (in Russian)
  www.taxi.ru. All about taxis.

• Russian planes and airports
  Aeroflot. Home page of Aeroflot: Russian International Airlines.
  

  (In Russian)
  Sheremetyevo Airport. Home page.
  Sheremetyevo-2 Airport: Moscow. Detailed plan (in Russian) at the bottom of the page.

• trains
  Russian & Baltic Railway Picture Gallery. Pictures!
  Trans-Siberian Express. Pictures and links.
  Random Russia Experiences - Elektrichka. A photo essay by Wayan Vota on the suburban train.
  Random Russia Experiences - the Poezd. Wayan Vota gives us another photo essay; this one on traveling by train. And you can find out from yet another essay how difficult it was to buy a ticket.
  Random Russia Experiences - Trans Siberian. Photo essay by Wayan Vota.

• boats, etc.
  Russia, August 25: Hydrofoil Commuting. A photo essay from Wayan Vota.
  Outdoors Weedends. A brief account of an outing (bicycle / boat) to the first national park in Russia: "Moose Island." From Andrey Sebrant.
  Rafting North. Andrey Sebrant's account of a rafting trip in Northern Russia.

CARS AND THE OPEN ROAD

Random Russia Experiences - Driving. Photo essay from Wayan Vota.

(in Russian)

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