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Dostoevsky Days: A Cultural Festival in the Kaluga Region

The event will take place from July 11 to 13, 2025. The program of the spiritual and educational project “Dostoevsky Days in Optina Pustyn” includes various discussions, concerts, theatrical performances, film screenings, and literary readings. Guests will be offered tours of the monastery and visits to the Museum of the Optina Elders. In the village […]

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Aeroflot launches new services for large families

Starting from July 1, 2025, Aeroflot has introduced a new booking service for large families with five or more children.  Now, when traveling with parents, a single booking will be available, and children under the age of 12 will receive discounts: 50% for domestic flights and up to 15% for international flights.  Adults will be

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The Baikal Express will feature a retro-style observation car

Attention, train lovers, this is something you can’t miss! It’s a trip on the tourist train No. 921/922 “Baikal Express.” It will run from July to August 2025 and make seven trips along the Circum-Baikal Railway.  For the first time, the train will include an 80-seat retro-style observation car equipped with comfortable heated seats and

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Urgent vacation: the IGO app now has a route from Ostrovok

Are you staying in Moscow this summer? You can have a great vacation right at home, just like on the sea! Together with our friends from the I’m Going app*, we’ve collected ideas for a complete reboot in the Moscow region. You can explore them in the “Urgent Vacation” route, which features top-rated hotels for

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3 Super Updates for Collections: Design, Rates, and Payment

RateHawk collections allow you to create an individual offer for your clients in a matter of minutes. After recent updates, this tool has become even more effective — read the article to find out more details. Update one: improved design The settings menu has moved to a separate form to make the selection look neater

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Russia’s First Biocluster Opens at VDNKh in Moscow

It will become part of the K. A. Timiryazev Biological Museum. Therefore, add it to your must-visit list. The first site is Pavilion No. 29 “Floriculture and Landscaping” with the exhibition “Morphogenesis. The Third Nature.” Four more thematic locations are planned to open by the summer of 2026, including Pavilion No. 312. Pavilion No. 28

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Route from Irkutsk to Mongolia

Endless steppes, nomadic camels, mineral springs, larch forests are a small part of what awaits you in Mongolia. It is better to plan a trip for about a week to visit the large lake Khubsugul, which resembles Lake Baikal. Author O!Blog Tatyana Vetrova has planned a route for six days. Feel free to take and

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Rosaviatsia has updated its instructions for flights to the Middle East

Currently, flights to Qatar and Israel are allowed from 07:00 to 01:00 Moscow time (the corresponding notice to flight personnel, NOTAM, is valid until July 12, 2025).  Flights to Iran and through the airspace of Jordan and Iraq are still prohibited until July 4. Airlines are advised to choose alternative routes.  The agency continues to

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