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Samovar in a RZD kupe car Uzhgorod - Moskva in train 16 (Budapest/Uzhgorod - Moskva). 2005-07-22 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Russia, Compartment of a sleeper of a train Moscow-Penza, January 2004 Россия, купе спального вагона поезда Москва-Пенза, январь 2004 Photo by Roman Parhomenko, Moscow, Russia (prw@7m.ru)

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Russia, Compartment of a sleeper of a train Moscow-Bryansk, April 2004 Россия, купе спального вагона поезда Москва-Брянск, апрель 2004 Photo by Roman Parhomenko, Moscow, Russia (prw@7m.ru)

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Russia, Compartment of a sleeper of a train Moscow-Bryansk, April 2004 Россия, купе спального вагона поезда Москва-Брянск, апрель 2004 Photo by Roman Parhomenko, Moscow, Russia (prw@7m.ru)

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Russia, Compartment of a sleeper of a train Moscow-Bryansk, April 2004 Россия, купе спального вагона поезда Москва-Брянск, апрель 2004 Photo by Roman Parhomenko, Moscow, Russia (prw@7m.ru)

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Inside kupe carriage in train no. 2 "Rossija" (Moskva - Vladivostok) 2005-09-29 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at 34195 km by train from Graz to Shanghai and back. From Austria to China via Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia and back via Kazakhstan, Usbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. Start of the travelogue

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Russia, Compartment of a sleeper of a train Moscow-Bryansk, April 2004 Россия, купе спального вагона поезда Москва-Брянск, апрель 2004 Photo by Roman Parhomenko, Moscow, Russia (prw@7m.ru)

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Russia, Compartment of a sleeper of a train Moscow-Bryansk, April 2004 Россия, купе спального вагона поезда Москва-Брянск, апрель 2004 Photo by Roman Parhomenko, Moscow, Russia (prw@7m.ru)

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Compartment pf private train 53/54 "Gran Ekspress" (Moskva - Sankt Peterburg). See www.grandexpress.ru 2006-09-16 helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Compartment pf private train 53/54 "Gran Ekspress" (Moskva - Sankt Peterburg). See www.grandexpress.ru 2006-09-16 helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside kupe car of train no. 1 "Stolichnyj Ekspress" (Moskva - Kiev) 2006-09-17 helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside kupe car of train no. 1 "Stolichnyj Ekspress" (Moskva - Kiev) 2006-09-17 helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside RZD sleeping car Moskva- Sofia during regauging procedure at Vadul Siret (UA). 2006-09-19 helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Corridor in a RZD-kupeiny-car (4 beds per compartment) on train No. 004 (Moskva - Beijing). 2002-07-25 Author: Helmut Uttenthaler, Graz, utti@telering.at

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Compartment in in train D6AJ "Nikolaevskii Express" (Moscow - St-Peterburg). Each compartment has two beds and is more spacious than those of western Europe, but has no lavabo (only two toilets per car). (2005) S. Sassi

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Compartment in in train D6AJ "Nikolaevskii Express" (Moscow - St-Peterburg). Each compartment has two beds and is more spacious than those of western Europe, but has no lavabo (only two toilets per car). (2005) S. Sassi

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Corridor in in train D6AJ "Nikolaevskii Express" (Moscow - St-Peterburg) (2005) S. Sassi

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Inside view of a compartment in a ljuks car of the fast train "Volgograd" (Moscow Pav - Volgograd-1) on 29 August 2005 at Paveletskij station in Moscow. Photo by Jonas Wiedner

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Inside view of the aisle of a ljuks car of the fast train "Volgograd" (Moscow Pav - Volgograd-1) on 29 August 2005 at Paveletskij station in Moscow. Photo by Jonas Wiedner

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Compartment of a kupe-car in train No. 2 "Krasnaja Strela" ("Red Arrow", Moskva - Sankt Peterburg), which is one of the best trains in Russia. In contrast to most other trains in Russia, the fare includes a breakfast (it can be seen on the table); 2001-08-02 Author: Helmut Uttenthaler, Graz, utti@sbox.tugraz.at