Tell me about Moscow and St Petersburg

[not-bono-ever]

just done a month in Russia. the visa is tiresome if you have to do it yerself but its more of an information gathering exercise for the authorities than real ball ache. Best not to fabricate stuff, but keep it concise and relevant to what you have done. They will check the stamps in yer passport to line up with yer statement of the last decades travel adventures, so if you add Abkhazia for eg, they will have a record, so the be sure to mention Georgia as an entry point, even if your new passport doesnt have the stamps. Russia is good value once you are there as the ruble is trashed

 

[Mrs Miggins]

just done a month in Russia. the visa is tiresome if you have to do it yerself but its more of an information gathering exercise for the authorities than real ball ache. Best not to fabricate stuff, but keep it concise and relevant to what you have done. They will check the stamps in yer passport to line up with yer statement of the last decades travel adventures, so if you add Abkhazia for eg, they will have a record, so the be sure to mention Georgia as an entry point, even if your new passport doesnt have the stamps. Russia is good value once you are there as the ruble is trashed

What about travel that has not required a stamp in my passport? I've gathered as much as I can from my passport and from email flight confirmations going back to 2012. I know we went to Iceland in 2010 but beyond that I'm stumped.

How could they possibly find out about anything else?

 

[Pickman's model]

What about travel that has not required a stamp in my passport? I've gathered as much as I can from my passport and from email flight confirmations going back to 2012. I know we went to Iceland in 2010 but beyond that I'm stumped.

How could they possibly find out about anything else?

I think you'll be fine

 

[not-bono-ever]

What about travel that has not required a stamp in my passport? I've gathered as much as I can from my passport and from email flight confirmations going back to 2012. I know we went to Iceland in 2010 but beyond that I'm stumped.

How could they possibly find out about anything else?

they cannot find out anything really. i still think much of the Russian state still runs on piles of bog paper texture greyed paper that get moved from room to room in ministries but never get input anywhere.pm if you want a top tip for an invite for a stay as long was you want

 

[Mrs Miggins]

they cannot find out anything really. i still think much of the Russian state still runs on piles of bog paper texture greyed paper that get moved from room to room in ministries but never get input anywhere.pm if you want a top tip for an invite for a stay as long was you want

Thanks but I've sorted my accomodation already.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Just found out that the Hermitage has free entry on the third Thursday of the month and I'll be there on the third Thursday in July - RESULT!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I've just got back from St Petersburg. I've had the most amazing time indulging my passion for art to the nth degree! What an incredible city! I'm absolutely exhausted though. Will post a few pics later.

I really want to go to Moscow now.

 

[Badgers]

Just found out that the Hermitage has free entry on the third Thursday of the month and I'll be there on the third Thursday in July - RESULT!

Have you watched the film Russian Ark?

 

[tim]

I'd rather go to Leningrad

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Have you watched the film Russian Ark?

Yes I have. A long time ago but it really fired my imagination to visit and I have not been disappointed.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

View attachment 178013 I'd rather go to Leningrad

Would you? Would you really? The St Petersburg I just visited was part of the world in a way that it would not have been when it was Leningrad.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

It's interesting that the big statue of Lenin in that poster isn't there any more. I've been to a few ex-communist countries and they all get rid of the commie stuff. I travelled out of the centre of St Petersburg to see the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad which is without doubt one of the best things I've ever seen but apart from that, you wouldn't even know Communism had happened in St Petersburg.

I wanted to buy soviet propaganda posters. There were 2 shops I found out about online but they were both gone. It's really being airbrushed away.

 

[not-bono-ever]

teh Soviet agitprop stuff that was any good was rediscovered in the early 2000's by the oligrach classes and stripped from display. I used to travel out and bring it back until about 2010, then my contacts were unable to source anything decent any more