Product Description

Provides everything you need in a guidebook to Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. Presents invaluable on the spot information on the life history, culture, politics and people of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. All maps are clearly highlighted and numbered to the text and listings of travel details, hotels, eating places, and phone numbers are also presented. Softcover.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #389346 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 383 pages

About the Author
Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

Customer Reviews

OK, book
Book is OK. Nothing that exciting. I prefer the Lonely Planet or Bradt Guides. Some INSIGHT GUIDES A are interesting like the one for Pakistan and the one for India but this one is boring.

Insight Guide: Russia.
This book gives ou a nice overview of the region, and incredible specific tips for visiting Russia.

A Fine Overview on Russia, but not Ukraine or Belarus
As usual for the Insight series, this book provides a great deal of practical information on the history, cultures, life, and tourism, especially for the visitor to the great cities of the Russian Federation, along many spectacular photographs. However, I thought the chapter on Lake Baikal was disproportionately long at the expense of other parts of rural Russia. Perhaps the book's greatest deficiency is the skimpy treatment of Ukraine (and Belarus, for that matter), which should now appear in their own full guides. Less than 60 pages of photos and text just doesn't cut it for these two countries combined. A charming photograph of a bunch of Ukrainian schoolkids posing for the camera more or less seems to ask the reader, "What about us?" Simply put, they should have an Insight Guide book of their own next time around.