Kyrgyzstan (Bradt Travel Guide)1 review
Laurence Mitchell

Bradt Travel Guides, 2008

Most Useful Kyrgyzstan Guide for Planning a Trip

We're planning a trip to Kyrgyzstan next July, and I've found this guide the single best book for trip planning. The Lonely Planet combines Kyrgyzstan with the other Stans into a "Central Asia" volume, and thus dilutes its coverage of Kyrgyzstan. The Cadogan guide is severely dated, all the way ...
  
  











  



  
Kazakhstan: Nomadic Routes from Caspian to Altai (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)1 review
Dagmar Schreiber

Odyssey, 2008

Best Yet!

I look at most books on Kazakhstan as I have many interests and contacts there. I picked this one up out of curiosity and was delighted to find it has far more detail and interest than the usual travel guide, with outstanding photography (including two- page spreads), essays on "Special topics" ...
  
  











  



  
Russia & Belarus (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)4 reviews
Mark Elliott

Lonely Planet, 2006

A Guide for the 17,000,000 square kilometers of Russia

So you have already seen the present (Moscow) and former (St. Petersburg) capital, and now you would like to see the "real Russia", or you have an airplane conference to attend in Kazan, or you have adopted a child from Murmansk, or you are meeting a prospective bride from Magadan (don't ...
  
  











  



  
Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide5 reviews
Nicholas Holding

Bradt Travel Guides, 2006

Top notch guide for in-country travel

+ A good guide for a first time visitor
+ excellent effort., well worth buying

I recently moved to Armenia and purchased this book right before leaving the USA. My interest was mainly to use it to find neat places to go in the countryside, and this book definitely fills that purpose. We live in Yerevan, the capital, which is fairly well documented by the book. Our ...
  
  











  



  
Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)5 reviews
Richard Plunkett, Tom Masters

Lonely Planet, 2004

Good book, but....

+ Very Useful ...

I used the guidebook in all 3 countries within one month of its publication, and found it to be accurate for the most part. However, the authors seemed to be under orders to write glowing reports on anything considered mildly worthwhile to visit. Many of these places were not particularly ...
  
  











  



  
Kiev: The Bradt City Guide (Bradt Mini Guide)7 reviews
Andrew Evans

Bradt Travel Guides, 2004

Comprehensive, handy, excellent guide

+ Used in Kyiv Aug. 2007
+ Traveling in Ukraine
+ Extremely well-written, factual guide - perfect size, too
+ Great Little Book
  
  











  



  
Ukrainian: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Marko Pavlyshyn, Lonely Planet Phrasebooks

Lonely Planet, 2002

Wherever you go in Ukraine, you'll soon be mingling with the locals. Packed with phrases on everything from bargaining at a rynok to hiking and eating out, this book with spice up your Ukrainian adventure. Order your borshch in the local language, navigate the bustling streets of cosmopolitan Kyiv or try your hand at ice fishing. Whether bathing in culture or the Black Sea, Ukraine will ...
  
  











  



  
Moscow (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)17 reviews
DK Publishing

DK Travel, 2007

great

+ New Edition is Wonderful.
+ One of an excellent series of travel books
+ .Eyewitness: Moscow
  
  











  



  
Trans-Siberian Handbook: Seventh Edition of the Guide to the World's Longest Railway Journey (Trailblazer ...16 reviews
Bryn Thomas

Trailblazer Publications, 2007

Preferable to the Lonely Planet guide. Indeed, one of the best travel guides I've ever encountered

+ clikety clak clickety clak
+ Yet to be put to the test
+ Definitive Guide!
+ An EXCEPTIONAL BOOK!
  
  











  



  
Moscow (Lonely Planet City Guides)6 reviews
Mara Vorhees

Lonely Planet, 2006

Mostly Accurate and Dependable

+ Lonely Planet Moscow
+ Couldn't live without it
+ A good book, replaced by a newer edition.
  
  











  



  
Greenland & The Arctic (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)3 reviews
Etain O'Carroll, Mark Elliott

Lonely Planet, 2005

Perfect for those few travellers headed to Greenland

+ A take-along 'must' for any destination-bound traveler

Apart from Antarctica, this is the most obscure place covered by LP. Half of the book (about 165pp) is specifically about Greenland in the customary LP format, and the remainder is about other Arctic regions. (One tidbit: It is impossible to fly to Nuuk, the capitol, without changing planes in ...
  
  











  



  
St. Petersburg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)19 reviews
DK Publishing

DK Travel, 2007

Eyewitness Travel Guides Does It Again

+ Eyewitness Travel St. Petersburg 2007 edition
+ Good Travel Info
+ Eyewitness: St. Petersburg.
+ Best Overall Guide
  
  











  



  
The Siberian BAM Guide: Rail, Rivers & Road: North-East Russia's Siberian BAM Railway, Lena River & Kolyma ...1 review
Athol Yates, Nicholas Zvegintzov

Trailblazer Publications, 2002

Very informative

This book contains very concise information about the route, cities and history. Such information is difficult to obtain in other books, and so very precious. The book is also fun for train lovers to read.
  
  











  



  
Armenia & Karabagh (The Stone Garden Guide)16 reviews
Matthew Karanian; Robert Kurkjian

Stone Garden Productions, 2006

An all-inclusive, absolute "must-have" for anyone interested

+ A compact, informative, and accessible guidebook
+ Armenia - Our Heart, Soul & Passion Rediscovered
+ Armenian Travel Guide - Excellent!
  
  











  



  
Kamchatka: A Journal & Guide to Russia's Land of Ice and Fire1 review
Diana Gleadhill

Odyssey, 2007

Fantastic

Anyone trying to research or travel to Kamchatka has probably found the same problem as me; very little literature exhists. This book includes a travel journal combined with historical accounts and sections written by people that live there. It is well researched and includes a lot of information ...
  
  











  



  
Ukraine, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide11 reviews
Andrew Evans

Bradt Travel Guides, 2007

This makes a great pre-trip read and trip companion

+ The best there is, period.

I'm heading to Kiev, southern Ukraine and the Crimea this fall. This book has been a great introduction to the history of the region; I'll definitely bring it with me on the trip!
  
  











  



  
Turkmenistan: The Bradt Travel Guide1 review
Paul Brummell

Bradt Travel Guides, 2006

Wonderful travelguide with witty comments

Mr. Brummell's travelguide to Turkmenistan provides not only accurate practical information, but also interesting and extensive background information. His observations and comments are witty and very funny. The guidebook is an indispensable companion for travellers to this fascinating country, but ...
  
  











  



  
Kazakhstan (Bradt Travel Guide)2 reviews
Paul Brummell

Bradt Travel Guides, 2008

Kazakhstan (Bradt)

What a pity the previous correspondent didn't return his FAULTY copy of Kazakhstan for a replacement. Because that is what it is - a mis-printed copy. This book is excellent, the sort of guide your fellow travelers would want to borrow every day. Highly recommended.
  
  











  



  
Discovering the Moscow Countryside: An Illustrated Guide to Russia's Heartland1 review
Kathleen Berton Murrell

I. B. Tauris, 2001

Discovering Russia's Capital Region

As the founder of Discovering Russia, a company devoted to enriching cultural and business travel to Russia, we are always looking for good travel books to recommend for our clients. "Discovering the Moscow Countryside : An Illustrated Guide to Russia's Heartland" by Kathleen Berton Murrell is such ...
  
  











  



  
The Rough Guide to Moscow 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)8 reviews
Dan Richardson

Rough Guides, 2005

Better than Fodor's

+ Rough Guide: Moscow

Rough Guide's book on Moscow is by far one of the best tour books I have seen for that city. Recently we had the chance to live in Moscow for two months. This book, along with the Rough Guides Russian phrase book, were our constant companions. The Moscow book was essential for giving us really ...