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Siberian BAM Guide - Rail, Rivers, and Road: The Second Trans-Siberian Railway (Trailblazer)

Siberian BAM Guide - Rail, Rivers, and Road: The Second Trans-Siberian Railway (Trailblazer)

by NicholasZvegintzov (Author), Athol Yates (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

Expanded from the first edition (Siberian BAM Railway Guide) this book now also includes other forms of transport in this fascinating but rarely-visited north-eastern corner of Russia, the Siberian BAM region. Note: this book covers a different area from the Trans-Siberian Handbook (also from Trailblazer). * Practical information - full details of how to get to the region, where to stay, what to see and how to get around; plus 30 maps * City guides and maps - Taishet, Bratsk, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimski, Ust-Kut, Lena, Severobaikalsk, Nizhneangarsk, Taksimo, Kuanda, Novaya Chara, Tynda, Novy Urgal, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Amursk, Vanino, Sovetskaya Gavan, Khabarovsk, Kirensk, Magadan, Aldan & Yakutsk * BAM Railway route guide - covering the 3400km of mountain railway, closed until 1991, from north of Lake Baikal to the Pacific, with detailed information on how to take the train and what to see * Lena River route guide - the entire river from source to Arctic Ocean, including the 1988km served by steam-driven passenger boats * Kolyma Highway route guide - the rugged land route from Yakutsk to Magadan, built by Stalin's political prisoners

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 384
 Edition: 2nd
 Publisher: Trailblazer Publications
Published: 01 Jan 2001
ISBN 10: 1873756186
ISBN 13: 9781873756188

Media Reviews
'The year's most esoteric guide...an encyclopaedic companion' The Independent (UK) 'Essential reading' The Railway Magazine (UK) 'Engaging guide.' The Railway Gazette (UK) 'If you are tempted by a region with white water rivers but no Western tourists Siberia has the potential. This book could even be called just a Siberian guide as it is packed with information on so many aspects of Siberian life and history right down to the complex and very time-consuming business of buying a railway ticket.' The Canoeist (UK)
Author Bio
Athol Yates researched and wrote the first edition of this book. He has had a long fascination with Russian politics, history and language and has travelled extensively throughout Russia as a student, journalist, and researcher. He has an engineering degree, a Graduate Diploma in Soviet Studies, and a Masters in Public Policy. He studied Russian at Melbourne University, Moscow's Patrice Lumumba University, and Hungary's Egar Teachers' Institute. He is currently a policy analyst specialising in industry, defence and infrastructure policy in Canberra, Australia. Nicholas Zvegintzov researched and updated the second edition of this book. Born in England, he learned about Russia and travelling from his immigrant father. He has a degree from Oxford University in Psychology and Philosophy, and has studied Russian at Moscow State University. He lives in New York City and is a software consultant and writer, helping in the management and modification of existing software. He practises long-distance travel on the New York City Subway, the Moscow Metro, the London Underground and, of course, the BAM.