A handbook for travellers in Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus, which provides maps, health and safety advice, cultural and historical information and details on accommodation, transport, local cuisine, customs, etiquette and language.

C.2 reprinted with Nov. 1996 update suppl. Russian collection.

Introduction --Facts for the visitor -- Getting there & away -- Getting around -- Moscow -- Around Moscow -- St. Petersburg -- Around St. Petersburg -- Western European Russia -- Northern European Russia -- Volga region -- Caucasus -- The Trans-Siberian Railway -- Facts about Siberia & the Russian Far East -- Facts for the visitor -- Getting there & away -- Getting around -- Western Siberia -- Eastern Siberia -- The Russian Far East -- Facts about Ukraine -- Facts for the visitor -- Getting there & away -- Getting around -- Kiev -- Central Ukraine -- Western Ukraine -- Southern Ukraine -- Crimea -- Eastern Ukraine -- Facts about Belarus -- Facts for the visitor -- Getting there & away -- Getting around -- Minsk -- Elsewhere in Belarus -- Glossary -- The Cyrillic alphabet -- Alternative place names -- Climate charts -- Index.