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Route 1, via Belarus:
the fastest, most comfortable and convenient
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There are direct sleeping trains or sleeping carriages from Amsterdam, Basel, Berlin, Innsbruck, Munich, Paris, Prague, Warsaw, Cracow, Budapest, Bratislava and Wien to Moscow, St Petersburg, Minsk, Saratov, Sochi, Ufa, Samara, Kazan, Nizhniy Novgorod and Yekaterinburg and even to Irkutsk in Siberia or to Astana in Kazakhstan. But bear in mind: this route goes through Belarus. All western citizens need a Belarus transit visa even if they just pass it on the train. Getting a Belarus visa is straightforward. Please check our Visa chapter for details.
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Route 2, via Ukraine :
the cheapest way, although it is slower and takes at least 2 nights.
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To avoid Belarus with its transit visa you can take the second route to Russia through Ukraine, which no longer requires the EU, UK, US and Swiss citizens to buy a visa. Going via Ukraine takes an extra time but it is cheaper than the way via Belarus. There are plenty of trains to Moscow from Kiev or elsewhere in Ukraine. Alternatively there are also direct Ukrainian trains to Moldova, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan as well to Vladivostok in Russian Far East. There are direct sleeping trains or sleeping cars from Germany, Poland, Slovak republic, Austria, Italy, Hungry and other countries to Kiev, Lvov, Odessa, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Simferopol.
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