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What to buy? Moscow
39 Reviews You will find Russians, especially in Moscow, very brand conscious. This is especially true amoung the emerging middle class professionals and the niveau riche. From brand new BMWs & Mercedes, Rolexes...
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Souvenirs Saint Petersburg
38 Reviews As with any tour, quite often you end up at a Gift shop. Here was no exception! It also was a Toilet stop, as Toilets are hard to find in St. Petersburg, and we were given tea & coffee and some...
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Where to go? Moscow
93 Reviews The GUM "State Department Store" was built between 1890 and 1893. The building consists of three parallel 3-storey arcades with galleries. It mainly houses a wide variety of foreign stores and...
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Department Stores Saint Petersburg
20 Reviews The most elegant shopping center on Nevsky Prospect is the Passage Shopping Center. Located across from Gostiniy Dvor. Inisde are two stories of upscale stores in an elegant architectural setting. It...
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Food & Drink Saint Petersburg
18 Reviews This is a grocery shop. But not only. Here you can also found fast food, clothes, electronics.. So LARGE grocery shop!! Whatever you want. Everything is here. Sweets, drinks... WE spent there more...
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Shopping Malls Saint Petersburg
3 Reviews "Galeria". 4th floor mall where you can found women's, men's, children's clothes, gifts, music, hobbies, shoes... I mean EVERYTHING! Clothes, electronics... We spent there about 3 or 4 hours. But I...
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Nevsky Avenue Saint Petersburg
9 Reviews Bolshoi Gostiny Dvor on Nevsky Prospekt deserves a visit, but rather as a historic and cultural monument. It was built back in the 18th century. Opposite stands a new shopping center, Gallery Grand...
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Clothes Saint Petersburg
3 Reviews Very reasonable price for women's clothing, nice styles from Belorussia and other places. Also household items like towels, sheets, children's clothing, bijutery... Clothing, new designs for good...
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Bookstores Saint Petersburg
8 Reviews "Dom Knigi". 2 floors, more than 120 000 books in different languages. But not only the books, Also calendars, souvenirs and so on. Almost all of this books are in Russian language. But you can easily...
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Jewelry Saint Petersburg
2 Reviews This departmental store is diagonally opposite to my hotel, it has the shops of major branded stores in it and it also has a souvenir shop and few jewellery shops as well. I bought quite a lot of...
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Street Artists Saint Petersburg
3 Reviews In the late summer and fall you can buy fresh berries, Brusnika- cow berries, raspberries and so on. This vendor went to the forest and gathered lots of berries and brought them to market. Usually for...
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Phone Cards Saint Petersburg
1 Review Lets say you have met a charming young gentleman or young lady at the local after dinner dance. You may inquire as to his or her mobile telephone number in case you would like to invite that person...
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Window Shopping Saint Petersburg
1 Review I don't really know what kind of shop this was, and not sure where it was located either but the "window dressing" was so unsual that I thought it was worth a photo! The "man" in the window looked...
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Filigree (Russian - filigrane) is a kind of jewel work made with twisted threads (usually covered with silver).In Russia Filigree works are often combine with Finift (see pic #4). Boxes, glass-holders, brooches, crosses, earrings etc.You can get Filigree in almost any souvenir store.For more samples of high quality works see the Art-Holding's web-page . Depend. See pictures for more
Golden Hohloma is the one of the brightest examples of Russian folk arts.Hohloma became to be known as early as the XVII century, first for Tcar' Court only.By using tin, extreme heat and lacquer painters able to create the appearance of a gilded gold finish . Now day the original techniques and elements still used. First wood is hand carved to make spoons, bowls, cups, vases, small pieces of furniture and ornaments. Then pieces are dried in a kiln, then covered with clay and placed in the kiln again. Every piece is hand polished using three coats of oil. Tin or modern powdered aluminum covers the pieces before their third round to the kiln. The result is a bright beautiful color. Plates with the Khokhlom design are relatively cheap. A spoon costs about $2-3. A whole set of plated and cutlery starts at $30.A more expensive version has gold on black and no red. All items can be used as...
Founded in 1893 (based on the buildings 1815), it is near by Red Square.The mostly expencive shop in Moscow BUTbeautifull and full of history. Russian souvenirs, fur etc.Open daily 10 a.m - 10 p.m. Depend
There are other famous russian made watches - Poljot. Poljot watch factory (since 2002) it's a former 'The First Moscow Watch Factory'. Some history: On December 20th 1927 the Soviet government made a decision to establish a watch industry. In April 1930 construction of the main block of our factory began in the place of the old tobacco factory.In 1991, 1992 and 1993 the factory was awarded International quality rewards. Almost all types of man mechanical watches in the USSR, that were famous, were developed and produced in this factory. Aviator, Buran, Cronographs, President, Shturmanskie Honestly they are a bit costly - mechanical from $300.00 to more than $15,000.00 for exclusive ; quartz reasonable priced - from $90
The Chaika (Chayka) Watch Factory, located on the banks of the Volga river just north of Moscow, specializes in ornate women's watches. The factory had been making watches for more than 60 years. Chaika watches are typically gold-plated, often heavily jeweled, and use Miyota quartz movements. Chaika watches have a durability and outstanding design. Unfortunately Chaika does no longer produces. Chaika watches price is about $ 80.00 - $102.00 (for ladies, gold plated). Most models retail for between $250 and $5000. Be careful, there are a lots of replicas around. $ 80.00 - $102.00; $250 - $5000 for heavily jeweled.
Of course you should also buy some Vodka, a real quality Russian Vodka is by far better then any western vodka I have been tasting so far, so check out the local stores for a good quality Russian Vodka to take it with you home. Marusya vodka is a good one.
Well, since I remember myself, I knew that from Russia you should buy Champagne and Caviar. OK, maybe it is not a a French one but it is still very good Russian one. Maybe I heard it in a song or a movie long time ago, but anyhow, these are the items you should buy with you and take home. Champagne and Caviar Not much
An other sample of staning work of Russian attists is Easter eggs from Faberge House. These masterpieces were created in XX century for Royal family by Carl Faberge, the famous Russian jeweler. The Imperial eggs were shown in public for the first time at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.In general 56 Imperial eggs were made. Now days you can buy reproductions of the eggs Faberge in many souvenir stors around Russia. We'll give several places where you can to see this gorgeous art pices. Ester eggs - boxes, music boxes, boxes with clocks (different styles and sizes), photo frames, pendant etc.We used pictures from two storesIn Moscow: Souvenirny Dvor (can buy on-line),Top Faberge (on-line Faberge store, English - http://www.top-faberge.com/)In Saint-Petersburg: F-Style (on-line shop, Russian) +7 (812) 321 44 54http://lux-gift.ru/?area=catalogue&id_cat=4 Depend. From $30 to $400
'Nashi Podarki' means - Our Presents.A Matryoshka doll or a Russian nested doll is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside another. Its name is a diminutive form of a Russian female name "Matryona".The price of a matryoshka depend not only on the size and number of pieces inside (from 3 to 30, usial - 4; the record of 1913 was 48, the record of 1970 - 72!!! ) but also on the technique used to make it and the quality of the painting and drawing. The more decorated and detailed the face of the matryoshka, the more expensive it will be. Started from $4 for small one to....
'Nashi Podarki' means - Our Presents.Palekh miniature is an other one of Russian folk arts - handicraft of miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mache. The traditional paintings come from the icon painting tradition. Palekh artsits use gold paint and paint with tempera. The Palekh miniatures usually represent characters from Russian epic, books, fairy tales, real life and songs. Small boxes, jewellery boxes, cigarette cases, powder cases etc.WARNING: Before buying examine the quality of the painting very closely. The good lacquer should shine and there should be lots of detail.Avoid cheap boxes (from $1) - they are not painted a picture just is glued on. Depend. From $30 to $300
Marriott Moscow Royal Moscow
6 Reviews and 146 Opinions The hotel has a great location, all the central attractions are very close. But the hotel is not...
Grand Hotel Europe Saint Petersburg
11 Reviews and 212 Opinions I wish I could have described my stay here, but I only passed by almost every night. The building is...
Hotel Mirage Kazan'
3 Reviews and 15 Opinions I have no idea about this hotel before I check in, neither about its location, nor its rating. I...
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Q: There are sereval satellite towns near by Moscow: Susdal, Yaroslaval, Sergiev Posad, Vladimir and may be else. - did anybody try...
A: Don't know about Nanotrip but have done a Golden Ring tour and can thoroughly recommend it. We went to Vladimir, Suzdal', Ples, Kostroma, Yaroslavl', Rostov Velikiy, ,...
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