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The links provided below were useful in OUR trip preparation. Again, if you don't know how things work over there, it might be a good idea to hire a travel agent in your home country to arrange a tour for you. 
I am not responsible for the contents or reliability of any of the linked websites and do not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them.
The listing of a link shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. 


Russia in general


Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia - List of Diplomatic and Consular Missions abroad
http://www.mid.ru/zu_r.nsf/strawebeng  (english)


Russia Today
Descriptions of different Russian Visas

IntelService
http://www.intelservice.ru/  (English, Russian)
Travel Agency

Academservice
http://www.acase.ru/  (Russian/English)
Travel Agency

Rosturizm
List of fully accredited and licensed Travel Agencies, Hotels, Tour-operators etc.




Moscow

TRANSPORTATION

Transfer service company 
http://www.go-to.ru/en/   (available in English and Russian)
Offering car rental with driver for airport transfer, excursions, airport VIP service, or you can rent a buses in various sizes. 

AnyWayAnyDay - Travel agent 
http://www.anywayanyday.com/  (available in English and Russian)
Fully searchable/bookable online, Flight Database, Hotel Database (with location maps, prices, photos etc.), IATA accredited.

Moscow Metro
http://engl.mosmetro.ru/ (available in English and Russian)
The website includes ticket fare information, interactive map of the the train network where information about the station can be retrieved when clicking on it.




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CULTURE, SIGHTSEEING

Kremlin Museum
http://www.kremlin.museum.ru/main_en.asp   (available in English and Russian)
Includes lots of information that helps with the planning of a visit to the Kremlin, including entrance fees, current exhibitions etc. 

The State Tretyakov Gallery - The National Museum of Russian Fine Art
http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/  (available in English and Russian)
Includes a calendar of exhibitions and concerts, a part of their enormous collection of paintings and drawings can also be viewed online.

The Bolshoi Theater
http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/ (available in English and Russian)
Online ticket booking, seating charts, detailed information about the history of the Bolshoi Theater and more.

Novodevichy Convent and Cemetary
1 Novodevichy proyezd, Moscow, Russia;  Museum-Tel.: +7 (499) 246-85-26
Opening hours change now and then. In October 2009 the grounds were closed every first Monday of a month and every Tuesday.

Ostankino Television Tower
http://www.tvtower.ru/2_Razdel_TotalInfo/eng/  (available in English and Russian)

All Russia Exhibition Center
contains a link to an interactive map of the grounds at the bottom of the page.

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ACCOMMODATION

Hotel Budapest
http://www.hotel-budapest.ru/en/  (available in English and Russian)


All Russia Hotels





Syktyvkar

Hotel Avalon
http://www.avalonhotel.ru/ (available in English and Russian)

Komi Republic National Museum
http://www.komi.com/nmrk (Russian only)
Information in English is available on the website of The Gulag Museum: 
Description of the museum  - here
Contact information - here
Some pictures of their collection - here





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