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Adventure Details: State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace

State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace

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One of the most famous art museums in the world, this museum is housed in the Winter Palace, and contains over 2.7 million exhibits including some of the world's greatest works of art.The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. Collections of works of art over 3,000,000 items present the development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century.

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About Russia

Location: Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is included with Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean

Climate: ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast

Population: 141,888,900 (June 2008 est.)

Language: Russian, many minority languages

Capital: Moscow

Currency: Russian ruble

International Airports: Moscow Sheremetyevo Intl. Airport, Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Intl. Airport, Yuzhno - Sakhalinsk International Airport

Calling Codes:

IDD International Prefix: 8~10

NDD National Prefix: 8

Country Code: +7

Electric Currents:

Voltage: 220V

Frequency: 50 Hz

Plug: C

Time Zone: GMT+3/13

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Festival/Holidays

2008
1-4 Jan New Year.
7 Jan Russian Orthodox Christmas Day.
25 Feb Day of the Defenders of the Motherland.
8 Mar International Women's Day.
1-2 May Spring and Labour Day.
9 May Victory in Europe Day.
12 Jun Russia Day.
4 Nov National Unity Day.
12 Dec Constitution Day.

2009
1-6 Jan New Year.
7 Jan Russian Orthodox Christmas Day.
23 Feb Day of the Defenders of the Motherland.
8 Mar International Women's Day.
1-2 May Spring and Labour Day.
9 May Victory in Europe Day.
12 Jun Russia Day.
4 Nov National Unity Day.
12 Dec Constitution Day.

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Airports

Name:	CIS Airport Association
Address:	Moscow
Details:	Tel: +7 495 155-51-10, Fax: +7 495 152-00-60, e-mail: global@airport.org.ru, Website: www.airport.org.ru State Civil Aviation Authority of Russia SCAA, Moscow, Tel: +7 495 286-33-33, Fax: +7 495 286-34-57, e-mail: info@avia.ru, Website: www.avia.ru

Name:	Arkhangelsk - Talagi Airport (ARH/ULAA)
Address:	Arkhangelsk Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Arkhangelsk Airport, Russian Federation, Arkhangelsk Tel: +7 8182 23-78-90

Name:	Barnaul Airport (BAX/UNBB)
Address:	Barnaul Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Barnaul Airport, Russian Federation, Barnaul Tel: +7 3852 22-18-77

Name:	Chelyabinsk - Balandino Airport (CEK/USCC)
Address:	Chelyabinsk Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Chelyabinsk Airport, Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk Tel: +7 3512 33-97-29 Fax: +7 3512 66-36-37 Domodedovo Airport see Moscow - Domodedovo Airport

Name:	Ekaterinburg - Koltsovo Airport (SVX/USSS)
Address:	Ekaterinburg Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Ekaterinburg Airport, Russian Federation, Sputnikov St 6, 620910 Ekaterinburg Tel: (Director General) +7 343 264-38-00, (Commercial Director) +7 343 264-20-09, (Cargo Manager) +7 343 226-89-45 Fax: +7 343 264-76-02 e-mail: airport@koltsovo.ru

Name:	Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII)
Address:	Irkutsk Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Irkutsk Airport, Russian Federation, Shiryamov Street 13, 664000 Irkutsk Tel: +7 3952 26-68-00 Fax: +7 3452 26-61-55 e-mail: office@airport.irk.ru Website: www.airport.irk.ru

Name:	Kazan Airport (KZN/UWKD)
Address:	Kazan Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Kazan Airport, Russian Federation, 420017 Kazan, Tartarstan Tel: +7 8432 76-01-43 Fax: +7 8432 76-01-43

Name:	Khabarovsk - Novy Airport (KHV/UHHH)
Address:	Khabarovsk Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Khabarovsk Airport, Russian Federation, Khabarovsk Tel: +7 4212 33-73-75 Fax: +7 4212 33-72

Name:	Khatanga Airport (UOHH)
Address:	Khatanga, Russian Federation
Details:	Khatanga, Russian Federation, Khatanga Koltsovo Airport see Ekaterinburg - Koltsovo Airport

Name:	Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport (KJA/UNKL)
Address:	Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Details:	Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, 663021 Krasnoyarsk Tel: +7 3912 63-51-10, (Commercial) +7 3912 63-51-17 Fax: +7 3912 66-02-05, +7 3912 63-51-19 e-mail: krasair@krasair.ru or belyanin@krasair.ru Website: www.krasair.ru

Name:	Kursk Airport (URS/UUOK)
Address:	Kursk Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Kursk Airport (URS/UUOK) Kursk Airport, Russian Federation, Kursk

Name:	Magadan Sokol Airport (GDX/UHMM)
Address:	Magadan Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Magadan Airport, Russian Federation, 685018 Magadan Town Tel: +7 4132 29-33-36 Fax: +7 4132 22-92-24

Name:	Moscow - Bykovo Airport (BKA)
Address:	Moscow, Bykovo, Russian Federation
Details:	Moscow, Bykovo, Russian Federation, Sovetskaya ul 19, Bykovo, Ramensky District, 140150 Moscow Region Tel: +7 495 554-80-75, +7 495 558-49-33, (Cargo) +7 495 558-40-55 Fax: +7 495 501-13-54 e-mail: baibikov@at-alliance.ru

Name:	Domodedovo Airport (DME/UUDD)
Address:	Domodedovo, Russian Federation
Details:	Moscow, Domodedovo, Russian Federation, 142045 Moscow Tel: +7 495 795-35-11, +7 495 795-35-00 Fax: +7 495 795-35-00

Name:	Myachkovo Cargo Airport (UUWM)
Address:	Myachkovo, Russian Federation
Details:	Moscow, Myachkovo, Russian Federation, Novo-Ryazanskoe Schosse, Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast Tel: +7 495 552-35-35 Fax: +7 495 552-22-16, +7 495 552-53-09

Name:	Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE)
Address:	Sheremetyevo, Russian Federation
Details:	Moscow, Sheremetyevo, Russian Federation, Leningradskoe Schosse, Moscow Tel: +7 495 578-93-01 Fax: +7 495 578-01-08, +7 495 578-46-63 e-mail: info@sheremetyevo-airport.ru Website: www.sheremetyevo-airport.ru

Name:	Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW)
Address:	Vnukovo, Russian Federation
Details:	Moscow, Vnukovo, Russian Federation, 1st Reisovaya Str 12, 103027 Moscow Tel: +7 495 436-22-07 Fax: +7 495 436-61-76, +7 495 436-78-48 e-mail: ap-vnukovo@mtu-net.ru Website: www.vnukovo-airport.ru

Name:	Murmansk Airport (MMK/ULMM)
Address:	Murmansk Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Murmansk Airport, Russian Federation, Murmansk Tel: +7 815 258-32-54 Fax: +7 815 258-35-41 e-mail: airport@online.ru Myachkovo see Moscow - Myachkovo Cargo Airport

Name:	Strigino Airport (GOJ/UWGG)
Address:	Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
Details:	Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation, Operating Company, Nizhny Novgorod Tel: +7 8312 59-65-57 Fax: +7 8312 54-74-48

Name:	Alykel Airport (NSK/UOOO)
Address:	Noril�sk, Russian Federation, Noril�sk
Details:	Norilsk - Alykel Airport (NSK/UOOO) Noril´sk, Russian Federation, Noril´sk

Name:

Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport (OVB/UNNT)

Address:

Novosibirsk Airport, Russian Federation

Details:

Novosibirsk Airport, Russian Federation,
630062 Novosibirsk
Tel: (Marketing) +7 3832 16-94-38
Fax: +7 3832 16-91-69

Name:	Kamchatsky - Yelizovo Airport (PKC/UHPP)
Address:	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russian Federation
Details:	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russian Federation, 684010 Kamchatka Tel: +7 4152 11-16-61 Fax: +7 4152 11-16-60 e-mail: airport@proto.elrus.kamchatka.su Pulkovo Airport see St Petersburg-Pulkovo Airport Roschino Airport see Tyumen - Roschino Airport

Name:	Saratov - Tsentralny Airport (RTW/UWSS)
Address:	Saratov Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Saratov Airport, Russian Federation, 410010 Saratov Tel: +7 64-64-95 Sheremetyevo Airport see Moscow - Sheremetyevo Airport Sokol Airport see Magadan Sokol Airport Tolmachevo Airport see Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport

Name:	St Petersburg-Pulkovo Airport (LED/ULLI)
Address:	St Petersburg Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	St Petersburg Airport, Russian Federation, Ulitsa Pilotov 18/4, 196210 St Petersburg Tel: +7 812 324-36-34 Fax: +7 812 104-37-02 e-mail: admin@pulkovo.ru Website: www.pulkovo.ru Sakhalinsk Airport see Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport

Name:	Tyumen - Roschino Airport (TJM/USTR)
Address:	Tyumen Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Tyumen Airport, Russian Federation, Roschino, S. Il´yushina St, 23, 625033 Tyumen Tel: +7 3452 49-64-13 Fax: +7 3452 49-63-86 e-mail: mail@roshino.askar.ru Website: www.roshino.askar.ru

Name:

Ulyanovsk - Vostochny International Airport (ULY/UWLW)

Address:

Ulyanovsk Airport, Russian Federation

Details:

Ulyanovsk Airport, Russian Federation,
PO Box 3437, Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk Airport, Russian Federation,
38 Leninskogo Komsomola, 432067 Ulyanovsk
Tel: (Managing Director) +7 8422 29-29-20,
(Commercial Service) +7 8422 29-29-12, +7 8422 59-07-87, +7 8422 59-08-29
Fax: (Managing Director) +7 8422 20-47-56,
(Commercial Service) +7 8422 59-07-87
e-mail: aireast@vens.ru
Website: www.ulvost.ru

Name:

Vladivostok Airport (JSC Vladivostok Air) (VVO/UHWW)

Address:

Vladivostok Airport, Russian Federation

Details:

Vladivostok Airport, Russian Federation,
41 Portovaya St, Artyom, 692800 Primorski Krai
Tel: +7 4232 30-72-93
Fax: +7 4232 30-71-23
e-mail: office@vladavia.ru
Website: www.vladavia.ru
Vnukovo Airport see Moscow - Vnukovo Airport

Name:	Yakutsk International Airport (YKS/UEEE)
Address:	Yakutsk, Russian Federation,
Details:	Yakutsk, Russian Federation, 10 Gagarin St, 677014 Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Tel: +7 4112 49-53-53 Fax: +7 4112 44-32-33 e-mail: airport_yakutsk@mail.ru or airport_yakutsk@8-12.ru Yelizovo see Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Yelizovo Airport Yemelyanovo see Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport Ykaterinburg see Ekaterinburg - Koltsovo Airport

Name:	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS/UHSS)
Address:	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, Russian Federation
Details:	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, Russian Federation, 693015 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport Tel: +7 424 223-48-78, +7 424 278-43-12 Fax: +7 424 225-34-88, +7 424 225-54-77 e-mail: bagrov@airport.sakhalin.ru Website: www.airport.sakhalin.ru

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Name:	Type C
Details:	Voltage: 220V Frequency: 50 Hz Plug: C

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