MOSCOW -- The Trans-Siberian Mainline, one of the world's classic rail journeys, is intimidating to some potential passengers because they don't speak Russian and because the trip takes a week. Now, ...

To travel from Ust-Kut, where my 2,300-mile journey began, is no simple thing. Moscow and the government of the SakhaRepublic (in Russian, Yakutia), a semiautonomous region within greater Siberia, ...

Embark on a 40-hour train journey from Almaty, Kazakhstan to Novosibirsk, Russia, followed by a 5-hour bus ride to Kemerovo, Siberia. This trip marks my first return to Russia in over 9 months and my ...

When I told colleagues I was planning a trip to Siberia, they smirked and questioned, "On vacation?" But when I mentioned the idea to my Russian teacher, she grabbed my hand, fired off several "nyets" ...