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The book is a very good general presentation of the Russian heritage and culture including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It takes the region with depiction from several sight, cultural heritage and historical sights are the most dominant objects in this impressive publucation. Besides it depicts the most common places in the Russian world, including addresses and telephone number of the hotels, in addition to some demonstration to the most national symbol of Russian cuisine. Another positive point is that the book contains some key dialogues in Russian that could be used during the tourist trip, including words that one has to use inside the restaurants how to order for example a drink.

The information inside the book is trustworthy, the design and the nature of the information are up to date. Besides it contains some maps that could be useful during the trips in this region. The Russian phrases used in the book are limited, additional Russian knowledge could be usefull, because Russian has a vague number of accents. The accent used in the sentences is the standard one. Visitors are also recommended to have basic knowledge with the Cyrillic alphabets, because it is the main alphabets in most situations. But ultimately tourists would get lucky because foreign languages have become in use for the last decades. Just try to be a positive visitor and do not cause trouble.

Conclusion: Lonely Planet was successful in getting much information and posing it in a civil manner for persons who want to feel devotion to the Russian world.

Review by Геллее Авбакар, Translator, Writer, Anthropologist, Book Reviewer, Bibliophile and English Language Teacher