Heathcliff O'Malley - a photojournalist on the road: December 2007 Archives

A journey through Putin's Russia part 4

on December 8, 2007 2:14 AM | 0

We arrived in Tyumen early morning after another overnight train ride and were greeted by our next guide, a BP interpreter who on first impressions appears to be a bit of a snob, but we warmed to her slowly, first......more

A Journey through Putin's Russia Part 3

on December 7, 2007 9:54 AM | 0

For the next stage of our trip we took another train to Yekaterinburg for about 24 hours in second class where we had to share a compartment with an elderly couple Konstantin and Galia on their way to the oil......more

A Journey through Putin's Russia Part 2

on December 3, 2007 7:51 PM | 1

Our drive to Samara is helped along grandly by our miserable second Tatar translator Ilnur who drones on continuously about Tatar self determination, the Golden Hordes (heard that before), how immorally behaved his other housemates were when he studied in......more