INDEX See also Accommodations and Restaurant indexes, below. GENERAL INDEX near the airport, Alexander Nevsky Monastery 230–231 and Cemetery (Lavra Alek- South of Nevsky, sandra Nevskogo; St. alto, Alvar, 302 A 227–229 Petersburg), 253–254 Abim Plus (St. Petersburg), Upper Nevsky Pros- Alexandra, empress, 15 276 pekt, 222–225 Alexandra Nevskogo Bridge Above and Beyond Tours, 70 Vasilevsky Island & The (St. Petersburg), 61 Academic trips and language Petrograd Side, Alexandrinsky Theater classes, 77 229–230 (St. Petersburg), 282 Access-Able Travel Source, 71 Suzdal, 198 All-Russian Exhibition Accessible Journeys, 71 Vladimir, 198 Center (formerly VDNKh; Accommodations, 79–81. See Adamant-Caprice (St. Peters- Moscow), 152 also Accommodations burg), 310 Ambassador (St. Petersburg), Index Addresses, finding, 54 291 best, 5–6 Admiralty (Admiralteistvo; Amber, 276 environmentally-friendly, St. Petersburg), 210, 253 Amber House (Yantarny 74 Aeroexpress train, 50 Dom; St. Petersburg), 276 Moscow, 96–113 Agate Pavilion (Tsarskoye The Amber Room (Tsarskoye Arbat, 107–108 Tselo), 297 Tselo), 296–298 around the Kremlin AirAmbulanceCard.com, 71 American Express and Red Square, Air Force Museum, Russian Moscow, 304 97–101 (Moscow), 148–149 St. Petersburg, 308 “foreigner tax,” 102 Air travel traveler’s checks, 66 near the airport, 113 around Russia, 57 American Express Travelers outside the Garden deep vein thrombosis Cheque Card, 66 Ring, 110–113 (economy class syn- American Foundation for the Petrovka and the drome), 68 Blind (AFB), 71 Ukrainian Quarter, jet lag, 50 American Medical Center 104–106 Moscow, 48 Moscow, 304 prostitution, 105 St. Petersburg, 57–58 Petersburg, 309 south of Moscow River, Akhmatova, Anna, 27 Ananov (St. Petersburg), 279 108–110 Museum (St. Petersburg), Andrei Rublev (film), 145 Tverskaya and envi- 262–263 Andropov, Yuri, 21, 22 rons, 101–104 Aktsia (Moscow), 170 Anglia British Bookshop in package tours, 77 Akunin, Boris, 29–31 (St. Petersburg), 277 Peredelkino, 202–203 Akvarel (St. Petersburg), Angliiskaya Naberezhnya rates, 96 287–288 (English Embankment; St. Petersburg, 217–231 COPYRIGHTEDAkvatoria (St. Petersburg), MATERIAL St. Petersburg), 281 around The Hermitage, 291 Angliisky Podvorye (English 218–222 Alexander Gardens (Alexan- Courtyard; Moscow), 160 floor monitors (dezhur- drovsky Sad; Moscow), Anna Akhmatova Museum naya), 227 89, 142 (St. Petersburg), 262–263 landing the best room, Alexander I, Czar, 20 Annunciation, Cathedral of 224 Alexander II, Czar, 15, 20, the (Moscow), 136 Lower Nevsky to 254, 268 Smolny Cathedral, Alexander III, Czar, 20 225–227 324 Antikvariat na Bronnoi Pushkin Museum of Stanislavsky Nemirovich- (Moscow), 170 Fine Arts, 93, 149 Danchenko Theater Antiques and collectibles Spaso-Andronnikov (Moscow), 179 Moscow, 170 Monastery, 145 Banyas (bathhouses), Mos- St. Petersburg, 276 Tretyakov Gallery cow, 157 Apartment rentals, 80–81 (Tretyakovskaya Bars, St. Petersburg, 290 Apraksin Dvor (Sadovaya Galereya), 148–149 Battleship Potemkin (film), 28 Ulitsa; St. Petersburg), Museum of History and Art Baza (Moscow), 189 275, 278 (Sergiev Posad), 194 BB King (Moscow), 187 Apshu (Moscow), 187 The State Hermitage Bed & breakfasts (B&Bs), Arbat District (Moscow), 83 Museum (St. Petersburg), 80–81 accommodations, 107–108 209 Bee-Line, 78 restaurants, 130–131 Arts Bureau (Khudozhestven- Belazh (St. Petersburg), 276 shopping, 168 noye Buro; Moscow), 170 Belochka (St. Petersburg), Arbatskaya Lavitsa (Mos- Assessment Committee of 278 cow), 173 the Ministry of Culture, 46 Bi-Ba-Bo (Moscow), 190 Archangel Gabriel, Church of Association of Independent Biblio-Globus (Moscow), 170 the (Moscow), 163 Tour Operators (AITO), 74 Biking, St. Petersburg, 265 Archangel Michael, Cathedral Assumption, Cathedral of the Billiard Cafe-Club Island of of the (Moscow), 136 Moscow, 136–137 Crimea (Moscow), 189 Archangel Michael, Church of Sergiev Posad, 194 Billiards the (Arkhangelskoye), 200 Vladimir, 197 Moscow, 189 Architecture, 24–25 Atlas of St. Petersburg Roads St. Petersburg, 291 best, 7–8 (Atlas Dorog Peterburga), 60 Birzhevoy Bridge (St. Peters- Shchusev Museum of ATMs (automated-teller burg), 61 (Moscow), 53 machines), 65 Bitsevsky Park (Moscow), 156 “Stalin Gothic,” 53 Atrium (Moscow), 169 Blagoveshchenksy Bridge Arctic and Antarctic, Museum Australia (formerly Leytenanta of (Muzei Arktiki I Antark- customs regulations, 47 Shmidta), 61 tiki; St. Petersburg), 257 ecotourism, 74 Blockade Museums (St. Aristocratic estates, Moscow, embassy of, 305 Petersburg), 256–257 152–153 health-related travel Boar House (Moscow), 188 Arkhangelskoye, 199–201 advice, 67 Boating Armed Forces, Museum of Russian consulate in, 45 Moscow, 156 (Moscow), 148 Autumn, 39 St. Petersburg, 265 Armed Forces Day (Defend- Autumn Marathon Jazz Festi- Boat travel and cruises ers of the Motherland val (St. Petersburg), 286 St. Petersburg, 58, 63–64, Day), 40 Avis Rent a Car, for disabled 215, 264 The Armory Museum (Mos- travelers, 71 from St. Petersburg to cow), 138 Avrora, Cruiser (St. Peters- Moscow, 75 Aromatny Mir (Moscow), 176 burg), 261 Body and Soul (Dusha I Telo; Art, 23–24 Azbuka Vkusa (Moscow), 172 Moscow), 189 export permits for, 46 Bolshoi Okhtinsky Bridge Art galleries (St. Petersburg), 61 Moscow, 150, 170 Babushka (St. Petersburg), Bolshoi Theater (Moscow), St. Petersburg, 276–277 279 178–179, 183 Art Garbage (Moscow), 186 Babushkas, in Moscow, 88 Books, recommended, 30–31 Art market, Moscow, 171 Bakhili (slippers), 154 Bookstores Art Modus (St. Petersburg), Ballad of a Soldier (film), 29 Moscow, 170 276 Ballet, 26 St. Petersburg, 277 Art MUSEON (Moscow), 146 Bolshoi Theater (Moscow), Boris Godunov, 194 Art museums 178–179 Botanical Gardens Moscow Mariinsky Theater (St. (Botanichesky Sad; Art MUSEON, 146 Petersburg), 283 Moscow), 152 Museum of Private Moiseyev Ballet (Moscow), Botkin City Hospital Collections, 149 179 (Moscow), 305 New Tretyakov Gallery/ Mussorgsky Theater (St. Boulevard Ring (Moscow), 86 Museum of Modern Petersburg), 283 Bowling Art (Novaya Tretya- Moscow, 190 kovka), 149–150 St. Petersburg, 291–292 Brezhnev, Leonid, 21, 22 Carbonfund, 74 Chekhov, Anton, 27, 30 325 Bridges, St. Petersburg, 61 Carbon Neutral, 74 Chekhov House Museum British travelers Carbon offsetting, 74 (Moscow), 154 consulate of (St. Peters- Car rentals, 57 Chernenko, Konstantin, burg), 309 St. Petersburg, 62 21, 22 customs regulations, 47 Cartier (Moscow), 174 Cherry Orchard Arts Festival embassy of, 305 Car travel, 51 (Moscow), 178 gay and lesbian travelers, around Russia, 57 Chesma Cathedral and Mon- 71 St. Petersburg, 60, 62 astery (St. Petersburg), 254 green travel, 74 Casinos Children, families with, 72, health-related travel Moscow, 190 100. See also Circus; Zoos advice, 67 St. Petersburg, 292 Moscow Russian consulate in, 45 Cathedral of Dmitry (Suzdal restaurants, 125 for seniors and persons and Vladimir), 197 shopping, 171, with disabilities, 72 Cathedral of Our Lady of 175–176 Bronze Horseman (Medny Smolensk (Moscow), 143 sights and attractions, Vsadnik; St. Petersburg), Cathedral of the Annuncia- 154–155 210, 259–261 tion (Moscow), 136 St. Petersburg B-2 (Moscow), 186 Cathedral of the Archangel accommodations, 219 Buddhist Temple (Budisky Michael (Moscow), 136 restaurants, 240 Khram; St. Petersburg), 254 Cathedral of the Assumption shopping, 278, 280 Budget Travel, 76–77 Moscow, 136–137 China and porcelain Bulgakov, Mikhail, 27, Sergiev Posad, 194 Moscow, 171 151–152 Vladimir, 197 St. Petersburg, 277 Burnt by the Sun (film), 29 Cathedral of the Trinity Chinese Pilot Jao Da Business hours (Sergiev Posad), 194 (Moscow), 187 Moscow, 304 Cathedral of the Twelve Chistiye Prudy (Clean Ponds; St. Petersburg, 308 Apostles (Moscow), 137 Moscow), 86, 163 Bus tours, Moscow, 95 Cathedrals of Kitai-Gorod Chocolate, St. Petersburg, Bus travel, 51–52 (Moscow), 92 277–278 around Russia, 57 Cathedral Square (Sobornaya Christmas, Russian Ortho- Moscow, 54 Ploshchad), 135–136 dox, 39, 40 St. Petersburg, 58, 62 Catherine II (The Great), Christ the Savior Cathedral Butter Week (Maslenitsa), 76 13–14, 20, 153 (Khram Khrista Spasitelya; Bvlgari (Moscow), 174 Catherine’s Palace (Yekater- Moscow), 93, 143 insky Dvorets; Tsarskoye Churches, visiting, 145 Tselo), 297, 298 Church of the Savior on the CafeMax (Moscow), 305 Caviar, 45 Spilled Blood (Tserkov Café Max (St. Petersburg), Cellphones, 78 Spasitelya Na Krovi; St. 309 St. Petersburg, 78 Petersburg), 212, 254, 268 Calendar, 16 Center for Russian Circus Calendar of events, 39–44 Language, 77 Moscow Circus Named Calling cards, international, Centers for Disease Control after Y. Nikulin (Tsen- 308 and Prevention, 67 tralny Tsirk), 155 Canada Central Department Store New Moscow Circus (Novy consulate of (St. Peters- (Moscow), 169 Tsirk), 155 burg), 309 Central House of Artists St. Petersburg, 264 customs regulations, (Tsentralny Dom Khudozh- City Children’s Hospital no. 1 46–47 nika; Moscow), 150, 170 (St. Petersburg), 309 embassy of, 305 Central Library (Vyborg), 302 City Hospital No. 1 (Moscow), gay and lesbian travelers, Central Moscow Tourist 305 71 Club, 157 City Realty, 81 green travel, 74 Chaliapin House Museum Classical music, 26 health-related travel (Moscow), 182 Moscow, 182–183 advice, 67 Chaplin Club (St. Peters- St. Petersburg, 283, 286 Russian consulate in, 45 burg), 289–290 Clean Ponds (Chistiye Prudy; Canal Fountains (Moscow), Che (Moscow), 185 Moscow), 86 90 Chechnya, 18–19, 22 Cleansing Day, 76 Capital Tours (Moscow), 155 terrorism in, 69 Clothing, 25. See also Fashions size conversions,