Your guide in Siberia

Hello! Greetings to everyone who is reading my blog. My name is Olga Tkachenko, I was born and have always lived in Novosibirsk, Western ...

Kemerovo is an industrial city, famous for being the capital of one of the largest coal-mining regions in Russia called Kuzbass. Basicall...

Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in the Western Siberia, located about 250 km to the north of Novosibirsk. Among western travelers Tom...

The only thing I knew about Blagoveschensk only a year ago was that it's somewhere in the Far East, meaning that it's FAR from me....

I've been to Tomsk at least 7 times, but every time I come I realize there's still a lot to see there. Tomsk is more than 400 year...

If you try to look for Ruyan City on the map, whether paper or digital, you will fail or you can find one Ruyan, but not the one this post...

Omsk is a city in the Western Siberia with the population of over a million people. It is a city on the Transsiberian; it is celebr...

Barnaul is a capital city of Altai Kray, 200 km to the south of Novosibirsk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaul It was granted the ci...

Chemal District is central in Altai Republic. It is spread over the Lower Katun valley and a bunch of smaller rivers flowing into it....

late in August my family and I visited the town of Leninsk-Kuznetsky in the coal mining region called Kuzbass, which is the largest one in ...

Lake Chany is a closed salted lake in Russia located in the Baraba lowland, Novosibirsk Region; it is the largest lake in the Western Si...

When a traveler comes to an unknown destination, he or she is usually eager to know as much as possible about it, including local food a...

The travel season 2015 approaching, I have been considering and reconsidering my activities as a tour guide. I thought it might be useful ...

This year our city welcomes the festival of snow sculptures for the 15th time. It is always great fun for citizens and guests of the city....

Novosibirsk and Siberia in general is considered to be a cold destination, so most tourists who dare and come here prefer doing so in summe...