Russians or people who have been to Russia...need you advice on travel plans.

[d|b]

Me and some friends are taking the transmongolian railway this summer and want to make between 2 and 3 stops in Russia. These are our options:

# Moscow, Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal (0 km, Moscow Time).
# Vladimir (210 km, MT)
# Nizhny Novgorod (461 km, 6 hours, MT) on the Volga River. Its railroad station is still called by its old Soviet name Gorky, and is so listed in most timetables.
# Kirov (917 km)
# Perm (1,397 km, 20 hours, MT+2) on the Kama River
# Official boundary between Europe and Asia (1,777 km), marked by a white obelisk.
# Yekaterinburg (1,778 km, 1 day 2 h, MT+2) in the Urals, still called by its old Soviet name Sverdlovsk in most timetables.
# Tyumen (2,104 km)
# Omsk (2,676 km, 1 day 14 h, MT+3) on the Irtysh River
# Novosibirsk (3,303 km, 1 day 22 h, MT+3) on the Ob River
# Krasnoyarsk (4,065 km, 2 days 11 h, MT+4) on the Yenisei River
# Taishet (4,483 km), junction with the Baikal-Amur Mainline
# Irkutsk (5,153 km, 3 days 4 h, MT+5) near Lake Baikal's southern extremity
# Ulan Ude (5,609 km, 3 days 12

I think we want to stop at Irkutsk because of Lake Biakal but what else is good? We are looking for good parties & raves, nice places to chill but also just plan strange stuff (i.e seriously industrial towns, crazy places etc)

Thanks for the help.

 

[gumbald]

I'd go to Perm, just because of the name.

 

[d|b]

Yeah thats what I was thinking...

 

[Pulsar_GTI]

I have never been to Russia but my parents have loads of times, looks like your going to have a great time.

Take some US $ they go a long way in Russia and other countries