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WayToRussia.Net
Philosophy, Values, and Goals.
WayToRussia.Net is
an information resource about Russia and travel services
directory founded by a group of friends in 2001 in Moscow.
We are not a travel agency and do not provide any
services by ourselves,
we provide the most up-to-date information about Russia.
We
arrange the best deals with the most reliable companies
and advertise their services on this site. Our managers constantly monitor the
quality of these services, making sure our readers have the best
experience using Way to Russia for arranging your journey to
Russia (Read
more about how the quality monitoring works).
Our guide is recommended by Lonely
Planet, Rough Guides, BBC, The Guardian and other reputable
publications and organizations (see quotes below).
Our
mission is to communicate the unique character of Russia and
to enable individuals, companies, and organizations make the
most of their experience of Russia.
You can read testimonials from our
clients here. Press quotes
are available at the bottom of this page.
If you have a page on MySpace, you
can add
Way to Russia to your Friends List.
How
We Work and Our Values• We aim to provide the most comprehensive, accurate, and
valuable information about
Russia available.
• We want promote intercultural interaction and to show Russia
as an interesting and diverse place to travel and live in.
• We offer first-hand experience on Way to Russia. We travel around
Russia, make Russian visa support letters for our friends, go out to find the
best places
to eat and to party, even go through the process of marriage to see what it is
like.
After
it
is
done,
we simply record our experience and put it on this website.
• The companies that advertise their services on this site should provide
excellent customer support and have fair prices. If a company is advertised on
this website, this means that we would use their services ourselves and would
recommend it to our friends.
• We believe in being friendly and helpful to our customers and visitors
of this site not
only
because
it is a good business practice, but also because we enjoy doing it ourselves.
WayToRussia.Net History
In 2000 Dmitri Paranyushkin traveled around Europe and met
a lot of people who said they were very interested in Russia,
but the visa red tape, remote location,
negative coverage in media, lack of information were making it impossible for
them to travel to Russia. When he came back to Russia in Autumn 2000 he and his
friend Dan Perushev (both were students in Moscow State University then) founded
WayToRussia.Net site.
From the beginning our aim was to show Russia as it is, explain how Russian visa
works, show the best ways to get to and around Russia, create guides to various
destinations. WayToRussia.Net went online on 23 February 2001. At 2003 we met
Pavel Rassadkin who posted a message on our Talk Lounge Message Board and that's
how the present WayToRussia.Net team was formed.
Today the site is visited by more than 40 thousand people per month, and about
9,000 pages are viewed every
day. We continue creating the new interesting sections and updating the old ones,
developing various partnerships with service providers, and promoting our site.
Work with UsDo
you have anything to say, any advices, stories, anecdotes about traveling
in Russia or related pictures? Can you update the information on our site?
Do you
want
to
work
with us? We'll appreciate very much your contributions to our site.
Please contact us.
Press about Way to Russia
Rough Guides to Russia: "Way to Russia: Russia-based information
portal with links to providers of apartments [...] This website has a regularly
updated section on the ever-changing rules governing visas and registration"
(2006 edition, page 383)
Lonely Planet Guide to Moscow: "www.waytorussia.net lists restaurant
and accommodation options and has lots of information about local events, sights,
and transport"
(March 2006 edition, page 226)
Lonely Planet Guide to Russia and Trans-Siberian: "A much recommended
resource for independent travelers to Russia, produced in Russia by Russian travelers
- Waytorussia - Founded by Moscow university students, this slick site features
visa and transport info."
(2003 and 2005 editions)
BBC: "Way to Russia - Actively run by a group
of Russians with a passion for their country, this contains
terrific and often entertaining information www.waytorussia.net"
(see bbc.co.uk - "BBC
Recommends" section on the right or just make a
search on Russia)
USA Today: "The travelers' information from
WaytoRussia —www.waytorussia.net/Moscow/Guide.html— includes
addresses of Internet cafes and tips on prepaid Internet
cards. Check out "Getting to, from & around
Moscow" to learn about public transit. And look
to the top of the page for maps and a photo gallery."
(28 April 2004,
See www.usatoday.com for
the full text)
Go-Magazine (The Moscow Times):
"One of the most comprehensive Russia-travel web portals in English [...]
They provide a generous selection of information about Moscow, St. Petersburg
and several other Russian cities [...]"
July 8 - September 9
2005, Go-Magazine, The Moscow Times - http://www.go-magazine.ru/articles/show/255
Copyright & Liabilities
All the information appearing on the pages of this site is copyright
WayToRussia.Net. The authors
of the texts, photos and sounds that are on the pages of this
site
as
well
as appropriate
copyrights
are listed at the bottom of the corresponding pages.
The concept, design, graphics, photos, texts that appear on this
site and the name "WayToRussia.Net" are protected by
the copyright law. For further information, please, refer to IDDN
certificate.
Before using the material (text, photos, graphics) from this
site other than for personal needs, please, contact us for prior
permission.
While we do everything to provide you with the best information,
services, and assistance possible, the authors take no liability
for any actions taken based on the information and advices from
this site or for any services provided by the companies presented
on this website. Simply saying, you
are the only one who is responsible for your own actions.
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