(Summer) Roads in Northern European Russia
Hi
This summer I'm looking to visit a few more new places in Russia.
Specifically I would like to visit Syktyvkar, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk (then down to St Petersburg) with as little doubling-back as possible.
Is anyone here familiar with this area?
What I'm particularly interested in trying is a route from Syktyvkar to Arkhangelsk without going through Kotlas... for example going through Usogorsk and Smolenets.
I'm happy to drive off-road and am in a tough, high-clearance 4x4, but I am not looking for a gruelling off-road marathon or waiting days for a ferry to appear to cross a river.
How about a road from Arkhangelsk to Murmansk near the sea?? I can see some faint tracks on Google Earth, no idea if these are just service roads for the railway, or perhaps even fire-breaks.
Any ideas??
Thanks
EO
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EurasiaOverland a memoir of one quarter of a million kilometres by road through all of the Former USSR, Western and Southern Asia.
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