USSR: a Travel Survival Kit

Lonely Planet - Travel Survival Kit

by John Noble, John King

Despite changes brought about by perestroika and glastnost, the Soviet Union remains a country in a difficult and uncertain state of transition. Still, the USSR is at once safe enough for the most cautious tourist and exotic enough for the most adventurous traveler. This detailed guide covers all accessible parts of the Soviet Union.

776 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1991

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[Kawing · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was published, awkwardly, right after the breakup of the USSR, but since it was in print, and the authors took great pain to gather all the information possible to the newly opened up USSR without having to be restricted by Intourist, the publishing went ahead. And also - this is also long before LP became the mainstream guidebook it is today. The audience, you can sense, was a completely different crowd and so was the book content.

You will have great fun travelling with this, and discover the changes and the future that they saw for the communist empire.

[icaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ecco un libro a cui tengo molto per diverse ragioni.
Il volume è la prima e ultima guida della Lonely Planet sull'Urss, pubblicata nel dicembre del 1991, quando "di là" stava andando tutto a scatafascio. Dal 1992 l'Urss non esiste più.
Secondo motivo: la sua straordinaria ricchezza e precisione su un paese (in particolare la parte asiatica) di cui non si avevano informazioni turistiche accettabili.
Terzo motivo: se siamo riusciti a tornare a casa sani e salvi (e arricchiti da uno straordinario viaggio) dall'Asia centrale nella nervosissima estate del '92 lo dobbiamo anche a lei