Travels in former soViet staTes

Covering countries that used to be part of the USSR. I also wrote about crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border and Georgian-Russian border. In my latest posts I give practical tips too.

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Our trip to Uzbekistan during Covid in 2022
Our trip to Uzbekistan during Covid in 2022

Uzbekistan part 1: Tashkent

What’s the best city to visit in Uzbekistan?
What’s the best city to visit in Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan part 2: Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva

What’s it like to visit Uzbekistan in January?
What’s it like to visit Uzbekistan in January?

Uzbekistan part 3: the Nuratau Mountains and Kyzylkum Desert

Visiting Moldova during Covid in November 2021
Visiting Moldova during Covid in November 2021

Traveling to Chisinau and Transnistria during the pandemic

Stuck for three days on the road from Vladikavkaz to Tbilisi
Stuck for three days on the road from Vladikavkaz to Tbilisi

Traveling from Russia to Georgia

Ups and downs in Svaneti
Ups and downs in Svaneti

Mestia, Chvabiani and Ushguli, Georgia

The Baltic States
The Baltic States

Tallinn, Riga, Siauliai and Sigulda

From Russia to Ukraine and back by train
From Russia to Ukraine and back by train

The border, Lviv and the Carpathians in 2019

Is Moldova worth visiting?
Is Moldova worth visiting?

Chisinau, Milestii Mici and Transnistria

Minsk
Minsk

Belarus