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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Russia's Trans-Siberian railway..[ 646 ]

Travel The World's Longest Railway - Online

Written by Ananova.Com Saturday, 13 February 2010 09:28

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Armchair explorers can now travel the length of Russia's Trans-Siberian railway - at the click of a mouse.Google's Virtual Train combines Google Earth with YouTube video footage to follow the full 5,600 mile journey.

Travellers can cross seven time zones, 12 regions and pass through 87 towns and cities between Moscow and Vladivostok.They can pass the 150 hour journey admiring the views and listening to audio books of Russian classics, such as Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.

But if sitting through the entire trip is a bit much, users can navigate to specific areas to just catch the highlights.Multimedia stop-offs include a virtual stroll around Yekaterinburg, oil prospecting in Tyumen, reciting Buddhist mantras in Ulan-Ude or hearing the sound of the cannons on Russkiy Island.

Konstantin Kuzmin, marketing director for Google Russia, said: "We want to demonstrate how unusual and fascinating Russia really is and how much it can offer to a curious tourist.

"I know few people who have travelled along the Trans-Siberian railroad but I am sure that a lot of people feel enthusiastic about this trip."That's why we hope that this project will become the starting point not only for the virtual but also for the real trips across Russia."

Google's Virtual Train is at: http://www.google.ru/intl/ru/landing/transsib/en.html -- Courtesy of Ananova.Com

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