2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010
2024: 2 countries (0 new), 6 regions of russia (0 new), ~ 74 places (47 new), 57 days
long trip #40 [10.24, 12 days]: abkhazia and south russia
- abkhazia [3 days]: tsandryph dist → white cliffs → bagrypsh/baghrypsta sett (kholodnaya rechka sett) → joseph stalin's dacha "kholodnaya rechka" ("cold river") → ritsa lake → gagra
- sochi dist [4 days]: sirius sett → matsesta sett → krishna ashram in matsesta sett → hikking to eagle rocks, agur waterfalls, akhun mtn → sochi → adler
- south russia [5 days]: krasnodar → rostov-on-don
long trip #39 [09.24, 11 days]: russia, povolzhye
- samara → togliatti (tolyatti) → chapayevsk → saratov → engels
long trip #38 [07.24, 11 days]: russia, kola (murmansk oblast)
- murmansk → kola → teriberka nature park → teriberka sett → kirovsk → kukisvumchorr sett → aykuayvenchorr mtn (khibiny mountains) → abandoned "central" mine at khibiny mountains → apatity → kandalaksha coast → kandalaksha → polyarnye zori → murmashi sett
one-day trips from moscow: gorki leninskiye manor, contemporary art exhibition "be here" [08.24], yakhroma → dedenyovo (dedenevo) sett → iksha sett [08.24], elektrostal → elektrougli [07.24], tarychyovo vill → dydyldino vill → tabolovo vill → vidnoye [07.24], severny sett → dolgoprudny [05.24], lytkarino → dzerzhinsky → nikolo-ugreshsky monastery [04.24], chekhov (lopasnya) → novy byt sett (chekhovsky dist) → voznesenskaya davidova pustyn [04.24], zheleznodorozhny [04.24], krasnaya polyana sett (part of lobnya) [03.24], odintsovo [03.24], novaya tryokhgorka (part of odintsovo) → skolkovo innovation center [03.24], lobnya [03.24], dolgoprudny [03.24], aprelevka → petrovskoye sett → burtsevo vill [03.24], st catherine's monastery (yeketerininskaya pustyn) → sukhanovo manor [02.24], reutov [02.24], ramenskoye, krasny oktyabr sett → ramenskoye, kholodovo dist [01.24], ramenskoye [01.24]
one-day routs through villages:
- 4 temples in western part of the ramenskiy dist [09.24]: (volodarskogo sett) → konstantinovo sett → zelenaya sloboda sett → yeganovo sett → mikhaylovskaya sloboda sett
- 7 temples in north-eastern part of the voskresensky dist [08.24]: beloozyorsky → mikhalyovo sett → novo-solovetskaya marchugovskaya pustyn (faustovo sett) → ashitkovsko sett → vinogradovo sett
- 3 temples in upper pakhra valley [08.24]: krasnoye manor → krasnaya pakhra sett → varvarino vill → bylovo sett
- 3 temples in pakhra valley [06.24]: domodedovo sett → pokrov sett → strelkovo vill
- lower pakhra valley, stone side (kamennaya storona) [05.24]: syany → domodedovsky quarry → kamkino vill → kolychyovo sett (ex-nikitsk)
2023: 47 places (34 new), 36 days
one-day trips from moscow: malakhovka sett [11.23], kratovo sett [11.23], bronnitsy [09.23], dubrovitsy sett → lemeshovo vill [09.23], klimovsk [09.23], posyolok tsemzavoda (cement factory sett) [08.23, 09.23], zhukovskiy [08.23, 09.23], lytkarino [09.23], bykovo manor → vereya vill [08.23], podolsk [08.23], besedy sett [08.23], lyubertsy [08.23], domodedovo sett → domodedovo city [07.23], yermolino sett [07.23], dydyldino vill [07.23], domodedovo [07.23], skolkovo innovation center → zarechye sett [06.23], khimki [06.23], yam sett [06.23] → gorki leninskiye manor, sovkhoz imeni lenina → razvilka sett [06.23], st catherine's monastery (yeketerininskaya pustyn) → sukhanovo manor [05.23], tarychyovo vill [05.23], bulatnikovo sett [05.23], rastorguevo sett [05.23], vidnoye [05.23], peredelkino sett [05.23], reutov [05.23], krasnogorsk [04.23]
one-day routs through villages:
- syany river banks at lower pakhra valley [09.23]
- along the moscow river to the pakhra confluence [09.23]: molokovo sett → andreevskoye vill → turaevo vill → verkhneye myachkovo sett
- lower pakhra valley (last 8 km) [08.23]: volodarskogo sett → konstantinovo sett → zelenaya sloboda sett → verkhneye myachkovo sett
- northwestern outskirts of podolsk [08.23]: strelkovo vill → strelkovskoy fabriki sett → pokrov sett → pleshcheyevo manor → posyolok tsemzavoda
- lower pakhra valley, stone side (kamennaya storona) [07.23]: yam sett → domodedovsky quarry → kamkino vill → kotlyakovo vill → kolychyovo sett (ex-nikitsk) → holy cross jerusalem monastery → churilkovo vill
- western outskirts of domodedovo [07.23]: bunyakovo vill → bityagovo sett → nikitskoye sett → domodedovskiy ziggurat
holyday trip #34 [09.23, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → kaluga
2022: 2 countries (0 new), 19 regions of russia (8 new), ~ 97 places (79 new), 102 days
long trip #37 [09.22, 20 days]: russia, siberia
- kuzbass [09.22, 3 days]: kemerovo → leninsk-kuznetsky → anzhero-sudzhensk → yaya sett → izhmorsky sett → mariinsk
- krasnoyarsk krai [08.22, 10 days]: achinsk → krasnoyarsk → ergaki range → minusinsk
- khakassia [09.22, 2 days]: abakan → sayanogorsk → cheryomushki
- tyva [09.22, 5 days]: kyzyl → turan
long trip #36 [07.22-08.22, 14 days]: russia, nizhny novgorod oblast - vladimir oblast
- nizhny novgorod oblast [07.22-08.22, 11 days]: nizhny novgorod → arzamas → vyezdnoye sett → bebyayevo sett (bebyayevo - peshelan - novosyolki) → balakhna → bor → semyonov → voskresenskoye povetluzhye (voskresenskoye sett, vladimirskoye sett, svetloyar lake) → gorodets → zavolzhye → purekh sett
- vladimir oblast [08.22, 3 days]: gorokhovets → vladimir
long trip #35 [06.22-07.22, 34 days]: abkhazia → krasnodar krai, black sea coast → crimea
- russia, sochi dist [06.22, 4 days]: sochi → krasnaya polyana → sirius sett → adler
- abkhazia [06.22, 8 days]: gagra → pitsunda → gudauta → lykhny sett → novy afon (new athos) → sukhum → gulrypsh sett, agudzera sett → tkvarchal → gal (gali)
- russia, sochi dist [06.22, 3 days]: sochi → matsesta sett → joseph stalin's dacha "zelyonaya roshcha" → khosta sett → yew and boxtree wood
- russia, black sea coast [06.22, 9 days]: tuapse → kadosh cape, kiselyov's rock → divnomorskoye sett → blue abyss beach, dzhankhot khutor dist → divnomorskoye nude beach → robinzon nude beach → gelendzhik → kabardinka sett → cape doob → cape doob nude beach → novorossiysk → anapa
- crimea [06.22-07.22, 10 days]: kerch → stariy krym (eski qirim) → koktebel sett → tikhaya bay, dzhan-kutaran mtn → tikhaya bay nude beach → kurortnoye sett → lysya bay (fox bay) → feodosia → simferopol → st anastasia of sirmium skete (bead temple) → kachi kalyon cave city → tepe kermen cave city → bakhchysarai → alushta
long trip #34 [02.22-03.22, 17 days]: russia, yugra - southern ural - middle povolzhye
- yugra [02.22, 5 days]: surgut → nizhnevartovsk → nefteyugansk → khanty-mansiysk
- chelyabinsk oblast [02.22-03.22, 7 days]: chelyabinsk → zlatoust → troitsk → kopeysk → magnitogorsk
- bashkortostan [03.22, 3 days]: beloretsk → ufa → birsk
- samara oblast [03.22, 1 day]: syzran
- ulyanovsk oblast [03.21, 1 day]: ulyanovsk
short trip #17 [03.22-04.22, 6 days]: russia, northwestern russia
- veliky novgorod → ethno-park "vitoslavlitsy" → the st. george's (yuriev) monastery on the volkhov river → staraya russa → luga → porkhov → dno → soltsy → pskov
short trip #16 [02.22, 4 days]: russia
- saransk → penza → ryazan
one-day trips from moscow: dzerzhinsky → nikolo-ugreshsky monastery [05.22] → kotelniki [05.22], ostrov sett [05.22], stupino [05.22] → kashira [05.22], sovkhoz imeni lenina [05.22], domodedovo [03.22], vidnoye [01.22] → rastorguevo sett [01.22]
2021: 1 country (0 new), 13 regions of russia (7 new), ~ 95 places (85 new), 125 days
long trip #33 [09.21-10.21, 10 days]: russia, kaliningrad oblast
- kaliningrad → baltiysk → baltiyskaya kosa → zelenogradsk → chernyakhovsk → svetlogorsk → yantarnoye sett → kurshskaya kosa → morskoe sett → rybachy sett → lesnoy sett → pravdinsk → gvardeysk
long trip #32 [08.21-09.21, 41 days]: russia, ural - western siberia
- kurgan oblast [08.21, 3 days]: kurgan → shadrinsk → kurtamysh
- tyumen oblast [08.21, 5 days]: tyumen → yalutorovsk → tobolsk
- omsk oblast [08.21, 3 days]: omsk → azovsky nemetsky national district (azovo sett, sosnovka sett)
- novosibirsk oblast [08.21, 4 days]: novosibirsk → akademgorodok → kolyvan sett
- tomsk oblast [08.21, 2 days]: tomsk
- altai krai [08.21-09.21, 5 days]: barnaul → biysk → belokurikha → belokurikha district (rock "four brothers", round rock)
- altai republic [09.21, 10 days]: trekking to footh of the belukha mtn (akkem path, yarlu gorge valley, ak-oyuk mtn area, akkem glacier valley, karaturek pass, kucherla lake)
- altai republic [09.21, 4 days]: tyungur sett → gorno-altaysk → chemal vill, elekmonar vill
- kuzbass [09.21, 4 days]: novokuznetsk → kemerovo
long trip #31 [05.21-07.21, 60 days]: russia, sakhalin oblast, kurils islands
- sakhalin island [05.21-06.21, 24 days]: yuzhno-sakhalinsk → bolshevik mtn → aniva lighthouse → cape mramorny → lyagushka rock → chekhov's peak → tikhaya bay → bykov sett → bykov's rapids → korsakov → cape slepikovskogo → nogliki sett → daginsk springs → okha → tymovskoye sett → alexandrovsk-sakhalinsky → due sett → three brothers rocks, jonquiere (zhonkier) cape → smirnykh → poronaysk → cape ptichiy/velikan
- kunashir island [06.21, 7 days]: yuzhno-kurilsk sett → devil's finger rock, cape sukachyov → cape stolbchaty → golovnin volcano → mendeleev volcano → goryachiy plyazh sett → pervukhin bay, lagunnoye lake, rock "parus" (sail) → sour creek, thermal springs "rosinka"
- iturup island [06.21, 3 days]: kurilsk → yankito lava plateau → lososyovaya bay - olya bay → kasatka bay → prostor bay, pumice white rocks
- shikotan island [06.21, 7 days]: malokurilskoye sett → cape "krai sveta" → shikotan hill → dimitrov bay, tserkovnaya bay → krabozavodskoye sett
- sakhalin island [07.21, 19 days]: yuzhno-sakhalinsk → yunona's cape → cape tonin (svobodny), mordvinov's bay → devil's bridge (takaradai spiral line) → korsakov → nevelsk → nevelsk sea lion rookery → tank towers on the coast at starodubskoye sett → bykov's rapids → alexandrovsk-sakhalinsky → poronaysk → makarov → kholmsk → yablochnoye sett
long trip #30 [04.21, 13 days]: russia, leningrad oblast - pskov oblast
- leningrad oblast [9 days]: saint petersburg → gatchina
- pskov oblast [4 days]: pskov → ostrov → pechory → izborsk fortress
one-day trips from moscow: podolsk → dubrovitsy sett [12.21]
2020: 4 countries (2 new), 8 regions of russia (5 new), ~ 111 places (105 new), 110 days
long trip #29 [10.20-11.20, 36 days]: russia, crimea - taman
- crimea [35 days]:
simferopol →
bakhchysarai → valley of josaphat (chufut-kale) → tepe kermen cave city →
alushta →
utyos sett (kucuk lambat sett) →
lazurnoye nude beach →
tuzlukh rocks →
tuzlukh nude beach →
demerdzhi, valley of ghosts →
yalta district →
simeiz sett →
simeiz nude beach →
ai-petri - taraktash ridge →
sevastopol →
balaklava →
inzhir nude beach →
fiolent cape →
fiolent nude beach →
inkerman →
yevpatoriya →
olenevka sett (karaji sett) →
tarkhankut, atlesh landscape park →
mirniy sett →
art-park and beach "z.city" →
simferopol →
aq qaya rock (belaya skala) →
sudak →
alchak-kaya reserve →
novy svet sett →
novy svet reserve →
vesyoloye sett (qutlaq sett) →
feodosia →
koktebel sett →
tikhaya bay, toprakh-kaya cape (chameleon cape) →
kerch
- taman [1 day]: taman sett, "ataman village" (cassack ethno park)
long trip #28 [09.20, 28 days]: russia, upper povolzhye - komi - northern ural
- kirov oblast [3 days]: kirov → kirovo-chepetsk → karintorf sett → slobodskoy
- komi [3 days]: syktyvkar → ukhta → troitsko-pechorsk → sherlyaga vill
- trekking from manpupuner to dyatlov pass [9 days]: manpupuner, pechoro-ilychsky reserve → from manpupuner to mottevchahl mtn → from luntkhusatpur lake to dyatlov pass
- komi [10 days]: ukhta → sosnogorsk → inta → vorkuta → vorgashor sett → severny sett → izhemsky dist (izhma, sizyabsk vill, bakur vill, mokhcha vill, gam vill, irayel vill) → syktyvkar → yb sett → vylgort sett
- mari el [2 days]: yoshkar-ola → kozmodemyansk
- chuvashia [1 day]: cheboksary
long trip #27 [02.20-03.20, 26 days]: lebanon - western turkey
- lebanon [02.20, 7 days]: beirut → baalbek ruins → sidon (saida) → tyre (sur) → jeita-grotto caves → jbeil (byblos) → harissa-daraoun → hezbollah resistance park-museum in mleeta/mlita → bsharri → tripoli
- turkey [02.20-03.20, 19 days]: istambul → izmir → pamukkale → hierapolis ruins → karahayit → laodicea ruins → kaklik cave → denizli → salda lake → selcuk → sirince → kusadasi → bodrum → fethiye → kayakoy vill (levissi) → oludeniz beach → kas → antalya → termessos ruins
short trip #15 [07.20-08.20, 8 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- balabanovo → borovsk → obninsk → maloyaroslavets → nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → wild beach on the ugra → kondrovo → kaluga → kozelsk → optina pustyn → peremyshl sett → shamordino convent → mosalsk → yukhnov
short trip #14 [01.20, 7 days]: jordan
- aqaba → tala bay → wadi rum desert → petra → wadi musa
one-day trips from moscow: german sterligov sloboda (sterling brothers sloboda) → resurrection monastery (new jerusalem monastery) in istra [08.20], pavlovsky posad [08.20], bulatnikovo sett [06.20], gorki leninskiye [06.20], vidnoye [05.20] → rastorguevo sett [05.20], st catherine's monastery (yeketerininskaya pustyn) → sukhanovo manor [05.20]
2019: 14 countries (8 new), 5 regions of russia (0 new), ~ 114 places (104 new), 111 days
long trip #26 [10.19, 16 days]: france (aquitaine) - spain - catalonia
- aquitaine [2 days]: bordeaux
- spain [12 days]: madrid → avila → cuenca → toledo → segovia → valladolid → burgos → bilbo/bilbao → pamplona → zaragoza
- catalonia [2 days]: barcelona → girona
long trip #25 [08.19-09.19, 16 days]: bulgarian black sea coast - romania (muntenia, transylvania, crisana)
- bulgaria [08.19, 5 days]: burgas → nesebar → sozopol → pomorie → pomorie nude beach → varna → ruse
- romania [09.19, 11 days]: bucharest → targoviste → ploiesti → brasov → rasnov and rasnov fortress → bran castle and bran vill → sighisoara → targu mures → medias → sibiu → cluj napoca → turda → salina turda → oradea
long trip #24 [07.19, 9 days]: germany - austria - slovakia - hungary
- germany [2 days]: memmingen → ulm → augsburg
- austria [4 days]: salzburg → graz → vienna
- slovakia [1 day]: bratislava → devin castle ruins (devinsky hrad)
- hungary [3 days]: budapest → miskolc, miskolctapolca cave bath → debrecen
long trip #23 [06.19, 18 days]: italy (liguria) - southern france - catalonia
- italy (liguria) [3 days]: genoa → camogli → santa margherita ligure → portofino → bogliasco → dolceacqua → isolabona → apricale → ventimiglia
- southern france [13 days]: nice → saint paul de vence → antibes → cannes → eze vill → marseille → avignon → villeneuve lez avignon → saint-remy-de-provence → les baux-de-provence → arles → tarascon → beaucaire → montpellier → agde → cap d'agde (the village naturiste) → beziers → narbonne → le-boulou → perpignan
- catalonia [3 days]: barcelona → girona
long trip #22 [05.19, 9 days]: italy
- genoa → la spezia → cinque terre (monterosso al mare, riomaggiore, vernazza) → portovenere → pisa → livorno → lucca → pistoia → florence (firenze) → bologna
long trip [03.19, 11 days]: morocco
- casablanca → rabat → meknes → moulay idriss → fes → tetouan → chefchaouen (chaouen) → tangier → asilah
long trip #20 [12.18-01.19, 14 days]: iran
- tehran → kerman → dasht-e lut desert → arg-e bam ruins, rayen castle ruins → qeshm island → hormuz island → kish island → shiraz → persepolis ruins, naqsh-e rostam → ghalat vill
short trip #13 [10.19, 7 days]: russia
- yekaterinburg → kungur and kungur ice cave → perm → kazan → temple of all religions at staroye arakchino sett
holyday trip #33 [08.19, 2 days]: russia, tver oblast
- torzhok → ethno-park "vasilyevo (vasilevo)" → tver
one-day trips from moscow: zaraysk [08.19] → kolomna [08.19], volokolamsk [04.19] → panfilov's 28 guardsmen memorial in dubosekovo [04.19]
2018: 12 countries (6 new), 7 regions of russia (2 new), ~ 64 places (57 new), 74 days
long trip #19 [12.18, 13 days]: italy, sicily
- palermo → termini imerese → cefalu → caltanissetta → enna → catania → taormina → giardini-naxos → siracusa → noto → modica → scicli → ragusa → gela → caltagirone → piazza armerina → enna → valley of the temples (agrigento) → scala dei turchi
long trip #18 [05.18, 12 days]: northern italy + transit in chisinau and riga
- moldova [05.18, 1 day]: chisinau
- italy [05.18, 10 days]: milan → bergamo → verona → lake garda district → venice → murano → burano → trieste
- latvia [05.18, 1 day]: riga
long trip #17 [12.17-01.18, 14 days]: greece
- thessaloniki → kastoria → meteora monasteries → ioannina → corfu (kerkyra) island → nafplio → monemvasia → corinth ruins → athens
short trip #11 [09.18, 8 days]: southern france - monaco - italy (liguria) - switzerland - netherlands
- nice → cagnes-sur-mer → monaco → genoa → turin → geneva → amsterdam
short trip #10 [03.18, 4 days]: lithuania - latvia
- siauliai → telsiai → klaipeda → palanga → riga
holyday trip #32 [11.18, 2 days]: cyprus
- larnaca → cape greco → ayia napa
holyday trip #31 [10.18, 3 days]: lithuania
- vilnius → art-park "europa" → trakai
holyday trip #30 [09.18, 2 days]: russia, krasnodar krai
- krasnodar → gelendzhik, blue abyss beach
holyday trip #29 [07.18, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → wild beach on the ugra river → kaluga
holyday trip #28 [07.18, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → wild beach on the ugra river
holyday trip #27 [06.18, 3 days]: russia
- murom → vyksa → suzdal
holyday trip #26 [05.18, 2 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg
holyday trip #25 [04.18, 3 days]: hungary
- budapest → esztergom
holyday trip #24 [02.18, 2 days]: russia, murmansk oblast
- murmansk → teriberka sett
one-day trip from moscow: resurrection monastery (new jerusalem monastery) in istra [05.18]
2017: 9 countries (6 new), 5 regions of russia (3 new), ~ 52 places (48 new), 56 days
long trip #16 [10.17, 10 days]: russia, kamchatka
- petropavlovsk-kamchatsky →
mutnovsky volcano →
mayachniy cape →
camel mountain →
khalaktyrsky beach →
malky hot springs →
avacha bay →
vachkazhets mountain
long trip #15 [03.17, 16 days]: iceland + transit in lithuania
- iceland [03.17, 11 days]:
reykjavik →
seltjarnarnes →
selfoss →
rangarvallasysla (skogafoss, seljalandsfoss, eyjafjallajökull) →
solheimasandur →
dyrholaey peninsula, reynisdrangar →
vik vill →
oraefasveit/oraefi (lava fields in surdurland) →
skaftafell (vatnajökull park), svartifoss →
höfn →
stokksnes cape, vestrahorn mtn →
laekjavik coastline →
djupivogur sett →
east coastline →
egilsstadir →
godafoss waterfall →
akureyri →
myvatn lake district →
hverir geothermal area →
blonduos sett →
borgarnes →
akranes →
kopavogur →
svartsengi lava fields
- lithuania [03.17, 5 days]: vilnius → kaunas
long trip #14 [12.16-01.17, 10 days]: central iran - azerbaijan
- iran [12.16-01.17, 8 days]: tehran → aran o bidgol → kashan → abyaneh vill → isfahan (esfahan) → yazd → kharanaq ruins → chak chak
- azerbaijan [01.17, 2 days]: baku
short trip #9 [02.17, 4 days]: russia - finland
- saint petersburg → helsinki → lappeenranta
holyday trip #23 [08.17, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → kaluga
holyday trip #22 [07.17, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill
holyday trip [06.17, 3 days]: azerbaijan: baku
holyday trip #20 [05.17, 3 days]: belgium - netherlands (limburg)
- liege → maastricht → brussels
holyday trip #19 [04.17, 3 days]: russia
- arkhangelsk → ethno-park "malye korely" → vologda
holyday trip #18 [04.17, 3 days]: hungary
- budapest
2016: 3 countries (0 new), 4 regions of russia (1 new), ~ 30 places (25 new), 37 days
long trip #13 [08.16-09.16, 16 days]: armenia
- yerevan → vagharshapat (echmiadzin) → khor virap monastery → artashat → yeghegnadzor → yeghegis → noravank → goris → tatev → satanayi kamurj (satan's bridge) → khndzoresk cave city → agarak → meghri → jermuk → dilijan → haghartsin monastery, goshavankmonastery → tsaghkadzor → hrazdan → gyumri
long trip #12 [03.16-04.16, 13 days]: germany
- bavaria [03.16, 7 days]: munich → dachau concentration camp (kz-gedenkstätte dachau) memorial center → füssen → schwangau
- baden-württemberg: stuttgart
- north rhine-westphalia: cologne
holyday trip #17 [10.16, 2 days]: russia, nizhny novgorod oblast
- nizhny novgorod → bor
holyday trip #16 [08.16, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill
holyday trip #15 [07.16, 2 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg
holyday trip #14 [05.16, 3 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg → kronstadt
one-day trip from moscow: zvenigorod [05.16]
2015: 2 countries (0 new), 16 regions of russia (15 new), ~ 31 places (30 new), 56 days
long trip #11 [08.15, 21 days]: russian far east - china (northern manchuria) - siberia
- russian far east [08.15, 9 days]: vladivostok → russian island → khabarovsk → blagoveshchensk
- china [08.15, 4 days]: suifenhe → heihe
- siberia [07.14, 7 days]: chita → ulan-ude → ivolginsky datsan in verkhnyaya ivolga sett → irkutsk → novosibirsk
long trip #10 [03.15-04.15, 30 days]: russia
- povolzhye: volgograd → akhtubinsk → baskunchak salt lake → nizhny baskunchak sett → bogdinsko-baskunchaksky reserve → zeleniy sad reserve → elista → astrakhan
- north caucasus: makhachkala → kaspiysk → derbent → grozny → argun → vladikavkaz → dargavs (city of the dead), kurtat gorge
- south of russia: pyatigorsk → zheleznovodsk → kislovodsk → rostov-on-don → taganrog
- chernozemye: voronezh
one-day trips from moscow: sergiev posad [07.15], gorki leninskiye [06.15], serpukhov [02.15]
2014: 4 countries (2 new), 8 regions of russia (6 new), ~ 36 places (34 new), 65 days
long trip #9 [07.14-08.14, 38 days]: russia - kazakhstan - kyrgyzstan
- tatarstan [07.14, 2 days]: kazan → sviyazhsk sett
- ural [07.14, 5 days]: perm → yekaterinburg
- western siberia [07.14, 4 days]: tyumen → omsk
- kazakhstan [07.14, 6 days]: astana → almaty → trekking from gorelnik gorge to titov pass → kim-asar gorge
- kyrgyzstan [07.14-08.14, 17 days]: bishkek → ala archa national park → tuz-kol (salt lake) → tosor vill → masal (skazka) canyon → karakol (przheval'sk) → pristan'-przheval'sk → jeti-oguz gorge → cholpon-ata → bishkek → osh
- bashkortostan [08.14, 2 days]: ufa → sterlitamak
- samara oblast: samara
long trip #8 [03.14-04.14, 13 days]: india
- delhi: delhi
- uttar pradesh: lucknow → varanasi (benares) → sarnath
- bihar: patna
- west bengal: kolkata (calcutta)
long trip #7 [12.13-01.14, 15 days]: india
- delhi: delhi
- rajasthan: jaipur → jodhpur → udaipur → pushkar
- uttar pradesh: agra
- punjab: amritsar
one-day trips from moscow: podolsk → dubrovitsy sett [09.14]
2013: 12 countries (11 new), 2 regions of russia (1 new), ~ 44 places (43 new), 54 days
long trip #6 [08.13, 13 days]: finland - estonia - latvia - sweden - aland
- helsinki → tallinn → riga → tallinn → stockholm → mariehamn → helsinki
long trip #5 [05.13, 10 days]: china
- beijing → hong kong → makau
long trip #4 [03.13-04.13, 14 days]: serbia - kosovo - montenegro
- serbia [03.13, 6 days]: belgrade → novi sad → subotica → nis → niska banja
- kosovo [04.13, 3 days]: gracanica → pristina → prizren → gjakova
- montenegro [04.13, 5 days]: rozaje → podgorica → kotor → budva → herceg novi
long trip #3 [12.12-01.13, 18 days]: vietnam - cambodia
- vietnam [12.12-01.13, 13 days]: hanoi → ninh binh → hue → hoi an → da nang → nha trang → da lat → ho chi minh city (saigon)
- cambodia [01.13, 5 days]: phnom penh → siem reap → angkor ruins
holyday trip #13 [11.13, 3 days]: russia
- saint petersburg → veliky novgorod
2012: 8 countries (6 new), 2 regions of russia (0 new), ~ 20 places (17 new), 45 days
short trip #8 [08.12, 6 days]: azerbaijan - georgia
- baku → tbilisi → sighnaghi
short trip #7 [07.12, 7 days]: ukraine
- kiev → lviv → ternopil → zhovkva
short trip #6 [06.12, 4 days]: armenia
- yerevan → sevan lake → garni (temple of garni) → geghardavank → artsakh / nagorno-karabakh (stepanakert, gandzasar monastery, shusha, vank sett)
short trip #5 [05.12, 4 days]: turkey
- istanbul → ankara
holyday trip #12 [11.12, 3 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg → gatchina
holyday trip #11 [04.12, 3 days]: moldova - transnistria
- chisinau → tiraspol, bender
one-day trip from moscow: gorki leninskiye [07.12]
2011: 7 countries (4 new), 6 regions of russia (4 new), ~ 33 places (32 new), 56 days
long trip #2 [12.11-01.12, 30 days]: thailand
patong (phuket) →
khao lak - lam ru national park →
phuket town →
chalong, laem phromthep (phuket) →
phi phi islands →
phang nga bay (khao phing kan, khao tapu, rang yai islands) →
ko panyi vill (sea gypsy vill) →
bangkok →
ayutthaya historical park →
dusit zoo and safari world (bangkok) →
pattaya →
lopburi →
chiang mai →
chiang rai province (mae kachan hot springs, wat rong khun, golden triangle) →
mae sa elephant camp
long trip #1 [08.11-09.11, 10 days]: poland - germany
- poland [08.11-09.11, 6 days]: warsaw → krakow → auschwitz (oswiecim) concentration camp memeorial center
- germany [09.11, 4 days]: berlin
short trip #3 [12.11, 4 days]: russia, leningrad oblast - karelia
- petrozavodsk → saint petersburg → vyborg
short trip #2 [05.11, 3 days]: ukraine
- odessa → akkerman fortress, bilhorod-dnistrovsky
short trip #1 [01.11, 5 days]: czechia
- prague → karlovy vary → kutna hora
holyday trip #10 [11.11, 3 days]: abkhazia
- sukhum → novy afon (new athos)
holyday trip #9 [06.11, 3 days]: russia, kaliningrad oblast
- kaliningrad → svetlogorsk → zelenogradsk
holyday trip #8 [05.11, 3 days]: russia, krasnodar krai
- sochi → aibga ridge (near krasnaya polyana)
holyday trip #7 [03.11, 3 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg → kronstadt
one-day trips from moscow: tver [10.11], yaroslavl [09.11], zvenigorod [05.11]
2009-2010: 3 countries (2 new), 5 regions of russia (3 new), 18 places (8 new), 16 days
holyday trip #6 [11.10, 3 days]: ukraine
- kiev
holyday trip #5 [08.10, 2 days]: belarus
- minsk
holyday trip #4 [07.10, 2 days]: russia, tatarstan
- kazan
holyday trip #3 [06.10, 2 days]: russia, nizhny novgorod oblast
- nizhny novgorod
holyday trip #2 [05.10, 2 days]: russia, krasnodar krai
- sochi
holyday trip #1 [05.09, 2 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg → peterhof palace
one-day trips from moscow: sukhanovo manor [06.10], vitebsk (belarus) [09.10], gorki leninskiye [07.09]