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Single entry visa will be fine if you will take a direct flight.
Airflot and Russia Airlines offer 6 direct flights per day.
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In most cases you can buy tickets before departure. But there can be problems during russian holidays.
At least 4 dayly buses are available from different companies.
And only one company offers you online booking: http://ecolines.net/
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Nizhni Novgorod used to be a military stronghold with a very large production capacity for weapons. This is why it was closed under Soviet rule from 1959 to 1991 so foreigners could not travel there. Also Russian nationals were strongly limited, some of them went there into exile.
Many cities were closed at one point in time and some still are. Nizhni ...
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As @Karlson answered the question using information for current times, I want to add the information for futher trains. Technically this is not a direct trains from Helsinki to Saint-Petersburg, but there are plans of RZD to develop some general non-highspeed trains on regular basis.
The Federal Passenger Company and the Government of Karelia plan to ...
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First of all, I want to note that my city (Saint-Petersburg) can be a great place at any time, if you have a good company for it :)
Also, see the official site for tourists (in English).
Climate
Weather in Saint-Petersburg is in somewhat similar to Kaliningrad's one, but with some differences. Here the air humidity always over 80%, and this is quite ...
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I know you want to travel by train, but if price is a concern, you really should know that minibuses are much cheaper: €15-25 vs €65+ for the train. Details for schedules, boarding points etc on Wikivoyage.
And if you're willing to compromise, you could try taking a bus to Vyborg (Viipuri) just across the border, and then a cheap domestic Russian ...
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The booking of tickets is rather strange. If you book from Helsinki you will need to do this via Finnish Railways, if you're doing this from Russia you will need to do this via RZD. And depending on date, time and class tickets fluctuate between 65 Euro to 165 Euro.
Allegro Train (SPb Finlyandskiy) would be the fastest option.
Lev Tolstoi (SPb ...
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I really don't recommend trip suggested by @Geeo. Cabin really exists, but they are not designed for tourism - much more for expeditors and workers on ship. And you have nothing to do on ship right until the end of your trip.
Other thing is that you have to firstly go to the Baltiysk on bus or train, and even if you come to Ust`-Luga(small town near the ...
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Doing the sites on Kamchatka or Sakhalin on your own is possible but but personally I would not recommend it without good knowledge of the language and lots and lots of time.
To get to Sakhalin you could take a ferry from Vanino problem is you have to get to that port first. The same company provides cargo service from Vladivostok to ...
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In general, the hard part of getting to Russia is sorting out your visa, once you have one actually going through Immigration is generally no problem. (Unless you land at a busy time and end up in a huge queue, but that can happen anywhere.)
Also, since you presumably have the entire trip on one booking from Aeroflot, it's their responsibility to ...
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Your best choice seems to be Trans-Exim that operates two times a week.
The ferry line Ust Luga (Saint Petersburg) - Sassnitz (Germany) - Baltiysk (Kaliningrad) has come instead the previous one (valid from 2001 till 2007) “Saint Petersburg – Kaliningrad – German ports”.
The Ust Luga port is located in 150 km from Saint Petersburg. The port Baltiisk is ...
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Since the 72 hour visa is only available to the EU countries, UK, Switzerland, and Japan. Which means that the rest of the people will have to enter under the regular tourist visa.
There is also agreements being put in place regarding multiple-entry visa, so I would just apply for that and use it to enter both Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg.
Or you could ...
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A page from Moscow SVO airport website details these rules and the needed times.
From this, we can learn the minimum connecting time depends on the terminal you arrive/leave and it varies from 1h10 to 2h.
And yes, you will need to go through customs and claim your luggage, and then check your luggage again.
As for the Vladivostok airport (VVO) rule you ...
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