Traveling to Russia and former USSR republics is an interesting, exciting and often surprising experience. For centuries this gigantic, mysterious and at times shocking country has fascinated people around the world. The largest in the world by territory (it stretches across 11 time zones and occupies 1/7 of land mass), one of the leading global politics player, the country that produced one of the richest cultures and major scientific breakthroughs Russia still remains largely unknown and undiscovered for foreign travelers. The main reason for that is that until recently Russia was not an easily accessible travel destination. In fact traveling to the Soviet Union was extremely restricted and traveling to the former Soviet Republics after the Soviet era often lacked comfort. Now days my company provides world-class comfort at the highest modern travel industry standards on all tours to Russia, Ukraine, the Baltics and the former USSR republics. I am proud of the fact that we provide high quality services in a range from economy to luxury travel.

I also realize that travelers do not come to Russia and the former USSR territories for a “relax-and-lay-on-a-beach-vacation” where comfort is all that is required. People visiting Russia demand more; they are interested in history, art, politics, science and culture. At NWI I make sure that we satisfy those demands. Along with must-see world famous sights such as Hermitage, Kremlin, Red Square, Bolshoy Theatre we offer a wide selection of literature, music, art, theatre, soviet history and space technology specialty tours. Including tours to cosmonaut's training camp and space flights coordination centre, KGB museum, Tchaikovsky, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Pasternak (author of “Dr. Zhivago”) houses, state reserve treasury and a lot more. To provide travelers the insider's view we devised and now offer on demand several programs such as a visit to a “neighborhood school” that allow interaction with the local residents in their everyday routine.

We also pay special attention to our tour-guides. One guide travels with a group during the entire trip on all our tours. Personally I think a good tour guide can make a trip worth a lot more. In NWI our guides are not only informative and resourceful they are witty, charming, attentive, sensitive to your travel needs, experienced professionals. Our guides have a bunch of interesting stories from their lives and lives of their families that make the tours more personal.

With NWI it is easy to construct various tours to Russia and the former USSR. Use Moscow and St. Petersburg as a base for the tour and add any segment or any amount of segments such as the Baltics, Golden Ring, Kiev, Georgia, Armenia and others to create your program. Traveling to former USSR republics from Moscow or St. Petersburg is easy. Convenient air, auto and rail ways connect major cities of the former Soviet Union. Long standing economic and cultural ties between Russia and the former USSR and my personal contacts allow NWI to offer high quality service at attractive prices in Russia, the Baltics, Ukraine and the former USSR.

I started my own company Nordway 8 years ago. Since then I gained experience learned ins and outs of the industry Nordway grew bigger thanks to our devoted customers and their referrals. We continue growing and never stop learning in fact the more we achieve the more passionate about our tours we become. It is my promise to you: whether you order economy, medium range or luxury tour at NWI you will get the best industry has available in that range.

With my kind regards, Karina Sayyants. (General Manager of NWI )