RUSSIA

The capital and government center Moscow (population 8.0 million) is on the Moskva River in the Northwestern region of Russia.The nucleus of Moscow is the Kremlin and Red Square.The history of the Red Square goes back to the 15th century when it was known as the Market Place.For shopping try GUM the 'famous' department store on Red Square with its pre-revolutionary architecture; and check the Sunday open air flea-market at Ismailovo Park.Along the Arbat you can find many vendors selling all kind of arts and crafts.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Intourservice, 4 Belinskovo Ulitsa, Moscow.

Tel: (95) 203-8943 or 202-9975.

Fax: (95) 200-1243.

HOW TO GET THERE: Sheremetevo I and Sheremetevo II Airports serve International flights about 30 minutes from downtown Moscow by taxi.Domodedovo, Bykovo, and Vnukovo serve domestic flights 40 minutes to an hour from downtown Moscow.

Bolshaya Dmitrovka ul.1., Entrance 6 Moscow 103009.

Casino Tel: (095) 292-7123.

Fax: (095) 2920272.

Type: Casino.

Clientele: Muscovites & Foreign Businessmen.

Casino: Small European style.

Games: slots, blackjack, American roulette.

Open: 8pm-8am daily.

Ladies' Entrance Free; Men's Entrance: US$25 (Two free casino chips, cash value US$5 each).

Amenities: restaurant & nightclub.

Description: Free Champagne and Cabaret Shows.European style restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

1 Kudrinskaya PI.1, Moscow 123242.

Tel: (095) 2554228.

Fax: (095) 255-4774.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Krymskaya Na.m / s Valery Bryusov, Moscow.

Tel: (095) 956-6531.

Type: Entertainment complex & casino.

Casino: European style.

Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Leninsky Prosp.90 / 2 Moscow 117415.

Tel: (095) 299-0668.

Fax: (095) 291-2045.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Novy Arbat UI.21, 2nd Floor, Moscow 121019.

Tel: (095) 291-1134 or 2045.

Fax: (095) 291-2045.

Type: casino.

Clientele: Muscovites.

Casino: Small European style.

Games: 3 blackjack, 3 American roulette, 1 Golden Oasis poker, 1 Five-card stud poker.

Open: 4pm-7am.

Casino language: Russian, English German, Casino currency: Rubles.

Amenities: Arbat Restaurant & Bar Tropicana.

Description: A wide choice of drinks and Russian dishes are offered at the bar and restaurant.

Dmitrovka Mal.UI.3 / 10, Moscow 103798.

Tel / Fax: (095) 299-0668.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Michurinsky Prospect 4, Moscow 117602.

Tel: (095) 430-4393 or 3763.

Fax: (095) 459-7379.

Type: Casino.

Location: Olympic Village on the outskirts of Moscow.

Casino Games: no slots, 10 tables (8 blackjack, 2 French roulette "0").

Amenities: restaurant & bar.

Affiliation: owner a private partnership,.

Kutuzovsky Prosp.2 / 1, Moscow.

Tel: (095) 243-3194 or 3011.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Casino Gabriela / Hotel Intourist _ Tverskaya UI.3 / 5, Moscow 103009.

Casino Tel: (095) 956-8321 or 8448.

Fax: (095) 956-8321.

Hotel Tel: (095) 203-9608 or 203-1566.

Type: Hotel & casino.

Clientele: Muscovites & foreign businessmen & tourists.

Casino: Small European style.

Games: slots & horse racing machine, table (blackjack, American roulette), poker (5-card stud, 7-card stud, Texas hold'em).

Open: 24 hrs.Entrance fee US$10 (Two free casino chips, cash value US$5 each).

Cacino: Language: English, German, French.

Casino Currency: Rubles, US$.

Description: Buffet and Cabaret every Monday, Wednesday & Friday.Free champagne & music.

Yamskogo Polya 3-aya UI.15.

Tel: (095) 212-3941.

Fax: (095) 212-3909.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Open: 24 hrs.

Currency: Rubles.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Berezhkovkaya Nab.2 Moscow 121059.

Tel: (095) 941-8698 or 8162.

Fax: (095) 941-8161.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Sheremetevskaya Ulista 2, Moscow 129515.

Tel: (095) 284-3589 or 4116.

Fax: (095) 284-4116.

Type: Casino.

Location: Havana Film Theatre.

Profsoyuznaya Ulitsa 71, Moscow 117342.

Tel: (095) 333-6210 or 334-9215.

Fax: (095) 333-5191.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Pushkinskaya Pl.2, Moscow.

Tel / Fax: (095) 2290003.

Type: Entertainment complex & casino.Seafood restaurant.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

lzmaylovskoe Hotel, Ismalovskoe shosse 71, Moscow.

Casino Tel: (095) 166-7661.

Fax: (095) 166-1111.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Prospokt Marxa 1, Moscow 103012.

Casino Tel: (095) 927-6952.

Fax: (095) 924-55-89.

Hotel Tel: (095) 927-6000.

Fax: (095) 975-2355.

Type: Casino club & first class hotel.

Location: downtown Moscow, a few minutes walk to Red Square, the Kremlin, and Bolshoi Clientele: Muscovites, hotel guest & foreign business men.

Casino: Small European style.

Games: tables (blackjack, American roulette, punto banco, 5-card stud poker.

Open: 24 hrs.Entrance fee US$100 (Two free casino chips, cash value US$50 each), ID / Passport required.Dress business attire.

Casino language: English, Casino currency: Rubles, US$.

Amenities: 328 rooms, 75 suites, 4 restaurants, 2 bars, fitness center, sauna, swimming pool, conference facilities.

Credit Cards: AE / DC / MCNISA.

Pravdy UI.1, Moscow 125124.

Tel: (095) 214-10247.

Fax: (095) 412-6791.

Type: casino.

Casino: European style.

Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Open: 24hrs.

Casino language: Russian, English.

Casino currency: US$, Rubles.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Kalancovskaya Ulitsa 21 / 40, Moscow.

Casino Tel / Fax: (095) 975-1967.

Hotel Tel: (095) 225-5300.

Type: Tourist hotel & casino.

Location: Near the St.Petersburg, Yaroslavl and Kazan railway stations.

Casino: Small European style.

Games: 10 slots, 7 tables (3 blackjack(US$10 - 300 / US$50 - 500), 3 American roulette (US$2 - 1,000), 1 French roulette: 1 (US$2 - 1,000)).

Open: 2pm-5am.ID / Passport required, Minimum gaming age 21, Proper dress.

Casino language: English only, Casino currency: US$ only.Credit Cards Accepted.

Description: A baroque style medium grade tourist hotel with a small casino and Jack's Piano Bar.

Basmannaya Staraya UI.15, Str.4, Moscow.

Tel: (095) 265-6518 or 208-2068.

Fax: (095) 49-48.

Type: Casino.

Casino: European style.

Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Open: 6pm-6am daily.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Profsoyuznaya UI.128, Kor.2, Moscow.

Tel: (095) 339-3500.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

The Hippodrome, Begovaya Ulitsa 22, Kor.1, Moscow 125284.

Tel: (095) 945-1280 or 1854.

Fax: (095) 945-1854.

Type: Deluxe European casino.

Location: In the Hippodrome, at the Moscow Race Track, ten minute taxi ride from Red Square.

Clientele: International businessmen, predominately Eastern European.

Casino: Small European style 10,000 sq.ft./ 909 sq.m.

Open: Slots and restaurant midday-4am, tables 8pm-4am; Entrance Fee US$10 or Equivalent; ID / Passport or Hotel registration required; Minimum gaming age 18, Dress business jackets and ties, No blue jeans; Casino language: English only; Casino vurrency: US$ only; Salle Privee.

Games: 22 slots (254 tokens), 16 tables (9 blackjack (US$10 & US$25 min), 5 roulette (US$5 on outside numbers, US$2 on inside numbers), 1 baccarat (US$10 - US$500), 1 mini-Baccarat), 1 Stud Poker (US$ 250 stakes).

Description: A small European style casino in the Hippodrome at Moscow Race Track.The casino consist of 5,000 square feet each on two levels.The restaurant, gaming tables and slot machines are on the ground floor.Floor to ceiling glass on two sides of the restaurant allows diners to watch the casino action and horse racing.A magnificent winding staircase leads to the second floor with additional tables and the Salle Privee (private gaming room).There are full service bars on each level.Complimentary courtesy car service is provided from major hotels.

Affiliation: owner Russian / Int'l joint venture of 50 percent Russian partners the Mosrestoranservice Co., Central Moscow Hippodrome, the Eye Microsurgery Intersectoral Research and Technology Complex and 50 percent Interklub Moskau Deutschland GmbH (German company); operator by Full House, Inc.

Krasina Ulitsa 14, Str.7, Moscow.

Tel / Fax: (095) 2544708 or 2358.

Fax: (095) 254-4706.

Type: Entertainment complex & casino.

Casino: European style.

Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar, nightclub.

NovyArbat UI.21, Str.1, Moscow 121019.

Tel: (095) 291-1130 or 1170 or 1305.

Fax: (095) 290-5983 or 201-4152.

Type: Entertainment complex & casino.

Casino: European style.

Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar, nightclub.

Affiliation: Cherry Casinos.

Volgogradsky Prosp.26.Moscow.

Tel: (095) 277-0957.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Kalanchevskaya Ulitsa 15A, Moscow.

Tel: (095) 975-5566 or 5503.

Fax: (095) 975-5566.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Sadovaya Bol.UI.5 / 1, Moscow 103001.

Tel: (095) 209-1865 or 1815.

Fax: (095) 200-0223.

Casino: Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Simferopolsky Boul.24, Moscow 113451.

Tel: (095) 119-3824.

Fax: (095) 119-3814.

Type: Casino.

Casino: European style.

Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

_ Tverskaya Ulitsa 6, Moscow 103009.

Tel: (095) 292-1282.

Fax: (095) 292-3688.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Neglinnaya UI.8, Moscow.

Tel: (095) 924-5655, 9213541, 921-9080.

Fax: (095) 928-7553.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Volgogradsky Prosp.54, Moscow 109461.

Tel: (095) 178-2747 or 2838.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Golutvinsky 3rd Per.1, Moscow.

Tel: (095) 238-6379 Or 230-1958.

Fax: (095) 230-0740.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Oktyabrskaya UI.

5, Moscow Tel: (095) 288-7533 or 281-8991.

Casino: Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Botanicheskaya UI.29 Kor.3, Moscow 127276.

Tel: (095) 219-4007.

Fax: (095) 219-6564.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Michurinskiy Prosp.8 / 29, Moscow.

Tel: (095) 9326993 or 939-9611.

Fax: (095) 939-9550.

Casino: Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Open: 3pm-5am daily, Russian spoken.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Taganskaya PI.

12, Moscow Tel: (095) 912-9830.

Fax: (095) 912-57-26.

Casino Games: blackjack, American roulette.

Open: 24 hrs.English spoken.

Amenities: restaurant, bar.

Sochi (population 287,000) is on the eastern shores of the Black Sea.Sochi is Russia's most important resort Sheltered by mountains, its Black Sea climate is similar to that of San Remo (Italy) or Nice (France).

HOW TO GET THERE: Domestic Russian flights daily from Moscow and international flights from other countries around the Black Sea area.

50 Kurortny Prospekt, Sochi.

Tel: (8622) 929-594.

Type: First class hotel & casino.

Location: On the sea.35 km / 22 miles from the Sochi airport.

Casino: Small European style.

Games: 10 slots, 5 tables (3 blackjack (US$5-500), 2 American roulette (US$2200).Open 12noon-2am.

Entrance fee: US$2.ID / Passport required.Minimum gaming age 18.Smart, Casual dress.

Casino language: English only.

Casino currency: US$ only.

Amenities: 479 rooms w / balconies and sea views, 3 restaurants, two bars, sauna.Reservations Required.

Rates: on request.

Description: All rooms have balconies and good views of the Black Sea.

Affiliation: casino operator Bertil Knutsson (Sweden).

103 Kurortny Prospect, Sochi 354924.

Tel: (8622) 975-974.

Fax: (8622) 974-577.

Type: Modern hotel & casino.

Location: Private Black Sea beach area, 20 minutes from Sochi Airport.

Casino Games: slots, blackjack, American roulette.

Amenities: 227 rooms & suites, 2 restaurants, cafe, bar, disco, tennis, indoor / outdoor swimming pools, fitness center, water sports.

Credit Cards: ACC / AE / AIR / BC / CB / DC / EC / JCB / MCNISA.

Rates: US$ 168 - 600.

Service: Extra, Tax: 23%.

St.Petersburg (population 4.6 million) is on the Gulf of Finland 645 km / 403 mi.northwest of Moscow.St.Petersburg is a great maritime city of great beauty and the most European of all the Russian cities.It was the cultural center of Imperial Russia's music, art, theater, ballet, literature and glittering court life.Visit the Palace Square which symbolizes the city's past with the Winter Palace dominating the Square.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Intourist, 11 St.Isaac's Square, St.Petersburg, Russia.

Tel: (812) 315-5129.

Fax: (812) 312-0996.

HOW TO GET THERE: By air - via scheduled flights from Moscow every hour.By rail - express trains link St.Petersburg to Moscow (4 hours) and Helsinki (8 hours).By boat - year round ferry from Stockholm.By car - via the Moscow-St.Petersburg highway.

Babushkina UI.17, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 26516-35.

Mal.Morskaya UI.20, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 31697-84.

Open: 7pm-6am daily.

Podvoyskogo Ui.38, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 58088-84.

Open: 5pm-9am daily.

Professora Popova UI.47, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 234-97-13 or 44-84.

Open: 6pm-6am daily.

Sadovaya UI / 12, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 312-7627.

Open: lpm-7am daily.

Location: Metro Gostiny.No Entrance Fee.

Mal.Konyushennaya UI 7, St.Petersburg.

Tel: 31131-41.

Open: 1 pm -Midnight.

Stacheck Prosp.18, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 16420-87.

Fax: (812) 164-70-57.

Open: 2pm6am daily.

Casino St.Petersburg __ UI.Protesora 47, 197346 St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 427-2844.

Type: European style.

Clientele: Russian & foreign businessmen.

Games: 80 slots, 6 tables (3 blackjack, 3 American roulette).

Affiliation: Novomatic.

38 Serebristy Bulvar, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 3953085.

Fax: (812) 301-5622.

Type: First class hotel with casino.

Location: In a residential area.

Games: slots, tables (3 blackjack, 3 American roulette).

Amenities: suites w / 1-3 bedrooms, bath, kitchen, Swedish restaurant, business facilities, 24 hour room service, meeting facilities, cable TV news, translation services.

Rates: on request.

Nevski Prospect 71, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 1642087.

Type: Casino.

Location: Central St, Petersburg.

Open: 2pm-6am daily.

Casino Language: Russian, English.

Casino Currency: rouble or US$.

Games: slots, 12 tables (4 American roulette, 8 Blackjack).

Affiliation: owner Eastern Casino Enterprises.

Bolshevikov prosp.3, Koe.1, St Petersburg.

Tel: 589-11-91.

Open: 7pm-6am.

Kondratevskiy Prospekt.44.St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 540-2836.

Fax: (812) 540-81-30.

Location: at the Gigant Cinema, Metro Ferilandaky.

Games: Slots, American roulette, poker, billiards.

Open: 24 hrs.Proper dress (tie & jacket).

Amenities: Restaurant, bars.

Sverdlovskaya Naberezhnaya 62, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 227-1596 or 227-2676.Type An entertainment center with casino.

Casino Games: slots, tables (blackjack, roulette).

Open: 9am-6am.

Amenities: restaurant, bar, disco.

Aleksandrovskiy Park 4, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 233-96-34 or (812) 233-05-42.

Location: at the Music Hall.

Type: Casino & bar.

Clientele: Russian & foreign businessmen.

Open: 24 hrs.Free admission.Proper dress.

Casino language: Russian, English.

Casino Currency: US$ or Rouble.

Casino: Small European style.Games.15 tables (6 blackjack (US$5-500), 6 American roulette (US$1-50), 1 Craps, 2 poker (US5-200)).

Description: The casino has an English style bar, all drinks cost US$1.Table play is available in Roubles.

Griboedova Kan.Nab.26, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 312-88-96.

Open: 7pm-6am daily.

Casino languages: Russian, English, Finish.

Nevskiy prosp.47, Sy.Petersburg.(812) 315-78-93.

Fax: (812) 315-37-62.

Open: 6pm-6am daily.

14 Korablestroiteley Ulitsa, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 356-0158 or 356-0207.

Type: Deluxe hotel & casino.

Location: On Vasilyevsky Island, overlooking the Gulf of Finland, 4 mile / 6 km from the city center.

Casino Games: Slots, tables (blackjack, roulette).

Amenities: 1,200 rooms & suites, several restaurants, bar, nightclub, sauna, beauty salon, duty free shop, business services, foreign exchange.

Credit Cards: ACC / AE / CB / DC / EC / JCB / MCNISA.

Rates: US$157-342.

Service: 5% Tax: Included.

Vityaz Restaurant / Casino _ 20 Moskovkaya St., Pushkin.

Tel: (812) 466-4316.

Type: Restaurant, bar & casino.

Location: Near Yekaterinsky Place in Pushkin, a town once known as the Czar's Village.

Casino Games: tables (blackjack, roulette).

Open: 12midnight-5am.

Amenities: restaurant open from 12noon to 12midnight.

Liteynyy prosp.27, St.Petersburg.Type Casino.

Location: Metro Chemyhevakayor.

Open: 6pm-7am.No entrance fee.Casual dress.

Amenities: Restaurant, bar.

Vostok Restaurant / Casino _ Primorsky Park Pobedy, St.Petersburg.

Tel: (812) 235-5984 or 4618.

Type: Indian Restaurant with Entertainment & Casino.

Location: Near the lake in Priorsky Park Pobedy.

Casino Games: tables (blackjack, roulette).

Open: 12noon-4am.

Vladivostok ("'To Rule The East", or "Lord of the East"), population 650,000 and home of the Russian Pacific Fleet was closed to foreigners from 1958 to 1993.Now the Russian Fleet sits ideal and gently rusts at anchor.The new Vladivostok is reinventing itself as Russia's money making, fast spending, high living commercial and financial center of Asia.The building industry, trucking , warehousing and docks are now run by free enterprise.Vladivostok is also home of the Russian syndicates dealing in drugs and prostitution throughout Asia.However, the old Russian culture is back with productions of Chehov and the reopening of the Cathedral of St.Nicholas.

HOW TO GET THERE: Domestic Russian flights twice daily from Moscow (9 hours).Note the time in Vladivostok is Moscow time plus 7 hours.International flights on Aeroflot to / from Niigata, Japan; Korean Air; and Alaska Airlines.Valdisvostak is also the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad Train No 1 / 2, the Rossia.The return trip to Moscow departs every other day (odd-number dates).
Vladivostok is not a safe city, but with prudence one can enjoy some after dark entertainment.

Ulitsa Svetlanskaya 10.Vladivostok.

Tel: (4232) 264201.

Fax: (4232) 265124.

Type: Deluxe hotel & casino.

Location: Downtown in the heart of the city.

Casino: top floor of the newly renovated hotel.

Games: blackjack, roulette.

Open: 8pm- early hours.

Amenities: rooms, restaurant, bar.

Rates: US$180 - 240.

ulitsa Korbelnaya Naberezhnaya, Vladivostok.

Tel: (4232) 225769.

Fax: (4232) 268033.

Type: cruise ship operating as a floating hotel, nightclub and casino.

Location: opposite the submarine museum on Golden Horn Bay.

Casino Games: blackjack, roulette.

Open: 8pm- 5am.

Amenities: Small cabins, restaurant, Vladimir nightclub (9pm-5am).

Rates: US$34 - 50.