MOTORISTS’ at} GUIDE 8 ROGRESS Sty CET TO THE SOVIET UNION ; >. ; VILNIUS 5L e ; © pers Kosice BUCHAREST I BULGARIA LILLIAN MICH E sre] 3 5 wn (G: OLDWrYN oS8 Tw aLInBRA RYs onNoovoros siish 4 —~7 ~~ wees ae ae. ee ae onl eA = 2z1i2 .469.8 ESTs x 213-€54-P77 Figures indicate: ] Estonian SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR a HAreetD Me,”ii n g FWrwaYF a Armenian SSR ry Torfyanovka (or Brusnichnoye)—Vyborg—Leningrad— Moscow Brest—Minsk—Smolensk—Moscow Chop—Uzhgorod (or Shegini-Mostiska)—Lvov—Kiev— Orel—Moscow Porubnoye—Chernovtsy—Vinnitsa—Kiev Leusheny—Kishinev—Odessa—Kiev Kishinev—Chernovtsy Moscow—Kharkov—SimferopYoall—ta Novoalekseyevka—Askania Nova—Novaya Kakhovka Moscow— Yaroslavl Moscow— Vladimir—Suzdal 1l|laboSelpo] ) o y|un) Kiev—Kharkov Kharkov—Rostov- on-Don v Rostov-on-Don—Krasnodar—Sochi—Sukhumi—Tbilisi— Ordzhonikidze—Pyatigorsk—Rostov-on-Don Tbilisi— Yerevan Leningrad—Narva—Tallinn ive aA . y en. @ 7 er eV ede sealed re aa. Leonid Zadvorny MOTORISTS’ GUIDE TO THE SOVIET UNION JI. 3anBopHEmi HA ABTOMOBMWJIE TIO COBETCKOMY COIO3Y TlyTesoquTenb-cnpaBouHHK Ha aveauiicKom a3vike Translated from the Russian by Barry Jones Editor of the Russian text V. Ostroumov Editor of the English text A. Timofeyev Designed by A. Tomchinskaya Art editor L. Shkanov Maps by V. Sokolov © Vi3aatensctso ,,IIporpecc‘‘, 1980 English translation © Progress Publishers 1980 Updated to January 1, 1978 20904-7 3 014(01)-80 6e3 o6baBN. 1905040100 CONTENTS Introduction 9 Partl. MAIN AUTO-ROUTES 11 The Soviet Union 13 Itinerary No. } Torfyanovka (or Brusnichnoye)— Vyborg—Leningrad—Moscow 17 The Russian Federative Republic 19 Vyborg ee Leningrad 23 Novgorod 34 Kalinin 39 Moscow 42 Itinerary No. Dd Brest—Minsk—Smolensk—Moscow 53 Byelorussia 55 Brest 2 Minsk 61 Smolensk 67 Itinerary No. 3 Chop—Uzhgorod (or Shegini-Mostiska)— Lvov—Kiev—Orel—Moscow 73 The Ukraine 75 Uzhgorod 77 Mukachevo 80 Lvov 82 Rovno 87 Zhitomir 89 Kiev 91 Chernigov 97 Orel 99 Tula 102 Podolsk 105 Itinerary No. f Porubnoye—Chernovtsy —Vinnitsa—Kiev 107 Chernovtsy 109 Kamenets-Podolsky 112 Khmelnitsky ne Vinnitsa 114 Berdichev 116 Itinerary No. 5 Leusheny—Kishinev—Odessa—Kiev 117 Moldavia 19 Kishinev 121 Bendery 124 Tiraspol 124 Odessa 125 Uman 131 Belaya Tserkov 131 Itinerary No. 5 Kishinev—Chernovtsy 133 Orgeyev 135 Beltsy 136 Itinerary No. ® Moscow—Kharkov—Simferopol—Yalta 139 ® Kursk 143 Belgorod 146 Kharkov 147 Zaporozhye 151 Melitopol 154 Simferopol 155 Yalta 158 Itinerary No. $ Novoalekseyevka—Askania Nova— Novaya Kakhovka 163 Askania Nova 165 Kakhovka 166 Novaya Kakhovka 167 Itinerary No. 9 Moscow— Yaroslavl 169 Zagorsk 171 Pereslavl-Zalessky 173 Rostov 175 Yaroslavl 179 Itinerary No. 1( ) Moscow— Vladimir—Suzdal 183 Vladimir 186 Suzdal 190 Itinerary No. 1 ] Kiev—Kharkov 197 Lubny 201 Poltava 201 Itinerary No. 1 D Kharkov—Rostov-on-Don 205 Novocherkassk 209 Rostov-on-Don 210 Itinerary No. 1 3 Rostov-on-Don—Krasnodar—Sochi—Sukhumi— Tbilisi— Ordzhonikidze—Pyatigorsk—Rostov-on- Don 215 The Krasnodar Territory 218 Krasnodar 219 Novorossiisk 221 Gelendzhik 224 Tuapse 226 Greater Sochi 227 Sochi 229 Georgia. 236 Abkhasia 237 Gagra 238 Pitsunda 239 Excursion to Lake Ritsa 240 Novy Afon 241 Sukhumi 243 Kutaisi 247 Excursion to Tskhaltubo 248 Excursion to Borzhomi and Bakuriani 249 Gori 250 Mtskheta 251 Tbilisi 252 The Georgian Military Highway 200 Northern Ossetia 260 Ordzhonikidze 261 Kabardin-Balkaria 262 Nalchik 263 The Stavropol Territory 264 The Caucasian Mineral Waters 265 Pyatigorsk 265 Excursion to Elbrus 268 Essentuki 269 Kislovodsk 269 Zheleznovodsk 271 Itinerary No. I. i Tbilisi— Yerevan 273 Kazakh 276 Armenia 277 Dilizhan 278 Lake Sevan 279 Razdan 280 Yerevan 282 Beery Te: @ Leningrad—Narva—Tallinn 289 @ Krasnoye Selo 291 Pushkin 292 Pavlovsk 294 Kingissepp 295 Ivangorod 296 Estonia 297 Narva 298 Tallinn 300 Part I. ADVICE AND INFORMATION 1. General Information for the Foreign Motorists 306 1.1. Planning a Motoring Holiday in the Soviet Union 306 1.2. Documents Required by the Foreign Motorists in the Soviet Union 306 1.3. Road Tax 307 2. Services for Motorists 307 2.1. Motorists Travelling Individually 307 2.2. Group Travel by Coach 309 2.3. Hire of Cars and Coaches 310 3. Soviet Border-Crossing Points for Motorists S12 4. Custom Regulations : 312 4.1. Import and Export of Motor Vehicles 312 4.2. Import and Export of Various Articles 313 4.3. Import and Export of Foreign Currency, Payment Documents, Securities, Stocks and Bonds 314 4.4. Articles Which May Not Be Brought into the USSR 315 4.5. Articles Which May Not Be Taken out of the USSR 315 4.6. Articles, Currency and Valuables Not Permitted to Cross the Soviet Border 316 5. Driving in the Soviet Union 316 6. Photography 317 ds Insurance 318 8. Currency Regulations 319 9. Some Useful Advice for the Motorists 320 9.1. Servicing, Spares and Repairs 320 9.2. Parking 321 9.3. Accidents 321 9.4. Payment of Breakdown Services 321