I'm supposed to plan a trip across the whole of Russia. What items should I bring with me?

Question

I am supposed to help plan a trip from the easternmost edge of Russia all the way across to the European Russia. I'm starting ini the city of Magadan and ending in Penza. I cannot travel by sea or air, but rivers are allowed. What should I take with me? Money? Clothing? What else?

Thx. ;)

Answer 1

Medications
Worm Clothing (this area is not Miami)
If you can take the satellite phone
Dictionary (most Russian not speak English or any other language)
Map of the places (there is many places on you road can by unvisitable because they have defense specify)
Money - dollars (real sum, not many - it is dangerous totake many cash) - $1500-2000
Digital Camera, but priceless and many disks (many placies dont have tools for printing photographies from digital cameras and if have this most expensive.) If you not use the camera donwt insert disk into camera

Answer 2

you can visit coucuses,Sochi is subtropical city in seacoast of Black sea,go to ski or just be free and trip along of coast....you can visit the coldest place in earth-Oimekon,but now its spring so..there only -20C......you can visit Moscow,but if you fond of culture,you must visit St.-Petersburg.......if you like nature you can go in summer to seacoast of FAREAST,Vladivostoc or Kamchatka with volcanoes or kurils island and look for Japan coast,or Khabarovsk (visit China across the road of river Amur)YOU can visit my region,where you can find wild mustangs in steppes,my city was the center of white army wich fight with communism in civil war of 1917-23 year,i meen cossacks Silent Don region,Rostov-on-Don,so dont travel like hitch-hiker or how it will(in Europe its called Autostop)its very dengere

Answer 3

Fishing rod , matches and rifle, if you happed to be in Taiga u will need to catch or shoot somehting to eat and matches to make the fire to prepare the food. And don't forget the salt...

Answer 4

Compass definitely, because Russia is big. It's huge, in spirtual and territorial way.
Compass will help you to keep your orientation :)

Answer 5

Woolly ear muffs.