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The ground around the Volga is a bit sandy on the western bank, but good,fast hard pack on the eastern side of the river. It pretty much flat steppe all around.

Here are pics from offroad adventure riding thru the Volga region this year:









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How do you get around the fact that you have to register within 3 days with your location and then re-register when you move place.

I worked all over Russia for many years and want to go back to do the drive from oz to UK via Russia
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rules as of 2011 is you have register within 7 working days so with a bit of thought you get 9 days , they dont seam to be as uptight about it as they used to be if you have gaps in your registration just tell them you have been camping , if i have large gaps in mine i try to register again a few days before i leave so there is something more upto- date to show them at the border
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We only had ours checked once at Tashenta, crossing into Mongolia. The good thing is that most hotels will do it, so just sleep at a hotel once a week.

We had a 2 week gap in ours (stayed with friends) and had no issues when we left at Vladivostok.
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Cool, where did you ship to after Vladivostok?
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Cool, where did you ship to after Vladivostok?
Um the bike kinda died in Russia was left there. But this is man you need.

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We opted for the business visa. It took 2 weeks to get the invitation which was a form, we used an online service - fairly easy. That way we did not have to provide proof of hotel booking to apply for the visa. No hassles in & out other than the vladikavkaz border takes forever for foreigners - including Armenians & Azeris. Hotel did the registration,every place will stamp tons of forms, just hang on to them in case some official wants them. Volgograd was very fun. We went through saratov & Engels ...not the sexiest places but interesting & fantastic for the people we met, especially the crazy awesome bikers in Engels. They are a trip. Exited straight east to Kazakhstan. The road is lumpy. Watch out for psycho bus drivers, our friend ran into one...
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Um the bike kinda died in Russia was left there.
The big KTM didnt survive mate?
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We only had ours checked once at Tashenta, crossing into Mongolia. The good thing is that most hotels will do it, so just sleep at a hotel once a week.

We had a 2 week gap in ours (stayed with friends) and had no issues when we left at Vladivostok.
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Hi Craig,

Can you please tell me more about the formalities when leaving Russia, and entering Mongolia.

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Can you please tell me more about the formalities when leaving Russia, and entering Mongolia.

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When leaving Russia at Tashenta about 500m before you get to the border you need get you registration checked, this is at a small building just before an open shed that looks like an aircraft hanger. Then on to border control, first customs to take your bike out, then to immigration to get you passport stamped. From there it was out of border control to another gate where your passport is checked. That is the Russia side.

It is 25ks to the Mongolian border control. You need to pay for your tyres to be disinfected (maybe $5), then immigration, vehicle (temp import). They made us open a some luggage for inspection. After you clear border control you need to buy insurance about $20 iirc.

It is all pretty straight forward though.
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Thank you Craig, much appreciation to you.

Are there opening and closing hours, or is it a 24 hour border?
What time did you get there, and was there any queuing, and waiting?

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How do you get around the fact that you have to register within 3 days with your location and then re-register when you move place.

I worked all over Russia for many years and want to go back to do the drive from oz to UK via Russia
We entered Russia ,registered in a hotel , travelled for 3months kept all receipts from food, diesel when asked, arrived Magadan ,registered in hotel, during the 3mths of travel we were in and out of Russia twice, and were asked for our registrations , so showed our receipts. Every one was happy.
This was 2011 July.. August... September..........camping in our vehicle.
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