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[B]danielsprague i have a question for you too. There is a control to get in to Kalmykia? Because we have a visa for only one entry in Russia...
There is no border control to get into Kalmykia ... it is part of Russia. You dont need any more visas to visit Kalmykia

There are sometime serious security checkpoints, as immediately to the south of Kalmykia is the North Caucasus ... which are volatile, while Kalmykia is very stable. But they are not immigration checkpoints.
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Gallos. If you raft of Kerch. You do not have to go through the Sochi. So you make a detour. Your road will pass through Krasnodar. If you plan to route through the Republic of Kalmykia, I recommend you stop in Dombai. This is a small village in the Caucasus mountains (look in Google) is a very beautiful place!!!!!!
Last year my wife and I traveled on the route Moscow - Odessa - Krasnodar - Dombai - Elista - Volgograd - Moscow. The road there is normal, nothing to fear. Beware of the wind in Kalmykia)) Good luck in your journey and welcome to Russia
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I would strongly recommend visiting Kalmykia, a Mongolian, Buddhist Republic in the heartland of southern European Russia. It's an intriguing and unique kind of place.

+1 for Kalmykia!
I visited it on June 29, while on the road to Kazakhstan (where my trip to Central Asia has ended due to an unsolvable problem to my bike ) and I was fascinated by the town of Elista where I spent one full day.


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There is no border control to get into Kalmykia ... it is part of Russia. You dont need any more visas to visit Kalmykia...

... while Kalmykia is very stable. But they are not immigration checkpoints.

I quote everything Colebatch said, no borders at all + friendly people and friendly Militia officers that pulled me over just to chat and have a picture together.

Don't miss a visit to the gigantic and awesome Statue of Mother Russia in Volgograd and one stop at Astrakhan, another city that I liked a lot.

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thank you all again for the infos.. I'm very happy to discover Kalmykia and add it to my trip.. Russia is too big to know the good spot.. Tomorrow Ι will write my route from Ukraine too Moscow...

I forgot to ask about the unleaded in this area. there will be unleaded petrol?(i have a 990 adv 09)
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we dit it :))

back in Athens my friends... Thank you all for the answers and the propositions...


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