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| Dear Traveller, |
| Season's Greetings from the Go Russia team |
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How quickly the time passes! We'd like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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As a special present, we are happy to announce Christmas and New Year Sale on all our tours offering a fantastic
£200 discount per person
if booked before 31 December 2015. Do not miss your chance!
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How to claim: simply enter the code NEWSDEC15
in the online booking form
or quote it when speaking to your travel consultant.
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| Can you guess what our favourite Russian holiday is? |
Of course, it has to be New Year. We love it so much we celebrate it not once, but twice!
Officially, like everyone else, we celebrate on January 1st but when the mid-month doom and gloom sets in, we dust off
our party outfits one more time to mark Old New Year on January 13th. You see, that's the advantage of using two calendars:
the Georgian calendar which has been in use only since 1918 and the Julian calendar which was adopted by Tsar Peter the Great
in 1700 and continues to be used by the Russian Orthodox Church to this day.
If you manage to visit Russia at this time of year, you'll be surprised to find that many of our traditions have a lot in
common with those in the West. We too look forward to unwrapping the presents our friends and family have placed under the
tree; we just have to wait a week longer. We might not have Father Christmas, but we do have Grandfather Frost, and he does
an equally impressive job, aided by the beautiful Snegurocka. She's his daughter, and with her long blonde plaits and blue
or white fur coat, as sidekicks go, she's an awful lot prettier than your standard elf.
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The Russian New Year parties are an excuse to let your hair down, so sling on the fancy dress or at least a mask, and join us.
There'll be plenty of food, the alcohol will flow freely and as the Kremlin's chiming clock strikes midnight, we'll
lift our champagne glasses and propose our customary toast:
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"С Новым Годом,
с новым счастьем" To the New Year, to the new happiness!
Wishing you health and happiness the whole year through,
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With festive wishes from the Go Russia Team
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| The latest from our blog |
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In case you haven't visited for a while, why not take a fresh look at our
travel blog,
which features articles and news
about Russia: destinations, events, festivals, lifestyle, travel tips, and restaurant and theatre suggestions.
Our amazing team of travel writers will keep you up to date with what's important, and don't forget, we'd love to hear
from you too so we'll be posting reviews and stories from our customers who have visited Russia recently.
Please see the latest stories below:
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See the Northern Lights in Russia this year
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With strong showings over the last few winters, seeing the Northern Lights has been a feature of many bucket lists. Watching a curtain of green and purple light dance across the d...
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| Special Offers for Our Readers – Save up to £200 per Person |
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We are happy to announce Christmas Sale on all our tours. Book your Go Russia holiday before 31 December 2015 and
get a fantastic £150 discount per person. Terms & conditions: new bookings only, subject to availability, booking request
must be received by 23:59 on 31 December 2015, offer valid for group tours only.
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And as a special reward for those who read our newsletter we would like to offer you an exclusive discount code (available
to our newsletter subscribers only) which can be used until 31 December 2015 to claim additional discount of £50 on any
group or tailor-made tour booking.
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How to claim: simply enter the code NEWSDEC15 in the online booking form or quote it when speaking to your travel
consultant and you will be automatically offered a discount of £200 per person.
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Discover Winter in St. Petersburg and Karelia
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Best of Moscow & St. Petersburg Guided Tour
| | Make the most of your visit to Russia with our recently redesigned and already most popular tour; have a real taste of all the best this mysterious country can offer - exciting his...
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Trans-Mongolian: Moscow — Beijing
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GO Russia, Boundary House, Boston Road, London W7 2QE, UK
tel.: +44 (0) 20 33 55 77 17
e-mail: info@justgorussia.co.uk
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