Summer is approaching and now it becomes clear that the Russians do not intend to refuse themselves on vacation. Despite the fact that income from the overwhelming majority of the population did not increase, and the prices have grown up, people, however, manage money to paint money on summer travel from their budget.

Only priorities changed: instead of expensive resorts, many choose budget. Yes, and those who are decided to go to foreign tours began to save on the duration of rest: now tours on average are 5-6 days instead of 11-12 last year.

Anapa and Novorossiysk instead of Sochi

The choice of areas for recreation is dictated primarily by the possibilities of the wallet. Most prefers not foreign trips, and more budget travels in Russia. Most Russians are booking tickets to the resorts of the south of Russia, but a lot of those who are sent in the summer to meet other cities. Beach holidays prefer families with children, and urban tourism is predominantly young people.

"In general, as last year, the preferences of Russians for summer travels have not changed," says director General of the online journey service UFS.Travel Alexey Astanin. - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg and Kazan are in demand for urban recreation. At the same time, Russian resorts have become more popular: for a beach holiday, more and more traveling tickets in Anapa, Sochi and Tuapse have become more popular. Such demand for Russian resorts is primarily connected with a more favorable price, the lack of need to execute visas and a favorable, comfortable climate. As well as with the active development of the hotel business, improving infrastructure and service at the resorts of the South of Russia. "

Interestingly, this year, compared with the past, the demand for railway tickets was significantly increased - in Anapa and Novorossiysk, who pushed one of the leaders of 2018 - Krasnodar.

According to UFS.Travel, the average check for railway tickets amounted to 3,58 rubles, air travel in Russia and the CIS - 9,937 rubles. Interestingly, this year the Russians are planning a summer vacation in advance and buy railway and air tickets on average 2-3 months before the trip. At the same time, passengers have become more actively booking tickets online by buying them through mobile applications or specialized sites.

According to Tutu.ru this year, compared with the past, the demand for air tickets to Kaliningrad is growing and, on the contrary, less wishing to fly to Krasnodar. Perhaps scares the increase in the average check (+ 28% by last year's cost). So the price of the flight from Moscow to Krasnodar and back in the summer of 2019 grown from last year's 8,372 rubles to 10,694 rubles.

What vacation? I have a mortgage!

According to head of Public Relations of Tutu.ru Natalia Anisimovoth, many plans to go somewhere in the summer of Rushit Morty. "We just conducted a survey on this topic on the site," she says. - Ask travelers about plans for the summer. It turned out that the second answer was the answer: "What a vacation? I have a mortgage. " He was chosen 17% of respondents. "

According to the same survey, 10% of Russians are going to spend a vacation at home; 8% - do not plan to take leave in the summer; 6% - until they thought about the plans. That is, in the aggregate, more than 40% of respondents are not going to go anywhere at all, with the greatest probability - due to modest financial possibilities. And this is despite the fact that the survey was conducted on the site where people engaged in the planning of their travels come first. And therefore, the percentage of forced households is most likely even higher.

The rest remains at the cottage and in the village. He especially love among people over 60 years old and families with children. In recent years, the number of families who take the house in the village also increased. As a rule, these are families with children who do not have their own cottages and who are not on the pocket of rest on the sea. After all, about the same money, which will cost a two-week rest at the Russian resort, you can rent a comfortable house in the middle lane for all summer.

Abroad at any cost

However, according to the results of a survey of Tutu.ru, those who plan to go abroad, not looking at anything, it turned out not so much - 18% of respondents. Popular external directions from last year have not changed: Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Spain - that is, those countries that manage to form acceptable demand for the price. For several years, the popularity of neighbors country is gaining popularity, especially Georgia.
People began to save, but they do not intend to refuse travel. Those who have long discovered trips abroad, consider them an integral part of their lives, without them life is significantly losing in quality. Therefore, people, especially younger than 40 years old, are ready to reduce the timing of rest, stop in hotels in the class of lower, but they want to make overseas travel by anything.

"The average check for flights abroad remained almost at the level of last year plus 1%," says Natalia Anisimov. - The most popular overseas cities for the summer - Tivat, Tbilisi and Burgas. The average check in these directions is slightly higher than last year. "

Short trips to Finland and the Baltic countries are also attractive, mainly for autotourists. Moreover, from St. Petersburg to these countries go more active than from Moscow and other cities of Russia.

Train or plane?

Interestingly, the choice of train or aircraft in order to get to the resting place depends on a number of factors, and not only determines the price of the issue. According to Tutu.ru, tourists choose transport depending on the time, distance and cost of the ticket. Only every fifth passenger who gathered on a long distance ride (over 1000 kilometers), chooses the train. Masits ticket price. If the railway ticket at the selected area is cheaper than air ticket or more, then naturally most passengers will go on the train. No need to forget about those who ride with large "Baulas", as well as with bikes, kayaks and other bulky sports equipment: if things are many things, then the train almost always ride more profitable than the aircraft.

According to UFS.TRAVEL, the capital is especially in demand for railway travels: Moscow and St. Petersburg. Moreover, for short trips, young people and families with schoolchildren choose the place wagons: attracts not only favorable price, but also updated cars that have already begun to run on some routes, sofas with head restraints, USB ports, individual lighting and much more.

But those who gathered on holidays on the Russian south, in 80% of cases prefer the plane even at distances to which the train getting just a day. Many have become shorter, and people are more important to spend the day on vacation, and not on the way. "We even made up top routes with a preference of a train or aircraft," says the head of the public relations department to Tutu.ru Natalia Anisimov. - So, in the top of the routes with the preference of aircraft in the first place a trip from Moscow to Mineralnye Waters. About 95% of passengers are sent there by air and only 5% choose the train. On the top of the rating with the preference of the train turned out to be the route St. Petersburg - Belgorod. About 87% of passengers chose a trip by train, and the rest - flight. "

The approaching season of summer holidays puts eternal questions in front of the Russians: where to rest and how not to break. This year, for tourists from Russia, the two most popular directions of past years are almost closed - Turkey and Egypt. Other resorts will come to replace them. "Lenta.ru" talked to the experts of the tourist market and found out where our compatriots will rest and what it will cost them.

Go to south

Hope for recovery in the near future of flights with Egypt remains less and less. Just the other day it became known that Russian experts are once again violations in the work of Egyptian airports.

Local authorities assure that they are controlling security in the country, but even if it is so, additional checks, coordination and opening of air traffic will require a lot of time. Tour operators will not have time to quickly put the charters on the flow and form travelers' turntables, so it's time to admit: we will spend summer without Egypt. However, the most courageous can get there on their own - with transfers in third countries. However, such efforts are hardly justified, because the money spent on the organization of such a trip can be well rest in other countries.

Vacation in Turkey is still in independent tourists. But even despite discounts that the hotelians offer, and the relative cheapness of airfare, he will still cost more than a comparable tour of the tour to Greece, for example. At the same time, resting in Turkey is also unsafe.

"Among the foreign directions for this summer, the most popular charter flights to Bulgaria (Burgas) and Montenegro (Tivat), Troika Leaders of the Summer Season 2016 closes Paris," says Datravel.com Vladislav Shevtsov, Director General of the online hypermarket.

According to the company, rest in the former Soviet republics is also gaining more popular: a significant proportion of tours in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Armenia. From European cities The most popular - Thessaloniki, Nice and Rome.

Most Russians will prefer to rest in their homeland this summer. This contributes to the growth of proposals in the segment of inexpensive internal flights. Thus, the share of air tickets to 5 thousand rubles in the first three months of this year increased to 65 percent. However, this concerns only flights within Russia, the number of inexpensive international flights, on the contrary,.

Vladislav Shevtsov says that over the past year, the top Russian destinations have not changed: as in 2015, the Russians buy more tickets to Moscow, Simferopol and St. Petersburg.

The observations of Shevtsov confirms the head of the Rambler / Travel Tourist Service, Alena Koryakina, who believes that the Russian resorts in the summer will not be deprived of the attention of holidaymakers. "Tourists will go to domestic resorts - in Sochi, Anapa, Crimea, as well as to rivers and lakes of Russia. From European countries will be popular for the prices of Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece and Cyprus, "an expert believes.

Another country where the Russians will go this season, Spain will be. Mallorca, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Costa-Brava and Costa Dorad, considers Alyona Koryakin, specially popular with traveners.

I agree with the Koryakina and head of the European Department of the BSI Group of the BSI Group Ekaterina Kameneva: "Spain and Italy showed the largest growth in demand for the upcoming summer season. The demand for tours to Spain in Russian tourists increased by 25 percent compared to last year, in Italy - by 20 percent. "

Another leader in the rating of preferences of Russians was Greece. Despite the design of visas, with which tourists faced in early May, travelers still willingly book tours to Greece. Today, this country has become the only alternative to rest on the system "All Included" in Egypt or Turkey. We can find weekly tours here for 15 thousand rubles per person, "burning" - and at all for 6-7 thousand.

The PR Director of Tez Tour Larisa Akhanova says that Greece occupies a second line in the list of the most popular countries for summer holidays, yielding only Russia. The number of bookings in this area increased by 40 percent compared to last year.

Photo: Kirill Callinijah / RIA Novosti

Another varying of travel, who are inherent in the Russians, - trains trips. Romance of a placentar: boiled chicken, cards with fellow travelers and beer with smoked fish purchased on short parking in the cities of the south of Russia.

Natalia Anisimova, head of the public relations department, Natalia Anisimov, notes that it is still early to talk about the summer, as tickets for trains can be bought as a maximum of 60 days, but the data on reservations for June are already there. So, the most popular route on the first summer month was the trips between Moscow and St. Petersburg, immediately behind them travel journey to Anapa. Also, Russians are happy to go to Kazan, Novorossiysk and Adler. At the same time, the prices of travel from Moscow to Anapa compared to June 2015 even slightly decreased (3.4 percent), but tickets to Adler, on the contrary, rose by almost 30 percent.

Question price

The cheapest today travelers will cost Tours to Bulgaria, says Alena Koryakina, - from 22.8 thousand rubles per person in a week of rest. A similar tour in Greece costs about the same amount - 23.3 thousand rubles, in Montenegro - by 5 thousand more expensive.

By the way, on Friday, May 13, it became known that Bulgaria is the time of registration of visas for Russians to two days, and Montenegro and the deadlines for visa-free stay in the country for our tourists from 30 to 90 days.

According to Datravel.com, this summer, Russians are not going to reduce the duration of travel and on average plan to relax 14-15 days. "For the flight" Tuuda-back "the upcoming summer, Russian tourists spend on average 22.8 thousand rubles, which is 25 percent more than the average check for flight last year, when the average cost of 18.2 thousand rubles," said the company's general director Vladislav Shevtsov.

The representative of the "Tez Tour" agrees with Shevtsov: "This summer, tourists do not refuse travel, and in conditions of limited departure abroad prefer to take from their vacation to the maximum. They walked on vacation, occupy, take loans, but resting ride, "says Larisa Akhanova.

According to the expert, if last season the Russians rested on average seven days, this summer was already ten. In addition, tourists began to book hotels with high category - by 20 percent increased demand for four and five-speaking hotels.

At the same time, the average check of summer vacation, according to Akhanova, is nevertheless: about 30 thousand rubles per person.

According to the BSI Group tour operator, the most budgetary among the internal directions - traveling around the Golden Ring: the cost of tours begins with 9.9 thousand rubles. You can go to the Crimea for 13.8 thousand (including flight and accommodation), in Karelia - for 17.6 thousand.

Flights for independent tourists compared to the summer of 2015 increased by 10-50 percent. ONETWOTRIP service analysts were calculated that on average, the flight in both directions from Moscow to Tivat went up from 14 to 18.7 thousand rubles (34 percent), in Rome - from 10.8 to 16.3 thousand (by 50 percent), Barcelona - from 15.1 to 18 thousand (by 20 percent), in Larnaca - from 11.9 to 15.6 thousand (by 30 percent). To Cyprus, this year began to fly "victory", which for some dates sells tickets to Larnaca or Paphos for 6-7 thousand "back-back".

According to the director for the development of the company Arkady Gines, the only international destination, which this year has lost a little in price (four percent), Steel Thessaloniki: From Moscow, you can fly there for 14.2 thousand rubles. But the flights to Anapa and Sochi fell a little - by 2 and 20 percent, respectively.

Crimea, on the contrary, grew up in price - by 38 percent. On average, tickets to the peninsula will cost 10.1 thousand rubles. For this money, with due diligence, you can fly, for example, to the Black Sea in Georgia or Mediterranean in Spain. Or add three more thousands and go to the Crimea as part of the tourist group - accommodation will come out almost free.

According to the WTCIOM, 24% of Russians hopes that it will relax better than last season, another 9% fears, which is worse, and 63% are not waiting for changes in comparison with the 2017 season. Fabric travel plans to make this year only 4% of Russians.

Crimea is the third year in a row in a row in the ranking of the most desired places of recreation for Russian tourists: 37% of citizens say that if there is opportunity, there would be a summer there. Zagred (21%) The second season is inferior to the Chernomorsk coast of the Caucasus (33%).

At the same time, the house and cottage still remain the main estimated places of recreation: in 2018 they are called 45% and 34%, respectively. Houses more often than others will remain residents of small cities (49%) and villages (55%), respondents with a bad material situation (53%), in the country - older people (42% among 60-year-olds and older). Other cities of Russia are going to visit 14% of respondents, the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus - 12%.

Each tenth survey participant (9%) involves relaxing this summer in the Crimea, another 42% can visit the peninsula next season or later (this share has grown from 27% in 2014). The main advantages of the Crimean rest, according to Russians, are beautiful nature (26%), clean sea, good beaches (23%), favorable climate (19%). It pushes first of all the price price (20% talk about the high cost of rest).

In recent years, Russians have become more often resting inside : The proportion of those who reported that in the last five years at least once spent a summer holiday in another region of Russia, increased from 35% in 2016 to 44% in 2018, the number of "non-district" decreased from 64% to 56% Interviewed, respectively. Top 3 aspects of rest inside We have received the highest scores of holidaymakers - nature and climate (4.45 points out of 5), the ability to visit plansser (4.25), affordable entertainment (3.93).

The lack of finance is still the main reason for the abandonment of travel - 44% of respondents, not intending to leave the place of residence, note it as the main one. In addition, family matters beyond their city / village (18%), work (15%) and others.

Estimated spending on the exit holiday year by year continue to grow: in 2018, the Russians who plan to relax in the summer outside the house will spend an average of 44,205 rubles. (based on one family member), which is 11% more than in 2017.

Essentially higher than on average by sample, planned expenses of residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg (54,865 rubles), high-demand respondents (55 930 rubles). Most often, the trip is planning to pay from specially pending funds (45%). In general, people expect mainly for their strength: only 4% suggest to take a loan, 2% - Borrow from relatives / friends, 3% - to relax at the expense of loved ones.

Economist, mathematician. 30 years of experience in state statistics. Date: June 11, 2019. Reading time 7 min.

In 2018, our fellow citizens most often rested in Turkey (1.6%) and Abkhazia (10.7%). They committed almost 42 million trips abroad. Of the 8.9 million Russian tourists, 5.6 million chose abroad. In the Russian Federation, the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Crimea remain the most popular regions for recreation.

According to unofficial estimates of the online booking service experts, the Russians ride to relax both by the expanses of their homeland and in the overseas edges. More than half (56%) of citizens of the Russian Federation over the past year committed at least one trip across Russia, and 29% - abroad. At the same time, it is not only about beach rest. But the choice in favor of cultural for our fellow citizens is not uncommon (sightseeing tours of the cities, sightseeing). And also they visited their friends and relatives. A considerable number (39%) went on traveling around the country twice, and 17% - three times, abroad - 26 and 14%, respectively.

According to state statistics, domestic travel agents and operators were sent on a trip to 8.9 million people. More than half of them (63.1%) preferred to rest abroad.

Table 1. Number of Russian tourists sent on the journey, thousand people

Source: Rosstat

Moreover, Russians are resting not only on the vacation period. Actively used for trips Weekends for New Year or May holidays.

Domestic tourism

More and more citizens of Russia are chosen for travel Russian regions. Their share has grown from 2014 with 23.3% of all domestic tourists to 36.9% in 2017. The reasons for the different:

• the growth of foreign currencies and, as a result, the increase in the cost of foreign expenses;
• reducing the level of income of our compatriots;
• new interesting offers of tour operators, new trends in the country, etc.

According to state statistics, the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Crimea became the most popular destination in 2017. The interest of our fellow citizens to the Moscow and St. Petersburg metropolitan metrproducs does not occur.

An assessment of the internal organized tourist circuit for 2018, we allow to make an ator experts. Their forecasts for zero growth did not come true. It was 8-10%.

Resorts of the South of Russia remain popular: Krasnodar Territory, Crimea and Stavropol. Leadership in sightseeing in:

• St. Petersburg,
• Moscow,
• Kazan
• Kaliningrad,
• Moscow region
• cities of the Golden Ring,
• Karelia,
• Great Ustyug (winter).

Among the innovations of sightseeing tourism:

• Altai, Vladivostok and Khabarovsk from Anex Tour;
• Kazan, Veliky Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Pskov, Tula region, Tver from inturist;
• Tula, announced by the New Year's capital of Russia;
• adventure tours to the Urals.

Trips abroad

The year 2015 became the most difficult for the country's tourism industry in the entire history of the existence of a private business in our country. The flow of tourists abroad decreased by 31% compared with the previous 2014 (from 42921 thousand trips to 34390 thousand). Tour operators had to face a sharp drop in demand for vouchers abroad. The actual prohibition of organized trips to Egypt and Turkey has played not the final role. There are many regional offices.

Many Russians decided to abroad abroad. The consequences of what not one country felt on itself. To return a Russian tourist back, they are ready to make concessions, even to help our companies. And potential travelers from our country are promised discounts in hotels, reimbursement of expenses, calculations in rubles, even entry without a passport. The measures taken have raised their action.

Reducing in 2016 by another 8%, the tourists began to grow. Following 2018, 41,964 thousand trips were recorded.

The number of Russians sent abroad tourist firms is growing. Official statistics were published only for 2017.

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) assesses the number of citizens of the Russian Federation, who left the country in Turpetovkov for 9 months of 2018, within 12 million.

Table 2. The number of Russian tourists who went to tours in Russia and abroad

Source: Rosstat

For information . Since 2014, the counting of tourists is carried out by Rosstat in accordance with the recommendationsUnwto (World Tourist Organization), which refers to those of all who declares the purpose of the trip, as well as traveling to a private invitation, for treatment, on affairs, for products or other goods to the neighboring country, etc.

Table 3. Number of field tourist trips of Russian citizens abroad

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Total, thousands	42921	34390	31659	39629	41964
of these in countries:
Europe
Finland	4283	3067	2894	3333	3361
Ukraine	2558	1657	1804	2283	2290
Estonia	1775	1477	1511	1728	1798
Germany	1435	1111	1057	1229	1297
Poland	1608	1322	1104	1230	1093
Italy	994	662	710	893	1086
Spain	1140	693	790	929	961
Greece	1165	634	782	856	808
Asia
Turkey	4216	3460	797	4520	5719
Abkhazia	3282	3824	4257	4344	4496
Kazakhstan	3330	3125	2850	2978	2955
China	1731	1284	1676	2003	2018
Georgia	532	651	742	1003	1233
Thailand	1250	675	867	1094	1173
Africa
Tunisia	260	49	624	520	611
Egypt	2880	2244	0,3	0,4	0
America
Dominican Republic	163	36	132	230	217
USA	310	237	225	238	213
Cuba	54	32	45	75	106

Source: Rosstat

Surprised areas

According to statistics published by Rosstat, in the countries included in the TOP-7, 22.6 million travel was completed in 2018, this is 53.9% of the annual tourist flow. In 2014 - 22.3 million and 52%, respectively.

All also attractive for Russians remained Turkey, Abkhazia, Finland, Ukraine, Estonia, Kazakhstan. Of these, our tourists have shown increased interest: Abkhazia (137% by 2014) and Turkey (135.6%).

On the contrary, in 4 years, the stream decreased to Ukraine (by 10.5%), Kazakhstan (by 11.3%), Finland (by 21.5%)

Excursion to history

The very first example of the Soviet exit (or foreign) tourism is in 1930, when 257 labor strikes of the first five-year plan went to the cruise trip around Europe on the ship "Abkhazia". Their route included: Leningrad Danzig Hamburg-Naples-Konstantinople-Odessa-Moscow.

Until the second half of the 1950s, and this is almost a quarter of a century, there were no foreign tourism in the country.

Abroad from Soviet Russia could be sent mainly through the "Inturist" line. But since 1958, the Bureau of International Youth Tourism (BMMT) "Satellite" was also engaged in this work.

Until 1985, citizens' ride from the USSR did not affect state statistics. Make sure only information about the number of tourists abroad is possible:

• 1987 – 920;
• 1988 – 1041;
• 1989 – 1650;
• 1990 – 2150.

Moreover, data on the RSFSR is not possible.

Forecasts

Another analysts predict that in 2019, 20% of domestic tourist companies will take place from the market, which do not have reserves on the "Black Day". The reason for this is to reduce the incomes of the population. The role of large organizations will increase, and small and medium will fall under the blow.

It is assumed that the Russians in 2019 will continue to save on trips abroad:

• reduce holiday timing;
• recreation to book in the low season;
• choose cheaper hotels;
• pay attention to the resorts of Russia.

In the top 5 of the inner directions, we will again see the Krasnodar Territory, Crimea, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan.

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The Russian tourist is pleased in many countries, but there are places where Russians are especially like. From Serbia, where Russians are called brothers, to India, thousands of Russians are leaving every year.

Serbia

The relationship between Russia and Serbia have a long history, during which they have repeatedly passed the test for strength. Although sometimes it was not so smooth. However, during periods of large upheavals - the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, the first and second world wars, the Yugoslav crisis of the 1990s - Russia has always come to the rescue of a small Balkan country or, at least, expressed its comprehensive support.

Public opinion polls held in Serbia in 2010 showed that the Serbs are significantly better referred to Russians than to their European neighbors, and this is despite the fact that among the Serbian elite there is a certain negativism associated with the most important expectations of support with Parties to Russia.

Now there are about 2.5 thousand Russians in Serbia, in some Serbian universities there is a department of Russian.

Since 2009, there is a visa-free regime between Russia and Serbia, several tens of thousands of Russians arrive in the Balkan country. However, the best of all the relationship of the Serbs to the Russian characterizes the poster in the city center of Novi Garden, where in Russian it is written: "Thank you Russia!".

Greece

Greece and Russia's connection was always cramped, as it relied on similar spiritual and cultural values. The desire to maintain traditions is evidenced by numerous visits of Russian leaders in Greece.

In particular, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov took part in events dedicated to the 185th anniversary of the Independence of Greece, after her release from Ottoman Iega. This is a memorable event in which Russia played its role.

Russians in Greece love and always welcome them. Greece has recently been one of the priority areas of recreation for Russian tourists, which largely contributed to the simplification of the visa regime between the two countries.

Statistics show that over the past three years, the flow of Russian tourists to Ellad has grown more than three times.

In 2013, the number of vacationers from Russia amounted to 1 million 352 thousand people. The Russian tourist spends about 1 thousand euros on average in Greece, while tourists of other countries usually leave no more than 700 euros.

Greek ambassador to the Russian Federation Danai Magdalini Kmanaka to the question of stereotypes concerning Russians replied that "in Greece there is a positive attitude towards Russia." A peculiar bridge in relations between the Greeks and Russians is repatriates from the USSR, which are well integrated into Greek society.

India

After the collapse of the USSR, Russia inherited close friendly and partnerships with India. Many Russians willingly move into this Asian country, where they live very comfortable.

The warm attitude of the Indians to the Russian is largely due to the comprehensive help provided by India the Soviet Union. The Russian entrepreneur Anna Tihai-Tishchenko notes that "Russian in India is surprisingly pleasant", and by virtue of the similarity of the mentality of two peoples.

Cuba

The Cuba has not yet forgotten the enormous financial and economic, military and political support, which the Soviet Union provided it. Even when Russia since the early 1990s ceased to provide the island of freedom to help and rose to normalize relations with the United States, the Cubans were in essence did not change their attitude to the Russians.

It should be noted that quite recently, despite the difficult economic situation in the country, the Cuban authorities decided to allocate money for the construction of an Orthodox church in Havana. Cubans are still careful at the Memorial dedicated to the Soviet Communions and Internationalists.

Russian tourists are always welcome guests at Cuban resorts.

It is impossible to say that they love them there more than others, but always are welcome. Especially warm relationships, according to tourists from Russia, in the Cuban province, which is not so corrupted by money.

Nicaragua

In the time of the USSR Nicaragua was the second most important after Cuba's strategic partner of our state among Latin America countries. Large financial inflictions in the economy of Nicaragua had substantial support to a developing state. Russia also forgave the practical entire debt of the Latin American country - the total amount of amnestied funds amounted to almost $ 6 billion.

Nicaraguans never forget about gratuitous assistance, which our country has also provided.

On this leadership of the country in the person of President Daniel Ortega replies Russia unconditional support in the international political arena. So, Nicaragua became the first country after Russia, recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Confirmation of durable traditions of friendship of two countries can be seen on the streets of Managua. "Russia - Nicaragua" - such an inscription decorates buses running along the capital.

Venezuela

Russian-Venezuelan relations received a good stimulus for their development back in 1857, when the Russian Empire recognized the independence of the Republic of Venezuela. In 2008, after the visit to Venezuela, President Dmitry Medvedev occurred a new leap in the relations of the two countries, after which an agreement was followed by the refusal of visa formalities between Moscow and Caracas.

In Venezuela a little Russian. Mostly there are tourists. Often, as Russian guests say, if the interlocutor likes Venezuelan - he will show the way, give the necessary information, and may feed.

A small souvenir in the form of a T-shirt or cap with the inscription "Russia" will be best thanks for the hospitable host.

CARIBBEAN DREAM GROUP President Mikhail Kranchev, living on Margarita Island, confirms the good relationship of Venezuelan to the Russians. Kranchev notes that the Venezuelan, the presidency of Hugo Chavez, have loved to repeat that "our presidents are friends."

Syria

Russia has old and strong relations with Syria. Almost since the founding of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Soviet Union provided it with diplomatic and military support in confrontation with Israel.

In 1971, the material and technical part of the Navy of the USSR was founded in the Mediterranean Port of Tartus. Syria was supplied by Soviet firearms, cars, tanks, airplanes, rockets.

Thus, Syria became the most loyal Soviet Union by the state in the Middle East.

Syria had no opportunity to pay with the Soviet Union for the weapon supplied, so by 1992 its duty to Russia exceeded $ 13.4 billion.

Part of the Syrian debt is $ 9.8 billion from $ 13.4 billion. Was written off in 2005. On the repayment of the remaining amount between Moscow and Damascus, a number of agreements in the field of construction, oil and gas were signed. Syria also pledged to buy Russian weapons and to modernize armored vehicles supplied to Soviet times.

Turkey

Turkey loves Russian tourists. Perhaps this is a historical memory. Despite the fact that Russia often fought with the Ottoman Empire, after the revolution, the relations of Soviet Russia and the Turkish Republic changed. The USSR very much helped Turkey in becoming. Suppressed products, weapons.

The Soviet government helped Ankara in the construction of two powder factories, putting equipment and raw materials for them.

Frunze allocated 100 thousand rubles to the authorities to organize a children's shelter, and Aralov handed over to the Turkish army of 20 thousand LIR to acquire hiking printing houses and film installations.

The Lausanne International Conference on Turkey, held from November 1922 to July 1923, led to the proclamation of Turkey by an independent state, whose president was Mustafa Ataturk. All foreign troops were bred from the country.

During the conference, Anntan left Turkish Straits. When signing in 1936, the Montreux Convention, where the USSR was already a full participant, and Turkey is a very strong state, the sovereignty over the straits of the Turks returned.