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MIR Corporation, the Russia travel expert, is launching a new sales tool for Western Russia this week. Called a Custom Travel Planner, it is a summary for agents and independent clients of the must-see places in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Golden Ring. More than just a laundry-list of destinations, the Custom Planner is like a mini guide book, complete with descriptions of each recommended site and a selection of representative photos. Its purpose is to assist agents and travelers to identify which of the region’s highlights they should insist on seeing on a custom-crafted private journey. Custom Travel Planners for other MIR destinations, like Siberia and Central Asia, are in the pipeline and will be coming soon.
One suggested excursion in the Moscow section of MIR’s Custom Travel Planner:
Stalin’s Secret Bunker
In the 1930s, during the time when Moscow’s lavish subway system was being built, a “second subway” system took shape as well – a secret underground bunker established by Stalin. To mask the enterprise, architects planned and began to build a huge sports stadium near Izmailova Park, with underground access to the city center. Below the stadium, the corridors and rooms of the secret bunker took shape. Unlike Churchill’s London “War Rooms,” however, Stalin’s bunker sports marble columns and wood paneling. Its dining room was designed in the Georgian style. Along with “Stalin’s Unit,” an underground area for an armada of tanks was finished before war broke out.
-taken from MIR Corporation’s Custom Travel Planner: Western Russia ©2008
For a copy of the first of MIR’s planned Custom Travel Planners, call Charity Shaller at 800-424-7289, or email privatejourneys@mircorp.com www.mircorp.com
