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Saint-Petersburg motorcyclists will drive through all Russia.
The group of motorcyclists from St.-Petersburg will pass one of the most difficult routes. It will be the first route in the history of motor-tourism which will link St.-Petersburg to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The total extension of the route will exceed 14 000 km, 6000 km of the roads are impassable; travelers will pass through 9 time zones. 5 motorcyclists will take part in the action on the Russian roads.

The group will start at 12 o'clock in the afternoon on 17th July, 2010. Departure place is the Victory Square, St.-Petersburg.
The motor run will last for 2 months and finish in the middle of September in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. On the way motorcyclists will visit Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Kamsk, Bratsk, Tynda, Yakutsk, Magadan. Conventionally the route is divided into several areas:
1. Saint-Petersburg-Bratsk (the first repair service), 6000 km, 10 days*
2. Special area 1 "Baikal" - Bratsk-Severobajkalsk-Tynda, 2500 km, 7 days *
3. Special area 2 - "Yakutsk" Tynda-Yakutsk-Magadan (the second repair service), 3000 km, 10 days *
4. Special area 3 - Magadan-Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 2000 km, 15 days *
The first long stop will be in Moscow, and then in all big cities on the way. In all cities motorcyclists plan to lay flowers to Eternal flame, meet with the veterans of war ** and give them gifts and souvenirs from the hero city St.-Petersburg.
The participants also plan to meet with representatives of the main motorcycle clubs and the organizations, to take part in biker events ***
The priority aim of the action in this anniversary year is to pay tribute of memory to the victims of Great Patriotic War. In our huge country including all remote areas we can hardly find a family which was not affected with war.
The Committee of Physical Training and Sports of Russia has already confirmed the official status of the action. The official information partner of the action is the magazine "Motormania", St.-Petersburg (http://www.motomaniya.ru). This magazine will publish the article about the action in the nearest future, it will also report about the course of the events, and will certainly issue a big report about the entire trip.
We also negotiate with TV channels "Auto-plus" (http://www.autoplustv.ru), (http://www.5-tv.ru), "NTV-St.-Petersburg" (http://www.ntv.ru/spb), (http://www.moya-planeta.ru), Discovery Channel (http://www.yourdiscovery.com).
Also with the help of our colleagues we negotiate with local TV channels in other Russian regions.

< We'd like to set an example to the young generation and remind of the Great feat which was performed by our fathers and grandfathers. We are ready for difficulties and wait for many positive emotions from this trip. Not everybody has the opportunity to visit remote places of our country, to communicate to local population, including veterans of war. We will film our entire trip, and then we will prepare the detailed report of the shot material > - the participants mark.

* the exact time of passage of the areas (especially special areas) is difficult to specify since passage depends on many factors, e.g. weather. "Special area" is a road without road surface (asphalt), and areas without roads.

** if the local authorities will organize these meetings (negotiations are being carried on)
*** we will inform about cities, places and dates of biker events later.

 

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