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Moscow
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Information
Country:
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Russia
State: Moscow
Population: 10,500,000
Licence plate: 77, 97, 99, 177, 199
Major roads: M1, M2, M3, M4 M5, M6, M7, M8, M10
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Moscow (Russian: Москва, Moskva) is the capital and largest city of the Russian Federation.

Hitching Out

North towards Tver, St. Petersburg M 10

From metro station Речной Вокзал (Rechnoy Vokzal; green line) take bus #851 towards Шереметьево (Sheremetyevo). It's approx. 3 km from the metro station towards the Moscow Ring Road. You can get out at the bus stop just behind the interjection with the MKAD and start hitchhiking. Huge traffic, try to pick out a ride towards Tver at least. There are also free yellow shuttle busses towards the IKEA/MEGA/AUCHAN supermarkets daily from 9h-20h. This busses drive along the M 10 though Химки (Khimki). Get out when he bus turns towards Sheremetyevo.

East towards Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, the Far East M 7

Take the metro to the station Shosse Entuziastov (Шоссе Энтузиастов). From there, walk up to the main street and you'll directly be at the bus stop. Here, take bus #702 or #214 to Southern Izmaylovo (южное Измайлово). Get out at the last stop. Here you can already hear the motorway, though it's a bit difficult to find it in first place. Walk back in south-eastern direction until you'll find a McDonalds restaurant. This is directy located at the motorway junction of the ring. Walk for around 150m east down under the bridge until you find a good spot to start hitchhiking. Additionally, you can also walk 300m further until the petrol station and start hitchhiking on the hard shoulder just behind it. Traffic here is huge.

South-West towards Kyiv (Ukraine) M 3

Take the metro to the station Yugo-Zapadnaya and then take bus #707 or #611 to the stop Dudkino. You can hitchhike directly from the bus stop. This is the motorway Kievskoe shosse that goes all the way to Kyiv. Soon the motorway becomes a simple two-lane road, so that even if your driver must drop you off only after a few dozen kilometres, you can simply remain beside the road and soon get another lift onward.

Other possibility is to take a train (elektrichka) to a small town Aprelevka (look at the map) - it is directly situated on the M 3 motorway Moscow/Kiev. Just walk 1 km to the motorway (ask people about the direction). However, cars here move fast.

West towards Pskov, Riga (Latvia) M 9

Тake bus #127 from metro Молодёжная (Molodyozhnaya; blue line) towards пос. Новорублево (pos. Novorublevo). The bus might stop in Rublevo, but don't worry. Walk straight for 500m along the road. You'll recognize a small shop to the right. One kilometer further the motorway bridge is located. It's near bus stop Улица Василия Ботылёва (Ulitsa Vasiliya Botylyova). You will find yourself just in front of the M9 motorway now. As in January 2010, they were building a noise protection dam here. It's possible to walk left behind the bridge, and there after some meters you still can climb up the hill up to the motorway. There's plenty of space on the hard should to stop cars. Most traffic might only go to the next villages, so make sure to get a ride at least 30-50 km further out of the suburbs of Moscow.