Tilausjuna vei suomalaisia turisteja Joensuusta Laatokan ympäri heinäkuussa 1993. Matkustajan kuvaamassa videossa mennään myös helikopterilla Pitkärannasta Valamoon (5/5).
+++ Charter train from Finland to Russia around lake Ladoga in July 1993. Route: Joensuu -Värtsilä - Sortavala - Priozersk (Käkisalmi) - St Petersburg - Lodeinoe Pole - Svir - Pitkäranta - Jänisjärvi - Värtsilä - Joensuu, including helicopter flight to the isle of Valaam. Shaky video by a passanger is slightly edited (part 5/5, about).
Rather a small number of charter trains were taken from Finland to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet empire. The villages and sceneries of the route had been blocked by the iron curtain for decades. Still, some passangers were born in these towns and villages, and most had some roots there.