Luxury route

Zhemchuzhina Kavkaza

Moscow → Moscow · Russia

Distance: 4,500 km
Fastest time: 7 days
Top speed: 100 km/h
Operator: RZD Tour
Train: Tourist train № 929/930
Countries: Russia
In service since: 2021

Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log

A hotel on rails looping from Moscow around the North Caucasus — Maykop, Kislovodsk, Vladikavkaz, Grozny, seaside Derbent and Nalchik — seven days, one ticket, since 2021.

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