When I decided to visit Russia, I was a bit apprehensive, because I had absolutely no, nada, nyet knowledge of the Russian language. But still I decided to give it a go and test my limits. I will start from the very beginning. Visa: I applied for a visa from the Russian Consulate at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. To visit Russia, I would need a letter of invitation, which I obtained from the website http://www.ivisaonline.com for a payment of about 30USD. The LOI came in a couple of d