On the Road
US embassy memorandum on travel information taken from a 1914 Baedeker
View of St. Isaac’s Square and the Leningrad Soviet (Mariinsky Palace) from room 275 at the Hotel Astoria. Early May 1952
Jan in room 275 at the Hotel Astoria. Early May 1952
View from the Manhoffs' room at the Hotel Astoria onto St. Isaac’s Square and the monument to Tsar Nicholas I. Early May 1952
View of St. Isaac’s Square from room 275 at the Hotel Astoria. Early May 1952
View of Herzen Street (now Bolshaya Morskaya Street) from room 275 at the Hotel Astoria. Early May 1952
St. Isaac’s Square from the Hotel Astoria. 26 June 1953
St. Isaac’s Square from the Hotel Astoria. 26 June 1953
Griboedov Canal and Church of the Savior on the Spilt Blood. Early May 1952
View from Konyushennaya Square toward Moika Embankment 1 (Adamini House). Early May 1952
Exterior of the Agate Rooms, Tsarskoe Selo. June 1953
Renovation work, Tsarskoe Selo. June 1953
The fountains at Peterhof. 24 June 1953
The Umbrella, or Mushroom, Fountain, at Peterhof. 24 June 1953
Seattle Daily News announcing the Manhoffs' train trip to Siberia and Abakan
View from the train, East Urals. 15 May 1953
View from the train, East of Omsk. 16 May 1953
Village of Uibat. 18 May 1953
Village of Uibat. 18 May 1953
Village of Uibat. 18 May 1953
Returning to Moscow from Abakan. Somewhere south of Uibat. 23 May 1953
Village of Uibat. 23 May 1953
Near the village of Ust-byur. 23 May 1953
Ancient burial markers near the village of Ust-byur. 23 May 1953
Near the village of Ust-byur. 23 May 1953
Near the village of Ust-byur. 23 May 1953
Near the village of Yerbinskaya (approximately 15 miles north of Ust-byur). 23 May 1953
Near the village of Yerbinskaya (approximately 15 miles north of Ust-byur). 23 May 1953
Near the village of Yerbinskaya (approximately 15 miles north of Ust-byur). 23 May 1953
305 km mark south of Achinsk, between the villages of Tisin and Son. 23 May 1953
305 km mark south of Achinsk. 23 May 1953
305 km mark south of Achinsk. 23 May 1953
305 km mark south of Achinsk. 23 May 1953
A box meal from the Chief Administration of Railway Restaurants and Buffets saved by the Manhoffs
View from the train on the way to Murmansk. Late July 1953
View from the train on the way to Murmansk. Late July 1953
View from the train on the way to Murmansk. Late July 1953
View from the train on the way to Murmansk. Late July 1953
View from the train on the way to Murmansk. Late July 1953
View from the train on the way to Murmansk. Late July 1953
View from the train on the way to Murmansk. Late July 1953
A panorama of Leningrad Street taken from the front of the Hotel Artika in Murmansk. Late July 1953
Leningrad Street. Late July 1953
Leningrad Street. Late July 1953
Leningrad Street. Late July 1953
Leningrad Street. Late July 1953
Leningrad Street looking onto the Park of the Victims of the Intervention. Late July 1953
Leningrad Street. The white structure was erected in 1927 as a memorial to the victims of the Allied intervention. Late July 1953
Leningrad Street. Late July 1953
Sverdlovsk. 29 August 1953
Zalari, located 4,000km east of Moscow and approximately 200 km west of Irkutsk. 30 August 1953
Near Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky (formerly Petrovsky Zavod). 31 August 1953
Somewhere between Shilka in the Zabaikalsky krai and Ksenevka, about 248 km east of Chita. 1 September 1953
Somewhere between Shilka and Ksenevka. 1 September 1953
Khabarovsk. 4 September 1953
Howard Felchin and Manhoff enjoying a meal in their hotel room, Zaporozhe. Late October 1953
Simferopol. Late October 1953
Outskirts of Yalta. Late October 1953
Felchlin and Jan on Yalta embankment. Late October 1953
The Yalta embankment. Late October 1953
Livadia Palace. 29 October 1953
The Yalta Embankment. 30 October 1953
Yalta. Late October 1953
Yalta. Late October 1953
Yalta. Late October 1953
The Yalta market. Late October 1953
The Yalta market. Late October 1953
A kvas dispenser at the Yalta market. Late October 1953
Felchin and Jan picnicking in the Crimea. Late October 1953
Outskirts of Yalta.. Late October 1953
Black Sea coastline, Crimea. 30 October 1953
View from the Manhoffs' room in the Hotel 1 May, Kherson, with the St. Uspensky Cathedral and monument to Ordzhonikidze. 1 November 1953
View from the Manhoffs' room in the Hotel 1 May, Kherson. 1 November 1953
View from the Manhoffs' room in the Hotel 1 May onto the corner with October Revolution Street, Kherson. 1 November 1953
Jan's drawing from their hotel room, Kherson. 1 November 1953
Kiev. Late May 1954
Kiev. Late May 1954
Kiev. Late May 1954