Bratsk

Introduction

Bratsk is a city in the Siberian region and part of the Irkutsk Oblast. The city has about 250,000 inhabitants.

Getting There

By Plane

Bratsk Airport (BTK) has some flights, including those to/from Irkutsk, Moscow, Chita and Krasnodar.

By Train

Bratsk is one of the first major cities coming from the west on the Baikal Amur Railway (BAM), which continues east towards Tynda and Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

By Boat

In summer, there are hydrofoils along the Angara river to Irkutsk.

Keep Connected

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Russian Post is the national postal service of Russia. It's English version is currently under construction, but mainly involves the track&trace system. The domestic post is reasonably reliable, and sending international mail is fairly reliable but slow, taking at least a few weeks to European countries, longer to the USA or Australia for example. The delivery of mail sent from abroad to Russia is highly unreliable, and people or companies tend to use foreign adresses, from where a private carrier sends it to Russia. Alternatives like poste restante are non-existent with Russian Post. Most cities and large towns in Russia have a Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt), which also sells stamps and envelopes, and usually has fax services and Internet availability, though the latter mostly not in smaller places. Also, many hotels have postal services, including mail boxes. Post offices tend to keep long hours, usually from 8:00am or 9:00am until 8:00pm or 9:00pm Monday to Friday, and closing earlier during weekends. The main central post offices in the biggest cities keep even longer hours. For sending parcels, you can also try services by DHL Russia and FedEx Russia. For all mail you can use the regular alphabet, though maybe include the country's name in Cyrillic. For sending post to Russia (or trying to receive it) note that addresses should be in reverse order: Russia, postal code, city, street address, name.

External Links

• Official Website