More info

Online train ticket ordering web site

http://www.poezda.net/en/

Timetables also.

This is the free English newspaper in St. Petersburg http://www.times.spb.ru/

Use this to check hours of sunlight for your days in SPB. www.skycalendar.com/skycal/index.html

A lot of people who visit Russia stay in private apartments www.oksanas.net http://spbmos.homestead.com/Recommendation.html http://www.apartment.spb.ru/main/main.htm http://www.enjoymoscow.com/ (This is Moscow Rick. I recommend him on personal experience.)

Here is a review of over 130 hotels in Russia http://www.visitmoscow.com/

Also http://www.hotelinspector.com/

Bill Southern California