The first mentions of Chita are found in the ancient Russian chronicles of the 17th century. The city has preserved the famous church of the Decembrists, where the rebels exiled in 1827 tried to find consolation and prayed for better times.
Instructions
Step 1
If you have a driver's license, you can get to Chita in your own vehicle. You can get to Chita from Irkutsk using the P258 “Baikal” highway, from Khabarovsk you can get to Chita along the P297 “Amur” highway. If you are traveling by car from Moscow, you will need to follow the Asian route AH6 through Samara, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Petropavlovsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk. The distance between Moscow and Chita is about 6,300 kilometers, which can be covered in about 70 hours, excluding stops.
Step 2
There are two railway stations in Chita, the services of which you can also use. The main city railway station, Chita II station, receives about 20 long-distance passenger trains daily, while serving suburban traffic as well. You can go to Chita by train from almost all Far Eastern cities with a railway connection. It will take you about 4.5 days to travel by train from Moscow to Chita. In addition, international trains №№019 / 020, connecting Moscow with Beijing, pass through Chita-II.
Step 3
There is also a bus station in Chita, the services of which you can use if you decide to go to this city by bus. However, it should be noted that the bus station serves mainly suburban traffic. Thus, by bus you can get to Chita only from Zabaikalsk, the travel time on the way will be about 8 hours.
Step 4
If you want to save time on the road, the best solution is to fly by plane. 20 kilometers from the center of Chita is the international airport Kadala, which connects this settlement with many cities in Russia (Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, etc.), and also serves international flights to Antalya, Phuket, Bangkok, Manchuria. If you fly to Chita from Moscow, you should pay attention to the flights of Aeroflot, Uralskie Lines and S7 Airlines, departing daily from Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports. Travel time from the capital to Chita by plane is just over six hours. You can get from the airport to the city center by bus # 40E, route taxis # 12 and 14, or by taxi.
