Finding Phone Numbers. Phone numbers change very frequently and many numbers are not available in official phone books or from Phone Information which only has the Official Subscribers list. In particular often organizations and people that rent offices and apartments from others will not be listed with the phone company. All the phone numbers in The Traveller's Yellow Pages have been checked twice.

Note: The first three digits of the phone number indicates the specific area and even the street in St. Petersburg.

Note: Satellite telephones have special codes and can be difficult to reach inside the city.

Phone books. Contrary to common belief, there have long been telephone books for St. Petersburg. Now there are four large format phone books.

Yellow Pages: Our Traveller's Yellow Pages for Saint Petersburg was the first yellow pages in the city and earned the reputation of being the most accurate, up-to-date, and easy to use. Information is collected by a staff of 24 researchers and all numbers are verified twice. There are now 3 other Yellow Pages in St. Petersburg. We recommend several of them for business use along with The Traveller's Yellow Pages (TYP). They are useful for finding chemical factories, a complete list of the hundreds of bakeries, public schools, etc. in the state economy. Unfortunately, they have an error and omission rate of 20-30% because they are based largely on official telephone company listings so that many new private firms and numbers are not yet listed and many listed firms are no longer active.

*Abonent St. Petersburg Telephone Directory (AbonentTelefonnyy spravochnik St. Peterburga)***. In Russian, 1,136 pp., A-4 format, maps, index & headings in Russian and English. One big New York-sized volume. Alphabetical listing of firms at back. "The most complete, accurate, well-organized "yellow pages" telephone book in St Pbg; especially useful to businesses." (TYP Editor)

Abonent Leningrad Region Telephone Directory (Abonent Region Telefonnyy spravochnik po Leningradskomy regionu)***. In Russian, 1,136 pp., A-4 format. One of the few directories for the Leningrad Region. Not organized by city. A bit difficult to use. Not complete.
TELEMEDIA ST. PETERSBURG
Shpalernaya ul., 36................279-82-10
Tel/Fax............................279-82-40
Mo-Fr 9-17; M. Chernyshevskaya

*The Traveller's Yellow Pages Essential Saint Petersburg, 2001, 160 pp. This informative, convenient and up-to-date pocket-size directory is full of practical information for the foreign resident and visitor in St. Petersburg with 9000 phone numbers, 100's of essays and tables, all organized in 890 categories like a traditional yellow pages. Bilingual metro maps, street maps and theater seating plans.

Best in St. Petersburg, 2001-2002 (Luchshee v Sankt-Peterburge, 2001/2002). In Russian. 382 pp. Adapted from the above directory for the upscale Russian family, executives, managers and young professionals. Now in its third edition. Available free of charge to the Russian staff of selected organizations and firms and in Moscow. Call for more information.
INFOSERVICES INTERNATIONAL INC.,
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Tel................1(631) 549-00-64
Fax................1(631) 549-66-60
TELINFO A/O, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Moyki reki nab., 64................315-64-12
Fax................................312-73-41
Internet................www.infoservices.com
Mo-Fr 9-18; M. Sennaya Ploshchad

Compass St. Petersburg (Kompas Sankt-Peterburg). Series of directories for senior managers
Nevskiy prosp., 30, of. 6..........219-92-00
Fax................................312-32-91
Mo-Fr 10-16 (13-14); M. Nevskiy Prospekt

Entire Petersburg at Home, in the Office, Driving a Car (Ves Peterburg doma, v ofise, za rulem avtomobilya).
Bol. Morskaya, ul., 28.............325-65-85
Tel.........325-65-15
Fax.........325-65-75
T-bus 5, 22

Entire St. Petersburg Telephone Directory (Ves Peterburg) In Russian, 742 pp. Publication status uncertain. Large A-4 size, 70,000 simple listings, English indexes-headings, with listings alphabetically in a white pages format followed by an incom-plete yellow pages section. History, town maps.
PRESSKOM
Bol. Morskaya, ul., 28.............325-65-85
Tel.........325-65-15
Fax.........325-65-75

Information CIS and Baltics,, 198 pp. Rather incomplete for SPbg but useful for other cities in Northwest Russia. Same format as its highly recommended brother, Information Moscow.
JUPITER ASSOCIATES LIMITED, Moscow
Leninskiy prosp., 45, kv. 426
Tel.........135-11-64
Fax.........564-86-61

PeterSburg 008. Information about firms of 008 telephone information service
PUBLISHER
26-ya Liniya, 9a...................356-20-35
Tel.........356-20-36
Fax.........325-92-77 Mo-Fr 10-18; M. Vasileostrovskaya, Tram 11, 14

Peterburg, Delovye stranitsy,, directory for entrepreneurs, see BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS

Saint Petersburg Yellow Pages (Zheltye stranitsy Sankt-Peterburga), 1,248 pp., A-4 format, completely bilingual, organized by Russian headings with English index about firms, nice maps in back. Although much improved from earlier editions it is still difficult to use, heavy, with little information about firms and relatively few ads. Its 34,000 listings are mostly from the state and manufacturing sectors and phone company listings. Still, very useful reference for foreign firms in office.
CPY YELLOW PAGES LTD.
Antonenko per., 6b.................325-86-33
Fax................................315-66-32 M. Sennaya Ploshchad

Where in Saint Petersburg,. Includes maps, white pages (about 2600 addresses) and short yellow pages. Now out of date.
RUSSIAN INFORMATION SERVICES INC.
89 Main str., suite 2, Montpelier, VT 05602, USA
Tel....... (802)223-4955
Fax....... (802)223-6105

MOSCOW

Traveller's Yellow Pages and Handbook for Moscow 2001, 271 pp. May 2001. 12,000 listings, 100's practical essays and tables, in 840 categories like a yellow pages. Bilingual metro maps, 10 seating plans, airport plans and detailed maps for shops. The definitive book for foreign residents. Order by fax or over the Internet.

Best in Moscow 2001 (Luchshee v Moskve 2001). In Russian, 456 pp. December 2000. Adapted from the above directory for the upscale Russian family, executives, managers and young professionals. Available free of charge to the Russian staff of selected organizations and firms and in Moscow. Call for more information.
INFOSERVICES INTERNATIONAL INC., Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Tel................1(631) 549-00-64
Fax................1(631) 549-66-60
INFOSERVICES PUBLISHING, A/O, Moscow
Putinkovskiy per. 2/1........(095) 229-79-14
Fax..........................(095) 209-54-65
Internet................www.infoservices.com
Mo-Fr 9-18; M. Pushkinskaya

Information Moscow. Monthly telephone directory in English; 2x/yr; cir=20,000
Leninskiy prosp., 45, kom. 426
Tel..........................(095) 135-11-64

Moscow Business Telephone Guide. Monthly telephone directory for businessmen in English; published by Inforkom Data; cir=30,000.
CMS New York Inc., 1925 Clove Rd., Staten Is.,
New York 10304 USA...........(095) 945-86-75
Tel/Fax......................(095) 945-65-26

RUSSIA

Actual Information (Aktualnaya informatsiya), 48 pp. Directory, includes essential information about government, communication, transport, medical services in SPbg.
PUBLISHER AiF-PETERSBURG
Razezzhaya ul., 9, flr 2...........315-31-33
Tel.........315-35-54
Fax.........315-82-63
M. Vladimirskaya

All Russia (Vsya Rossiya), 3 volume directory with the most up-to-date information about central & regional administrative, legal & business authorities, transport, mass media, sport, educational institutions, religious associations, etc.
BANKOVSKOE DELO PUBLISHING HOUSE
Moscow, Zvezdnyy bulv., 21...(095) 215-56-13
Tel/Fax .....................(095) 215-56-10

Blue Pages of Russia (Sinie stranitsy Rossii). OUN yearly catalogue
Mal. Posadskaya ul., 22............325-65-97
Tel/Fax ...........................325-64-65 Mo-Fr 10-20; M. Gorkovskaya

Business in Your Hand (Biznes na Ladoni). Phone directory of firms in Moscow & St. Pbg.
Stachek prosp., 47.................184-88-40
Tel/Fax ...........................184-34-68
Mo-Fr 10-18; M. Kirovskiy Zavod

Russian Encyclopedia of Information & Telecommunications (Rossiyskaya entsiklopediya informatsii i telekommunikatsiy): Firms: 1200 firms providing information & telecommunication services in Russia. Vol. 2: Personnel: names & tel. of 1500 leading specialists in these firms. Vol. 3: Software: computer software, database technologies, telecommunications.
MBIT (INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FOR INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATIONS), Moscow
Leningradskiy prosp., 80/2.................(095) 158-74-78
Tel/Fax .....................(095) 158-56-65

Yellow Pages of Russia (Zheltye stranitsy Rossii); All-Russia business & commercial telephone directory. Very incomplete, as expected.
YELLOW PAGES INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING HOUSE
Moscow, Pyatnitskaya ul., 7
Tel/Fax .....................(095) 231-67-42