Fill in the Blanks ACROSS A CONTINENT BY RAILOnline version FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE WORDS PROVIDED by HELEN MACEY 1 to can is are tickets on The don't in and Russia a very large country . There eight time zones between Moscow in the west and Vladivostok in the east . It's 9 , 000 kilometres and there are two ways to travel ? by rail by road . By rail : the Trans - Siberian Railway Trains leave Moscow almost every day . Book your in advance ? wait until you arrive in Moscow . You book online or use a travel agent . There are two options : Travel non - stop in seven days . You sleep and eat the train . You can talk other passengers , learn some words Russian and enjoy the views . train travels through amazing mountains , beautiful forests and strange deserts .