A bilateral tourism exchange project from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. We open Russia to Turkish travellers the way hosts do it best: at the table.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySt. Petersburg, Russia
Russians are the largest group of foreign tourists in Türkiye. Turkish tourists in Russia are still rare. That gap is the opportunity.
Russian tourist arrivals in Türkiye in 2025, the first place among all countries
Source: Interfax, 30.01.2026
tourist trips to Russia by Turkish citizens in 2025
Source: Interfax, 06.02.2026
About 100 to 1. The Gastronomic Ring builds the road back.
What the host country gains
What Turkish travellers gain
To strengthen relations between Russia and Türkiye through tourism, culture and gastronomy.
Exchange cultural values and build a lasting channel of tourism between the two countries.
Develop routes across Russian regions that the Turkish audience has not seen yet.
Show more than beautiful cities: the cuisine, the hospitality and the everyday traditions of Russian, Caucasian and Volga peoples.
Cuisine is a universal language. Through food a traveller gets closer to Russia, and Russia gets closer to Türkiye.
Each ring covers four cities in eight days by comfortable coach, with carefully selected hotels along the way.
Khinkal, chudu, urbech
National dishes and famous Caucasian hospitality
Seafood cuisine and local winemaking
Black Sea cuisine and a resort finale
Kystyby, kumys, Bashkir honey
Chak-chak, echpochmak, balesh
Volga fish and merchant traditions
Caviar, watermelons, Caspian fish
One ring, four cities
per person, about €1,200, flights not included
Group size 15–25 guests
The price is a project estimate. The final price will be set together with partner hotels and tour operators.
Russian, Caucasian, Tatar and Volga-region cooking.
Shopping with locals and visits to the producers.
Cook the dishes yourself under a local chef.
An evening at the table of a local family.
Eight dishes guests will meet on the road, and what they actually are.
The Gastronomic Ring is a tourism product and a piece of people’s diplomacy at the same time. Every dinner is a small meeting between two countries.
Guests learn the customs behind each dish.
Real contact between families, not only between states.
Income for small business and local producers.
Guests who return, and bring friends with them.
Welcome to the table
We invite Turkish tour operators, hotels and partners to build the first seasons of the Gastronomic Ring with us.
New routes · Gastronomic programs · Friendship through culture
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3rd-year student, group 3834101/40301, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
aleksandrsarybayew@gmail.com
3rd-year student, group 3834101/40301, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
akomek2@gmail.com