It was pretty easy to travel from Moscow to St.Petersburg only using local trains („elektrichka“), but I also heard stories about traveling entire Transsiberian

It was pretty easy to travel from Moscow to St.Petersburg only using local trains („elektrichka“), but I also heard stories about traveling entire Transsiberian route this way in 1990s. As of 2017 this seemed already impossible, but still quite close with only few gaps, as can be seen in this story where it took author only 24 days and just 400€: https://www.yaplakal.com/forum2/topic2130672.html https://www.yaplakal.com/forum2/topic2130672.html