Kamchatka & the Far East
Avachinsky Volcano
An active volcano near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, climbable in a long day.
Landmarks
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UNESCO World Heritage St. Petersburg
Church of the Savior on Blood
A Russian-revival church on a city canal, covered inside and out with mosaics.
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UNESCO World Heritage Baltic Coast
Curonian Spit
A narrow ribbon of sand dunes and pine forest between the Baltic Sea and a lagoon, shared with Lithuania.
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UNESCO World Heritage The Caucasus
Derbent Citadel
An ancient fortress and walled town on the Caspian shore, among the oldest continuously inhabited places in Russia.
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UNESCO World Heritage St. Petersburg
Hermitage Museum
A green-and-white palace on the Neva holding millions of objects, with state rooms as impressive as the art.
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UNESCO World Heritage Kazan & the Volga
Kazan Kremlin
A white-stone fortress where a large mosque and an Orthodox cathedral stand within the same walls.
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UNESCO World Heritage Karelia & the North
Kizhi Pogost
A cluster of wooden churches on an island in Lake Onega, topped by a tower of silvery domes.
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UNESCO World Heritage Lake Baikal & Siberia
Lake Baikal
The deepest and oldest lake on Earth, enormously clear and framed by forested mountains.
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UNESCO World Heritage Lake Baikal & Siberia
Lena Pillars
Jagged orange limestone cliffs rising along the Lena River in Yakutia.
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The Caucasus
Mount Elbrus
A twin-peaked snow volcano and Europe's highest mountain by the usual definition.
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UNESCO World Heritage Lake Baikal & Siberia
Olkhon Island
The largest island in Lake Baikal, with steppe hills, sandy bays and a sacred rock cape.
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UNESCO World Heritage St. Petersburg
Peterhof
Peter the Great's seaside estate, famous for its terraced gardens and gilded fountains.
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UNESCO World Heritage Moscow
Red Square
The ceremonial heart of Moscow, framed by the Kremlin wall, a grand department store and a painted cathedral.
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UNESCO World Heritage Golden Ring
Sergiev Posad (Trinity Lavra)
Russia's most important monastery, with blue-and-gold domes inside a fortified wall an hour from Moscow.
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UNESCO World Heritage Karelia & the North
Solovetsky Monastery
A fortified island monastery in the White Sea, with walls built of enormous boulders.
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UNESCO World Heritage Moscow
St. Basil's Cathedral
Nine painted chapels crowd together at the southern edge of Red Square, forming the most recognisable skyline in Russia.
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UNESCO World Heritage Golden Ring
Suzdal
A small riverside town of white-stone churches, wooden houses and monasteries, best explored on foot.
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UNESCO World Heritage Kazan & the Volga
Sviyazhsk
A tiny island town at the meeting of the Volga and Sviyaga rivers, with monasteries and old frescoes.
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UNESCO World Heritage Moscow
The Moscow Kremlin
A walled fortress of cathedrals, towers and treasuries on the bank of the Moskva River.
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UNESCO World Heritage Kamchatka & the Far East
Valley of Geysers
A steaming volcanic canyon of geysers and hot springs, reached only by helicopter.
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UNESCO World Heritage Golden Ring
Vladimir's Assumption Cathedral
A twelfth-century white-stone cathedral on a hill above the Klyazma River, once the model for Moscow's churches.