Russia. Россия. Places to go.

Russia on the world map

Capital – Moscow Established around 1147

Established in 1703 by Peter the Great St. Petersburg Established in 1703 by Peter the Great Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow and a cultural capital of Russia.

Sochi. City of Olympics 2014 Sochi became world-known when it won the bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games Sochi is the 'Summer Capital' of Russia, or the Black Sea Pearl. This is the country's biggest summer sea resort.

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don is my native city. It’s located on the border between European and Asian continents. One riverside of this river “Don” is Europe and another one is Asia.

Russian Santa – Grandpa Frost You can always come to Grandpa Frost to his house– Great Ustug City. Grandpa Frost has the great helper – granddaughter Snegurochka

Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is the greatest Russian men’s monastery.

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake in the world, containing 20% of the world's fresh water.

Altai Mountains

The Manpupuner rock formations Set of 7 gigantic abnormally shaped stone pillars located west of the Ural mountains

Putorana Mountains The Putorana Plateau is a high-lying basalt plateau, a mountainous area at the northwestern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau

Orda Cave. Perm’s area. Orda Cave is a crystal cave found underneath the western Ural Mountains. The cave system stretches over 3.2 mi with around 3.0 mi being under water. This makes it one of the longest underwater caves and the largest underwater gypsum cave in the world.

Chara Sands Chara Sands: Miniature Desert in the Freezing Cold of Siberia. The desert is surrounded by mountains covered with snow even during the summer.