Founded in the mid-17th century as a winter quarters for traders and tax collectors, Irkutsk came to prominence in the 1800s. Participants in the Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I were exiled to Siberia in droves, turning Irkutsk into their cultural center. Today, it’s one of Siberia’s biggest and most important cities, with over half a million people, many universities, many historic churches and museums, and beautiful Lake Baikal, just about an hour away by train.
Discover the best top things to do in Bogorodsk, Russia including Bogorodsk Museum of Ceramics, Auto Sports Complex Nizhegorodskoe Koltso, Bogorodsk Historical Museum, The Temple in Honor of the Blessed Trinity, Pobeda, DZ Bogorodsk Extreme Entertainment Club, Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God.
Discover the best top things to do in Lukhovitsy, Russia including Monument to Postman Pechkin, Memorial Complex Walk of Fame, Monument to Cucumber, Statue of Peter The Great, Monument to Doctor Aibolit.
Sortavala (till 1918 Serdobol; Russian: Со́ртавала; Finnish and Karelian: Sortavala; Swedish: Sordavala) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga. Population: 19,235 (2010 Census); 21,131 (2002 Census); 22,579 (1989 Census).
On the banks of the Volga River, Kazan sits austerely, its cityscape a visual confection of architecture that somehow manages to be both playful and severe. No matter your spiritual inclination, you simply must visit the Temple of All Religions, a Technicolor cultural center built by artist Ildar Khanov. Though still a work in progress, the "temple" is a feast for the eyes—and the spirit.
Discover the best top things to do in Rzhevsky District, Russia including Tserkov' Ignatiya Bryanchaninova i Sobora Optinskikh startsev v Rzheve, Cathedral of Okovetskaya Icon of Mother of God, Old Believer Church of the Intercession, The Church of Ascension, Lutheran Church of St. Luke, Tserkov' Novomuchenikov i Ispovednikov Rossiyskikh, Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Church of St. Barbara the Great Martyr, Tserkov' Smolenskoy Ikony Bozhiyey Materi Pri Yeparkhial'nom Uchilishche.
Yekaterinburg is the thinking tourist's city, jam-packed with libraries, theaters and museums, plus seemingly out of place monuments that pay homage to entities like Michael Jackson and a keyboard. The beautiful Yekaterinburg Circus building is an intricate lace dome that arches over seating for 2600 spectators.
Pskov Oblast (Russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, Pskovskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the city of Pskov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 673,423.
The political, scientific, historical, architectural and business center of Russia, Moscow displays the country's contrasts at their most extreme. The ancient and modern are juxtaposed side by side in this city of 10 million. Catch a metro from one of the ornate stations to see Red Square, the Kremlin, the nine domes of St. Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the KGB Museum and other symbols of Moscow's great and terrible past, then lighten up and shop Boulevard Ring or people watch in Pushkin Square.
Discover the best top things to do in Gelendzhiksky District, Russia including The Old Park Cultural Center, Safari Park, White Bride Sculpture, Gelendzhik Embankment, Embankment.
The political, scientific, historical, architectural and business center of Russia, Moscow displays the country's contrasts at their most extreme. The ancient and modern are juxtaposed side by side in this city of 10 million. Catch a metro from one of the ornate stations to see Red Square, the Kremlin, the nine domes of St. Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the KGB Museum and other symbols of Moscow's great and terrible past, then lighten up and shop Boulevard Ring or people watch in Pushkin Square.
There are hundreds of historical monuments and features in Nizhny Novgorod, each more beautiful and unique than the last. A red brick kremlin, stone cathedrals, a futuristic planetarium, medieval monasteries, a hyperboloid tower... Nizhny Novgorod seems to be a mashup of cultures, eras and technologies that all miraculously work in harmony to create an endearing urban landscape.
Discover the best top things to do in Kola Peninsula, Russia including Regional Puppet Theater, Museum and Exhibition Center Apatite, Enotopolis, St. Nicholas Church, Lenin Nuclear Icebreaker, Regional Museum of Local Lore, Murmansk State Science Library, Teriberka, Murmansk Oceanarium, Murmansk Regional Philharmonic.
Discover the best top things to do in Karelian Isthmus, Russia including Memorial Flower of Life, Mass Cemetery of Soviet Soldiers and Leningrad Citizens, Monument to Vsevolozhskiy, Monument to Kamnetyos, Sculpture Dwarfs Scientists, Monument to Vsevolod Bobrov, Monument the First Submarine, Monument to the Vyborg Tram, Monument to Sailors-Submariners, Rumbolovskaya Mountain.
Lipetsk (Russian: Липецк, IPA: [ˈlʲipʲɪtsk]) is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, 438 kilometers (272 mi) southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 508,887.
Surgut (Russian: Сургут, IPA: [sʊrˈgut]) is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River. It is one of the few cities in Russia to be larger than the capital or the administrative center of its federal subject in terms of population, economic activity, and tourist traffic. Population: 348,643 (2016); 306,675 (2010 Census); 285,027 (2002 Census); 247,823 (1989 Census).
Discover the best top things to do in , Russia including Yaroslavl Embankment, Fedorovsky Embankment, Limpopo Zoo, Vvedenskiy Tolga Convent, Dom Gorodskogo Golovy Botnikova Museum, The Kremlin, Monastery of st Ipaty, Museum of Wooden Architecture, National Park Lake Pleshheyevo, Imperial Palace.
Discover the best top things to do in Dimitrovgrad, Russia including Monument to the Merchant Markov, Монумент Вечной славы, Pamyatnik pokoritelyam kosmosa, Monument to Ruble, Пожарная машина, Bust of Maria Musorova.
Discover the best top things to do in Primorye, Russia including St. Seraphim Monastery, Cathedral of the Annunciation, Jagannath Puri Temple, Spaso-Preobrazhenskiy Cathedral, Synagogue Beyt Sima, Svyatogo Prepodobnogo Serafima Sarovskogo Chapel.
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