Russia: attractions and places of interest

The valley of geysers - one of the largest geyser fields on our planet, has found its place in the distant Kamchatka. This is a rather rare occurrence that can be met in nature. A set of geysers lurked among the hard-to-reach gorges of the Kronotsk Reserve, which is in the UNESCO World Heritage Regi...

Kizhi Island, which is located in Karelia, is famous for its ensemble of unique wooden cultural monuments. Here, back in 1960, an open-air museum-reserve was founded, which is now known to the whole world. This island is an area on Lake Onega with 5.5 km long and 800 meters wide, where ancient objec...

Baikal is one of the 10 largest lakes in the world and it turns out to be the deepest on planet Earth. Location of the lake - Siberia. The usual depth is 730 m, the greatest – 1637. Baikal has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1996. This lake is also considered the oldest on the planet, i...

Peterhof - is a large tourist, scientific center located in Russia. The ideas of its creation were born in Peter I, who was the founder of this world-famous creation, back in 1714. According to his plan, the future representation of the kings should not have lost to Versailles in France. Peterhof wa...

Meshchera is a national park in the Vladimir region, founded in 1992. It was created to sinter the natural complex. Park occupies 1189 km2, which includes part of the land that various owners ( manage approximately 39% ). The landscape of the park has been formed a very long time and represents a sw...

Smolenskoye Poozerye - a national park located in the Smolensk region of the Demidovsky and Dukhovshchinsky districts and occupies 1462 km2, with which the majority is a forested, and the rest is – agricultural land, lakes and swamps. It was founded in 1992 with the aim of saving pristine unique nat...

Zyuratkul is a national park of Russia, located in the Chelyabinsk region, occupying a area of 882 km2. The park was created in 1993 to preserve the unique natural complex of these places, cultural, historical, archaeological sites, as well as for environmental education of the population. In the pa...

Nizhnyaya Kama is a national park of Russia located in the Republic of Tatarstan. The park was founded in 1991 on a territory of 265 km2. The border of the park runs near Elabuga and the Embankment of Chelny and Nizhnekamsk. The terrain is wavy, divided by rivers and streams, as well as divided into...

Orlovskoye Polesye is a national park of Russia, founded in 1994. The park covers 777 km2. The attractiveness and peculiarity of the territory of the national park gives both the beauty of the natural landscape and the presence of unique objects, as well as its connection with the culture and histor...

Tunkinsky is a national park in Buryatia. The park was founded in 1991 and covers an area of 11,837 km2. It was created in order to protect the natural complexes of the Lake Baikal basin, the Hamar-Daban ridges and the East Sayan, as well as the Tunkin Valley. Other rather important areas of activi...