Russia: attractions and places of interest

Lena Pillars are geological formations of sheer cliffs that form the basis of the natural national park of the same name, located on the banks of the Lena River in Yakutia with a length of more than 40 kilometers. The height of the rocks in some places reaches up to 100 meters with various shapes th...

The Valley of Geysers, one of the largest geyser fields on our planet, has found its place in distant Kamchatka. This is a fairly rare phenomenon that can be found in nature. A collection of geysers lurks among the inaccessible gorges of the Kronotsky Reserve, which is on the UNESCO World Natural He...

Kizhi Island, which is located in Karelia, is famous for its ensemble of unique wooden cultural monuments. An open-air museum reserve was founded here in 1960, which is now known all over the world. This island is a territory on Lake Onega, 5.5 km long and 800 meters wide, where ancient objects are ...

Baikal is one of the 10 largest lakes in the world and turns out to be the deepest on planet Earth. The location of the lake is Siberia. The usual depth is 730 m, the maximum is 1637 m. Baikal has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. This lake is also considered the oldest on the ...

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

Meshchera is a national park in the Vladimir region, founded in 1992. It was created to protect the natural complex. The park covers 1,189 km2, which includes part of the land managed by various owners (approximately 39%). The landscape of the park was formed a long time ago and is a swampy forest s...

Smolenskoye Poozerye is a national park located in the Smolensk region of Demidovsky and Dukhovshchinsky districts and covers 1,462 km2, of which most is woodland, and the rest is agricultural land, lakes and swamps. It was founded in 1992 with the aim of saving pristine, unique natural complexes, a...

Zyuratkul is a national park of Russia, located in the Chelyabinsk region, occupying an 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 p...

Nizhny 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 park's border runs next to Yelabuga and Naberezhnye Chelny and Nizhnekamsk. The landscape of the area is undulating, divided by rivers and streams, as well as di...

Orlovskoye Polesie is a national park of Russia, founded in 1994. The park's territory covers 777 km2. The attractiveness and uniqueness of the territory of the national park is given by the beauty of the natural landscape and the presence of unique objects, as well as its connection with the cultur...