Russia: attractions and places of interest

The yew-samshite grove is a unique natural monument near Sochi, in which a rare Colchis samishite and a berry yew grow. The forest area is more than 300 hectares and since 1931 it has been a conservation. Ancient plants that grew 30 million years ago have survived in the yew-samshite grove to this ...

Livadian Palace is one of the residences of the rulers of the Russian Empire, located near Yalta. It was here in 1945 that the fateful Yalta Conference of the Allied Powers was held, which decided the order of peace after the Second World War. The history of this region began back in ancient times,...

Turgoyak is a large fresh lake in the Chelyabinsk region near the city of Miass. Water in the lake is considered the second after Baikal in its purity and transparency. There are several versions of the origin of the name of the lake, the most convincing of them is that the lake was formerly called...

Massandra Palace is one of the most famous attractions of Crimea, which has become the place of filming films such as: Hearts of Three, Crazy Day or Figaro's marriage, Filled Island. Massandra used to belong to different people, from merchants to princes, and only Prince Vorontsov decided to build ...

Khvalynsky is a national park in the Saratov region near the city of Khvalynsk. Initially, the territory of the park was 255 km2, but in 2004 the protected area was increased and at the moment the area of the national park is 1404 km2. The main objective of the national park is environmental touris...

Tsaritsyno is one of the first palace and park complexes in Moscow. The complex was built by order of Empress Catherine II on a hilly area of over 100 hectares. During the reign of Boris Godunov, there was the village of Bogorodskoye, which was owned by his sister Irina. In the Troubles, everything...

Muradymov Gorge is the most picturesque corner of Bashkiria in the valley of the Bolshoi Ik river. The gorge is a natural park, and its area is 236 km2. The relief of the park has been formed for millions of years under the influence of tectonic processes. As a result of the movements of the earth'...

Ai-Petri is one of the most famous Crimean mountains, part of the Ai-Petrinsky Yale. Her picturesque teeth attract thousands of tourists annually, making her a symbol of southern Crimea. The name of the mountain translated from Greek means "Saint Peter". Speaking of grief, they often mean the entir...

Fisht is one of the most famous and beautiful mountains of the Caucasus 2868 meters high. In good weather, it is visible from Sochi, Armavir, Krasnodar, Slavyansk-on-Kubani. The name of the peak translates as "white head". According to scientists, the mountain hundreds of millions of years ago was ...

The summer garden is an amazing park in St. Petersburg, from the very beginning thought of as a residence for Peter I. Initial work on the construction of the garden took place under the personal supervision of Peter I. History of the Summer Garden The first work by garden breakdown began in 1704....