Russia: attractions and places of interest

Kurskaya Kosa is a national park in the Kaliningrad region, formed in 1987. The park is a strip of sand from Zelenogradsk to the city of Klaipeda in Lithuania, separating the Baltic Sea from the Curonian lagoon. On the Lithuanian part of the braid, the national park of the same name is also formed. ...

Chusovaya is one of the most beautiful rivers in Russia, originating in the Urals and flowing into Kama. Picturesque shores, as well as frequent mention in the literature, made Chusas a popular tourist destination. Origin of the name of the river There are several versions of the origin of the nam...

Alupkinsky Park is a large park with an area of about 40 hectares in the resort town of Alupka. The park began to be broken in 1820, today it is a monument of landscape gardening and is a single composition with the Vorontsov Palace. The park is also called Vorontsovsky. The relief of the park is v...

Astrakhan Biosphere Reserve is one of the oldest reserves in Russia located in the Volga Delta. After thousands of kilometers, Volga near the Caspian Sea is divided into dozens of hoses, forming isolated islets in which hundreds of species of birds, fish and animals hide from hunters and fishermen. ...

Oranienbaum is a palace and park complex in the city of Lomonosov, near St. Petersburg. The complex has completely saved the atmosphere and scenery of the 18th century and this is of great artistic importance. History of the palace complex In the 18th century, Peter I gave this land to Alexander M...

Lake Teletskoye is one of the most beautiful and pureest lakes of Mountain Altai. From a long time, local peoples called it "Golden Lake". The current name of the lake was given by Russian pioneers, having met with local Turkic tribes with televisions. Prior to this, since the time of the Mongols, ...

33 waterfalls - an unusual mountain gorge in its beauty in the Lazarevsky district of Sochi. As the name clearly shows, the main attraction of the gorge is waterfalls, some up to ten meters high. The Thirty Three Falls cascade is located on the Jegosh brook flowing into the Shah River. The creek, d...

Not far from Krasnoyarsk in the mountains of the East Sayan, between the tributaries of Enisei, there is an amazing reserve "Krasnoyarsk Pillars". It was founded back in 1925 to preserve picturesque places and unique blue-and-white remains spread over 471 km2. Attractions The reserve is the hallma...

Sochi Arboretum is located in the resort town of Sochi and covers an area of almost 50 hectares. The park collection has over one and a half thousand plants collected from all over the world. The history of the park began in 1889, when art critic and playwright Khudekov S. N. bought land here under...

The Kivach State Nature Reserve is one of the oldest nature reserves in Russia, created in 1931 on an area of 109 km2. The basis for the reserve was the famous Kivach waterfall of the same name. There are several versions of the origin of the name of the waterfall. According to one of them, the nam...