The most interesting sights of Russia

Russia is a great and diverse country, its expanses amaze the imagination. Everything is here: from amazing architectural monuments to all kinds of natural attractions, stretching from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean. What can you see in Russia, what are the most interesting and unusual places that attract tourists from all over the world?

Moscow and St. Petersburg, Siberia, the Far East, the Volga region, the Krasnodar Territory, the Russian North, the Caucasus and the Urals are the most famous regions where the most famous are concentrated.

A selection of the best objects in Russia will help you get to know the history and culture of the country that ranks first in the world in terms of territory.

Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin is perhaps the main attraction of Moscow. This architectural and artistic ensemble is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The unique museum complex includes museum-cathedrals, the Patriarch's Chambers of the 17th century, the Ivan the Great Bell Tower and the Armory Chamber - a treasury museum.

The Kremlin museums present unique exhibits. Among them are royal carriages, icons, weapons and armor, state regalia and much more. On the territory of the Kremlin is the residence of the President of Russia.

Visiting the Moscow Kremlin paid, ticket price 500 RUB, children under 16 years old - free of charge.

If you stay in the city for more than a day, you should take care of accommodation for the night. .

Red Square

Red Square is located in the very center of Moscow and is the heart of Russia. There are unique sights here. What is the Lenin Mausoleum with a solemn guard, Execution Ground, Kazan Cathedral.

The square is the main venue for ceremonial parades. This is one of the main attractions of Moscow.

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The territory of the square is not intended for the passage of cars, it is a pedestrian zone.

Tretyakov Gallery

The most famous art museum in Moscow is the Tretyakov Gallery. The museum's collection includes more than 100 thousand works of art. Here is the largest collection of Russian fine art in the world. The museum was founded in 1856 by the merchant P. M. Tretyakov. The facade of the museum building was made according to the sketches of the artist Vasnetsov.

Entrance ticket: 400 RUB.

Kizhi Island

The open-air museum-reserve Kizhi is one of the most visited attractions in Russia. 89 unique monuments of wooden architecture are collected here: old houses, chapels, mills, churches, barns and other buildings.

The most famous building of the museum is the Church of the Transfiguration, built in 1714. Its height is 37 meters, it is decorated with 22 domes of different sizes, descending to the ground. And all this construction is made without a single nail.

Kizhi Pogost is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The island is located on Lake Onega, 68 km from the capital of Karelia, the city of Petrozavodsk.

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Motor ships run to the island, the cost of a two-way trip is 2750 RUB, departure from Petrozavodsk.

Saint Sophie Cathedral

Hagia Sophia in Novgorod is rightfully considered the most outstanding monument of ancient Russian architecture. He is only a few years younger than Sophia of Kyiv, it was she who served as the prototype of the Novgorod shrine. The construction of the temple was carried out by Prince Vladimir of Novgorod, the son of Yaroslav the Wise.

The cross of the central dome of the cathedral is crowned with the figure of a dove - a symbol of the Holy Spirit, and while he is there, the city is under his protection.

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The cathedral is located on the territory of the Novgorod Kremlin, temple entrance free.

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

The museum-monument St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg is one of the best cathedrals in Europe, and is also one of the main attractions of Russia.

Well-known masters of the middle of the 19th century worked on the interior decoration of the cathedral, among them Karl Bryullov, Fedor Bruni, Vasily Shebuev, Ivan Vitali. Mosaic paintings are of particular interest, there are about 60 of them. Stained-glass windows are no less beautiful - their area is about 28.5 sq.m.

It is possible to climb the colonnade of the dome of the cathedral, from a height of 43 meters a beautiful view of the city opens up.

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Complex ticket to the cathedral and to the colonnade - 400 RUB.

For an overnight stay in St. Petersburg, you can use.

curonian spit

The Curonian Spit National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located on the Baltic coast. The nature of the spit is diverse and unique, there are deserts and meadows covered with moss and lichen, pine and deciduous forests, swamps and moving dunes.

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The length of the spit is 98 km, the width varies from 400 to 3800 meters.

One-time pass to visit the park: 250 RUB.

Museum-Reserve "Peterhof"

Another unique attraction of St. Petersburg. The Peterhof State Museum-Reserve is a palace complex with fountains, gardens and parks. The amazingly beautiful palace and park complex is most famous for its fountains, there are more than 150 of them.

The complex consists of the Upper Garden, the Palace and the Lower Park. One of the main attractions is the Grand Cascade, in the center of which is the figure of Samson tearing apart the mouth of a lion.

Another decoration of the park - White Nights, they last from mid-May to almost mid-July. The museum is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and is also recognized as one of the wonders of Russia.

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Peterhof is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, 30 km from St. Petersburg.

Museum fees: from 70 to 520 RUB.

Kazan Kremlin

The Kazan Kremlin is the main attraction of Kazan. On the territory of the museum-reserve, Tatar and Russian architecture coexist - this is the Annunciation Cathedral and the main mosque of Kazan Kul Shalif, the Governor's House and the leaning Syuyumbike tower.

The Kremlin is the official residence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan.

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Entrance to the Kremlin free. The fee is taken only for visiting museums: from 150 to 250 RUB.

There are a lot of accommodation options in Kazan. .

Sochi Arboretum

The Sochi arboretum is a monument of gardening art; it contains a unique collection of subtropical plants brought from different parts of the world. The rose garden is especially popular.

The park has a cable car, you can look at all this splendor from a bird's eye view. In 2012, the park celebrated its 120th anniversary.

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Admission ticket: 250 RUB.

teletskoye lake

The amazing beauty of Lake Teletskoye is the pearl of Altai. This is one of the deepest lakes on the planet with the purest water, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Local people consider the lake sacred. The incredible beauty of these places is fascinating, the waterfalls are especially interesting - the most visited is Korbu, its height is 12.5 meters. The entire right bank is part of the Altai Reserve.

Arch Steller

The Steller Arch is a unique natural monument of the Kamchatka Territory. It is a symbol of the Commander Biosphere Reserve, located on the Pacific Ocean between the bays of Poludennaya and Gladkovskaya. The height of the arch is 20.6 m, formed as a result of natural rock erosion.

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It is named after its discoverer, traveler Georg Wilhelm Steller.

Novgorod detinets

The Novgorod Kremlin (Detinets) is the oldest Kremlin in Russia, its age has exceeded 970 years. He entered the list of the best sights of Russia.

On the territory of the Kremlin there is the most ancient temple in Russia - St. Sophia Cathedral, the Vladychnaya (Faceted) Chamber, a monument to the 1000th anniversary of Russia, the Church of St. Andrew Stratilates and other buildings. The total area of the Kremlin is 12.1 hectares.

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The Novgorod Kremlin is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Entrance ticket price: 190 RUB.

Kungur ice cave

The Kungur ice cave is the largest karst cave in Russia, it ranks seventh in the ranking of the longest gypsum caves in the world. Its length is 5600 meters, there are up to fifty grottoes, more than 60 lakes.

The air temperature in some grottoes does not rise above zero degrees. The approximate age of the cave is 10-12 thousand years, located in the Urals in the Perm region. The length of the route equipped for tourists is 1500 meters.

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The cost of entrance tickets: from 600 to 1000 RUB.

Dombay

Dombay is one of the oldest ski resorts in Russia. It is located at the foot of the Main Caucasian Range at an altitude of 1620 meters in the valley.

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Beautiful nature and well-developed infrastructure attract many tourists, the season lasts from November to May.

boxwood waterfalls

Picturesque Boxwood waterfalls attract many tourists every year. There are waterfalls on the East Dagomys River surrounded by relict forests. The river flows through the gorge, forming waterfalls-cascades. Near each of them there are deepenings with the purest water in which you can swim.

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The highest waterfalls reach a height of 5 meters. There are waterfalls a few kilometers from Sochi, near the village of Baranovka.

Diamond quarry "Mir"

One of the world's largest diamond quarry "Mir" is located in Yakutia. A giant funnel 525 meters deep is literally mesmerizing, the quarry is especially impressive from a bird's eye view.

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For more than 50 years, diamonds have been mined here, the largest was found in 1981 - 324.5 carats. In 2001, the development was stopped, and the quarry was mothballed.

Krasnoyarsk pillars

The nature reserve "Krasnoyarsk pillars" is located in the spurs of the Eastern Sayan on the right bank of the Yenisei. Local rocks resemble pillars, they are narrow and high: from 60 to 600 m. In total, there are about a hundred pillars made of gray-pink granite, most of them have their own names.

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