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The relics of ancient palaces in St. Petersburg conjure up images of a long-forgotten city, but elegant St. Petersburg has recently made a comeback – transforming itself with hip music, restaurants and art.
Go for: Churches & Abbeys, Museums, Art Collections, Castles & Palaces, Festivals
24 experiences:
Hermitage Museum, The White Nights Festival, Peter and Paul Cathedral, Marinsky Theatre, Summer Garden.
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The Kremlin’s presence in Moscow speaks to tradition and antiquity, but as more contemporary buildings pop up along Moscow’s skyline, the city proves that its appeal translates into modern times.
Go for: Churches & Abbeys, People, Art Collections, Visitor Attractions, Trains
19 experiences:
Cathedral of St. Basil, The Trans-Siberian Railway, The Kremlin, Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, Lenin's Tomb.
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Go for: River Trips, Cruising, Mountains, Palaces, Castles & Palaces
6 experiences:
Volga River Cruise, Western Caucasus, Pavlovsk, Heli-skiing in Krasnaya Poliana, Snowboard Krasnaya Polyana.
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Go for: Lakes, Mountains, Islands, River Trips
6 experiences:
Lake Baikal, Altay Mountains, Yenisey River, Olkhon Island.
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Go for: Volcanoes, Coastlines, Rainforests and Jungles, Extreme Challenge, Skiing
7 experiences:
Fishing at Korkodon, the Republic of Sakha in Russia, Lena River, Kamchatka Peninsula, Skiing and Heli-skiing at Kamchatka Resort, Kronotsky.
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Forming part of the border between China and Russia, the Amur or Black Dragon River, has long been an important physical division between Russia and China. The river covers hugely different types of environments, from desert to steppe to tundra....
Go for: River Trips
1 experiences:
Amur River.
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Go for: Environment, Rainforests and Jungles, Churches & Abbeys, Islands
3 experiences:
Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery, Solovetsky Island, Virgin Komi Forests.
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Go for: Natural World, Mountains
1 experiences:
Altai.
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The ‘Paris of Siberia’, Irkutsk is the closest city to Lake Baikal. It started life as a fort, part of the Russian push into Siberia, grew with the discovery of gold in size and elegance and was where emperors and communists were exiled, making it...
Go for: Rafting
2 experiences:
Raft Siberia's Sayan Oka.
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Go for: Modern, Ranges
6 experiences:
Ganina Yama, The Ural Mountains.
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