- Russia: Where Is This Great Power Located?
- How to get to Russia?
- Holidays in Russia
- Russian souvenirs
Interest in the question: "Where is Russia?" not surprising. After all, here everyone will find excursions around Moscow and the Golden Ring, cruises along the Oka and Volga, active recreation in the vastness of Kamchatka and the Urals, fishing and rafting on the Karelian rivers.
Russia: Where Is This Great Power Located?
Russia, with an area of 17,125,191 sq. Km, occupies territory both in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, and lies in the Northern Hemisphere, on the Eurasia mainland (in its northern part). 23% of Russian territory is the European part of the country, and 76% is Asian (they are separated by the Kumo-Manych depression and the Ural mountains).
The Russian shores are washed by the waters of the Baltic, Caspian, Azov, Black Seas, the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The northernmost point of the Russian Federation is Cape Fligeli (Rudolf Island), and the southernmost point is located southwest of Mount Bazarduzu. The Russian Federation (capital - Moscow), consisting of 85 constituent entities, is bordered by 18 countries: by sea - the USA and Japan, by land - Poland, Belarus, Finland, Norway, Georgia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and others.
How to get to Russia?
You can get to Russia by bus (from the CIS countries and Europe); by train (from European, CIS countries and Asia, in particular China and Mongolia); by plane (from London, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Istanbul, as well as US cities).
Holidays in Russia
It is better to go to St. Petersburg with its Peter and Paul Fortress, Winter Palace, unique museums in May-September, when, moreover, everyone will have a chance to enjoy the white nights (June 11 - July 2) and buy a ticket for a river tram, which will ride through numerous channels.
It is worth paying attention to the Golden Ring in summer, especially in July - during the festive season (Cucumber Festival is held in Suzdal, and an aeronautics festival in Pereslavl and Rostov).
The center of Russia with Ryazan, Orel, Tver, Tula and other cities can be visited at any time of the year: in winter there are Christmas fairs, in summer conditions for long walks are created, and in spring tourists watch the awakening of nature.
Are you planning to go to Lake Teletskoye, see the sights of Irkutsk, Tyumen and other Siberian cities, explore the Khakass steppes and Altai mountains? Siberia is good not only in summer: in winter, you can ride dog sleds and snowmobiles, including in the framework of the organized races.
In summer in Kamchatka, vacationers go fishing and go on hiking tours, and in winter they go skiing and plunge into thermal springs.
The Russian North is also of interest, where you will be able to admire the ancient churches and wooden architecture of the Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions, join ecotourism, visit Father Frost (Veliky Ustyug).
Those who are not indifferent to beaches, in summer and in September, it is advisable to bet on the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory, where, moreover, they will be able to see the megalithic structures of the Psynako complex (Tuapse), the ruins of the ancient Gorgippia (Anapa), Gelendzhik dolmens (era - the Bronze Age).
In the Caucasus, tourists are expected by the mineral springs of Kislovodsk, Essentuki and other resorts, the ski centers of the Elbrus and Dombay, rafting in the Kuban, the conquest of the Musat-Cheri and Elbrus mountains.
And do not forget to visit Moscow - it is beautiful and interesting at any time of the year!
Russian souvenirs
Memorable souvenirs from Russia can be matryoshka dolls, Russian literature, Tula gingerbread and samovars, pine nuts, Pavlovo Posad and Orenburg shawls, honey, fish, vodka, cloudberry jam, Khokhloma, Gzhel, felt boots, Baltic amber.
