Modern Russia Attractions St Petersburg Museum & Moscow Visitor Guide<< >>
Moderm Russia attractions Moscow and visitor guide will give you an introduction to the largest country in the world. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), it covers more than a ninth of the planets land area. It spans eleven time zones and two continents. It has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water. It is also home to the largest freshwater lake in the world.
From the imperial city of St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum and Peter the Greats’ new capital to the vastness of Siberia this is a land of discovery.
The capital Moscow is a major tourist center where the travellers make for Red Square and at the heart of the city of Moscow the Kremlin. "Kremlin" means "fortress" and it is a collection of palaces, churches and major historical monuments. It is also home to the oldest museum in Russia, the State Armoury. It displays ancient weapons, armour, and crown jewels, gold-encrusted icons, and exquisitely carved royal thrones.
While in Moscow don’t forget to travel on the famous Moscow Metro, where every station is an individual tribute to Soviet art and design.
To travel from Moscow to St. Petersburg you can go via rail or boat. The Moscow-Volga Canal completed in 1937, links the capital to the great system of waterways in St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland. This boat trip passes by some of the finest medieval cities in the country.
St. Petersburg is the imperial crown with grandeur of the Winter Palace and the specially designed streets, squares, canals, bridges, churches and palaces. Undoubtedly the crowing glory is the State Hermitage, which houses more than three million works of art and artefacts of the world culture.
The main collection is displayed in the Winter Palace, the former state residence of the Russian emperors.
On the theme of emperors you could explore the Ural Mountains where the Romanovs met their violent end. The city of Ekaterinburg, is located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and is known as the city where Bolsheviks killed the last Russian tsar Nicolas II and his family in 1918.
In such a vast country there are many cities and natural sights and attractions to see.
The best way to approach it is to get a good guidebook study it and decided what you want to see.
This country is teeming with wild life and natural wonders.
The Siberian tiger, the world's largest cat, is just one endangered species that the authorities are trying to protect. There may be as few as two hundred left in the wild. These magnificent tigers can grow to 13 ft (4 m) long and can weigh up to 650 lb (290 kg). Poachers seek them out Day and Night but the government are wisely seeking to stop it.
Russia has longest borders in the world; it is washed by twenty-two seas and has twelve in-land seas.
It is home to more than 100 different ethnic groups and Slavs account for about 75% of the total population.
Without doubt because of its size and diversity you could spend your life discovering it.
<< |
