Cities in Europe
Novosibirsk, Russia
Novosibirsk is a city in Siberia, southern Russia, bisected by the Ob River. The Trans-Siberian Railway fueled much of the city's 19th-century growth, ... more
Perm, Russia
Perm is a Russian city close to the Ural Mountains. On the banks of the Kama River, Perm Zoo is home to rare snow leopards and Amur tigers. The collection at ... more
Naberazhnye Chelny, Russia
Naberezhnye Chelny is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. A major industrial center, Naberezhnye Chelny stands on the Kama River 225 ... more
Astrakhan, Russia
Astrakhan is a city on the Volga River in southern Russia. It's known for the Astrakhan Kremlin, an expansive fortress built in the 1500s. Its grounds are home ... more
Kemerovo, Russia
Kemerovo is a city in southwest Siberia, Russia. Kemerovo Regional Museum has a vast collection including prehistoric fossils, and antique weapons and cars. ... more
Stavropol, Russia
Stavropol is a city in southwestern Russia. The central Stavropol State Museum-Reserve includes exhibitions on archaeology, paleontology and Russian history. ... more
Cherepovets, Russia
Cherepovets is a city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the west of the oblast on the banks of the Sheksna River and on the shores of the Rybinsk Reservoir... more
Arkhangelsk, Russia
Arkhangelsk, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, in the north of Western Russia. ... more
Vologda, Russia
Vologda is a city in northwest Russia. It's known for the Vologda Kremlin, whose landmark buildings include the 16th-century St. Sophia Cathedral and its gilded... more
Bryansk, Russia
Bryansk is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the River Desna, 379 kilometers southwest of Moscow. Population: 415,721...
Surgut, Russia
Surgut is a city on the Ob River in western Siberia, Russia. Its City Park of Culture and Recreation has family amusement rides and natural forest. By the river... more
Listvyanka, Russia
Morning in Listvyanka feels like a quiet song—the hush of pine forest, the briny sting of Baikal’s wind, dogs bark somewhere down a side lane, and the day ... more
Tarusa, Russia
Tarusa holds a gentle hush at dawn; the Oka River drifts by in pale mist, quiet church bells threading the stillness. Cobblestone lanes wind past wooden ... more
Zhirnovsk, Russia
In Zhirnovsk, the air is laced with the gentle hum of river winds, drifting in from the Medveditsa and Volga. The sun glints off weathered Soviet-era facades, ... more
Mytishchi, Russia
The pace of Mytishchi is unhurried, suburban tranquillity stretched beneath broad Russian skies. In the calm of morning, sunlight pours through neat rows of ... more
Golikovo, Russia
Early morning in Golikovo hangs soft with mist, the still air lifted only by the gentle hush of wind threading through birch and pine. Village life starts slow... more
Alokka, Russia
Cool pine-scented air lingers above Alokka, where the birch woods meet the tidy edges of pastel timber houses. Lakes reflect shifting northern skies, clouds ... more
Cheboksary, Russia
Cheboksary (Russian: Чебокса́ры chee-bahk-SAH-ree) is the capital of Chuvashia in the Volga Region of the Russian Federation. About 600,000 people live here and... more
Valaam, Russia
Karelia is a region in Northwestern Russia, which borders Finland to the west, Murmansk Oblast to the north, the White Sea to the northeast, Arkhangelsk Oblast ... more
Kizhi, Russia
Kizhi (Russian: Кижи) is an island in Karelia, Russia.
Petrozavodsk, Russia
Petrozavodsk wakes gently, mist rising from Lake Onega as the city stirs with the first trams clanging along avenues fringed by birch and pine. Morning air ... more
Kaliningrad, Russia
Kaliningrad breathes an enigmatic calm, where Prussian façades watch over leafy boulevards, and the amber light of evening glints on the Pregolya River. The ... more
Svetlogorsk, Russia
Salt-tinged air drifts in from the Baltic as you walk Svetlogorsk’s slender pine-shaded promenade, the hush of wind-tossed trees mingling with the distant call ... more
Zelenogradsk, Russia
Gentle Baltic winds swirl through the small seaside streets of Zelenogradsk, carrying salted air and the scent of pine from the border of the Kurshskaya Kosa ... more
Yantarny, Russia
A hush lingers over Yantarny in the late afternoon, as Baltic winds drift across pale sands and the air carries traces of pine and distant salt. Sunlight ... more
Novorossiysk, Russia
Novorossiysk is a city in Krasnodar Krai with population 230,000 and a big port.
Krasnodar, Russia
Krasnodar is a city in southern Russia. It's known for its steel-lattice water tower, designed in the early 20th century by architect Vladimir Shukhov. The ... more