Travel in Russia

Here, surrounded by forests and sand dunes, you can see two water horizons-the calm Curonian Lagoon on one side and the rippling Baltic Sea on the other. A unique natural area on the edge of a Russian enclave.

The Kaliningrad Region does not end there. For the traveler and explorer, there is also a scattering of small seaside towns in the same neighborhood — the westernmost point of Russia, the Baltic Spit, and the German heritage. The atmosphere of these places eliminates the hustle and bustle, immersing you in the tranquility of nature and the smell of the steel, cool sea.

Almost the entire peninsula is located in the Arctic Circle. The Sami tundra, from which to the south — the taiga, and to the north-the Arctic Ocean, pretending to be the Barents Sea.

You may have watched Zvyagintsev and even heard the story of the Arctic festival in Teriberka. Perhaps the word "Khibiny" did not remain under the snow of school memories of geography lessons. You may not have been interested in the ultra-deep well that penetrates the Earth's crust, but apatites have long been a source of apathy. But your dream of seeing the Northern Lights starts to come true with a ticket to Murmansk.

Altai is one of the most beautiful places in Russia. First of all, because of the mountains: if you go along the ridge, you will see slopes strewn with pine trees, mountain rivers and lakes. And if you open the car windows, you will be able to get acquainted with the invisible miracle of these places-the mountain air.

The climate in Altai is temperate, so it is best to go here in the summer. So you will see all the variety of local flora and fauna. Moose roam the forests of Altai, eagles fly over the ridges, and roe deer graze on the plains. And the famous Manuls are also inhabitants of the Altai Territory.

Everyone knows Baikal as the largest lake in the world. Many also know that this is the largest source of fresh water and one of the most beautiful places in Russia.

Of course, this is all true. But Baikal is still an ideal place for skioring competitions. This is a kind of sport when a skier ties himself to a motorcycle, and the tandem tries to develop as much speed as possible on the ice. In March 2019 at the festival «Baikal Mile» was set a world record — 197.011 km/h.

Siberia does not end in the Urals, but in Karelia: forming Taiga Siberian larch does not grow west of the Water Lake. But here it stretches for 30 meters, the forests of Karelian national parks have never known an axe because of impassable swamps. Some pines are already more than half a millennium old. Touch a living being who saw the sun before Ivan the Terrible saw it. There are no trails for a hundred kilometers in the virgin forest. And on rare paths, trees in a couple of meters from the ground are marked with bear claws. So that everyone knows who is the boss here.