Pushkin Hills: The great poet’s country retreat
January 16, 2012 William Brumfield
Krasnoyarsk: Taking a break from the Trans-Siberian
February 14, 2012 Emma Burrows
On the route of the Trans-Siberian railway, the city of Krasnoyarsk is a good stop between the major destinations of Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk. Among Russian tourists, the city is known as a destination for extreme sports.
Once a prison, now a spiritual and tourist hub
January 20, 2012 Grigory Kubatian, specially for RIR
Located in the White Sea in northwestern Russia, the Solovetsky Islands once housed one of Russia’s first gulags, but now its centuries-old monastery and the seascape’s stark beauty attracts thousands of tourists and the spiritually inclined.
Unageing monument: Lenin is forever
January 18, 2012 Grigory Kubatian, specially for RIR
Communism is dead, but Vladimir Lenin is alive and kicking in around 6,000 statues and monuments dedicated to him, which are scattered all over Russia. Do not dare to mess with those precious monuments lest you incur the wrath of the revolutionary le
Where Amur connects Russia and China
December 16, 2011 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR
The fates of Blagoveshchensk and Heihe, the two cities located on the banks of the Amur River separating Russia and China, have become entwined, with trade, investment and tourists flowing across the once contested border.
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Vladivostok: Lording over the East
November 17, 2011 Ajay Kamalakaran
Vladivostok, fondly called Russia’s ‘Wild East,’ reminds one of San Francisco with its stunning rollercoaster hills and the dreamy blue Pacific Ocean, but remains a quintessential Russian city, firmly moored in its traditions and history.
