Things to see in Russia

9,381 places worth seeing in Russia on an illustrated map: Red Square, Hermitage Museum, St. Basil's Cathedral, Bolshoi Theatre and Winter Palace, and more. Zoom in and watch the landmarks, museums, nature and fun appear.

Highlights

  1. Red Square The heart of Moscow and the first destination for most visitors to the city. Surrounded by St. Basil's Cathedral, the State History Museum,
  2. Hermitage Museum A massive palace-museum showing the highlights of a collection of over 3,000,000 pieces of international art, primarily western European art
  3. St. Basil's Cathedral Built from 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. The original building contained eig
  4. Bolshoi Theatre The grand theatre in the center of the city. Includes ballet, opera, and classical music performances. Tickets usually sell out well in adva
  5. Winter Palace The former main residence of the Russian tsars, nowadays hosts one of the world's great art museums.
  6. Mount Kazbek One of Europe's highest peaks with an elevation of .
  7. Lenin's Mausoleum Walk past the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin (who actually did not want any monuments to be built for him, and wanted to be cremated) and j
  8. Gazprom Arena One of the most expensive stadiums ever built.
  9. Lukoil Arena Home of. FC Spartak Moscow Multi-sports complex completed in 2015 with a capacity of 45,000. It's on the northwest edge of the city, use met
  10. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour – This cathedral, the tallest Orthodox church in the world (the largest being the Temple of Saint Savain Belgrade), was blown up on orders f
  11. Ostankino Tower 540 m tall, with an observation deck 340 m above ground. 45 levels, tens of ring decks and balconies, more than 70 000 m³ of the total effec
  12. Tretyakov Gallery One of the world's greatest museums, this is probably the one to choose if you only want to visit one museum in Moscow. In contrast to the w
  13. Ak Bars Arena The home ground of FC Rubin Kazan, who play in the Russian Premier League. The arena was opened in 2013 and seats 45,379; in 2018, it hosted
  14. Aurora Early 20th-century protected cruiser (extensively repaired after WWII and in the 1980s), most famous for her symbolic role in the Russian Re
  15. Saint Isaac's Cathedral It was built in 1818, in the style of transition from classical to modern, and is a major attraction in the city. This is the most significa
  16. Catherine Palace Summer residence of the Russian tsars. The sight is really breathtaking, especially during the winter, with the snow covering the magnificen
  17. Rostov Arena Watch football at Rostov Arena, opened in 2018 to host games of the FIFA World Cup. It's home to FC Rostov, who play in the Russian Premier
  18. Mordovia Arena This new stadium was a surprise choice to host matches in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The home team are FC Mordovia Saransk who play in the Rus
  19. Mariinsky Theatre The Mariinsky Theater (formerly the Kirov, which is the name the troupe still uses when touring abroad) is world-class for both opera and ba
  20. Russian Museum An extensive collection of Russian paintings and sculpture, works by Andrei Rublev, Dionisius, Fedot Shubin, Dmitry Levitsky, Vladimir Borov
  21. Qol Şärif Mosque Gorgeous mosque, completed in 2005, and named after the 16th-century Tatar imam who died at the hands of Ivan the Terrible's army. Usual dre
  22. Novodevichy Cemetery Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.
  23. Kazan Cathedral One of the largest cathedrals in St. Petersburg. Impressive neoclassical exterior, richly decorated interior. The temple was built by Andrew
  24. Tsar Cannon It is a large, 5.94m long and weighs 39.31t cannon. Its bronze-cast barrel has an internal diameter of 890mm, and an external diameter of 1.
  25. Mount Narodnaya Climbing the highest top of the Ural Mountains
  26. Tsar Bell It is a 6.14 m tall, 6.6 m diameter bell. Made of bronze, the bell was broken during metal casting and has never been rung in. It is the lar
  27. Saint Petersburg Mosque Opened in 1913, huge and ornate. The interiors are unavailable to non-Muslims, except for guided visits arranged through the State Museum of
  28. Dormition Cathedral The Cathedral is regarded as the mother church of Muscovite Russia. In its present form it was constructed between 1475–79 at the behest of
  29. Russky Bridge The world’s largest cable-stayed bridge, 3.1 km (1.93 mi) long.
  30. Mamayev Kurgan The site of one of the 20th century's most important battles: Battle of Stalingrad. Huge memorial The Motherland Calls (the largest non-reli
  31. State Historical Museum Inside a red-brick palace with its silver roof, towering opposite St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square. Its exhibitions range from relics of
  32. Moscow Zoo The oldest zoo, dating to 1864, and the biggest zoo in Russia, has over 6,000 animals representing about 1000 species and covers an area of
  33. Lubyanka Building The Lubyanka is the popular name for the headquarters of the KGB and affiliated prison on Lubyanka Square. It is a large Neo-Baroque buildin
  34. Bronze Horseman Statuesque symbol of the city, homage to Peter the Great, opened in 1782, the theme and title of one of the most important poems of the Russ
  35. White House All buildings are surrounded by a fence, and as such you are unable to enter.
  36. Exhibition of achievements of national economy A huge trade show/amusement park in Moscow's outskirts, is a remarkable collection of Soviet architectural heritage.
  37. Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque Completed in 2008 and locally known as the Heart of Chechnya, this is by far the largest mosque in Russia and one of the more lavish in the
  38. Chufut-Kale A cliff city last inhabited by Kararite Jews, there are 1000-year-old Jewish and Muslim cemeteries in the area.
  39. Kremlin Wall Necropolis First in November 1917, 240 pro-Bolshevik victims of the October Revolution were buried in mass graves on Red Square. It is centred on both
  40. Kunstkamera This museum, hosted in the Baroque building constructed in 1714-1728, is primarily famous for its one-room freak show collection of 300 year
  41. Saint Sophia Cathedral This eleventh-century cathedral is the centerpiece of Novgorod's religious buildings. The iconostasis and frescoes inside are especially int
  42. Cathedral of the Archangel Built in 1333, until the relocation of the capital to St. Petersburg, it was the main necropolis of the Tsars of Russia. There are 54 burial
  43. Grand Kremlin Palace Built from 1837 to 1849 in Moscow, Russia on the site of the estate of the Grand Princes. The palace is 125 m long, 47 m high, and has a tot
  44. Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye Part of a former royal estate situated several kilometers to the southeast of the city center, in Kolomenskoye museum. Built to commemorate
  45. Königsberg Cathedral Founded in 1333, largely reconstructed after World War II, the cathedral on Kneiphof Island along the Pregolya River is a sight to see. The
  46. Kazan Cathedral A Russian Orthodox church. The current building is a reconstruction of the original church, which was destroyed at the direction of then Gen
  47. Cathedral of the Annunciation This was a private chapel for the Muscovite tsars. The building has nine golden domes and a roof decorated with rich 'Russian headdress' orn
  48. Mukhtarov Mosque A striking historic mosque completed in 1908. The mosque takes its name from the Azerbaijani millionaire Murtuza Mukhtarov who financed its
  49. Admiralty building in Saint Petersburg Not open to visitors, but worth seeing from the outside. One of the oldest buildings in St. Petersburg, it was laid down November 5, 1704 an
  50. RZD Arena This football stadium is the home stadium of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 30,075 people, all seated.

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