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Top cities in Russia, page 1, based on popularity among TravBuddy members.
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Saint Petersburg
#1 most popular location
The most European of Russian cities, it’s hard to believe that St. Petersburg is the result of Peter the Great’s bright idea to build his new capital in the heart of a massive marshland. …
1,127travelers
125reviews
141blogs
Moscow
#2 most popular location
It might be icy - and still hide plenty of the remnants of the icy former regime, too - but Moscow is rammed full of stunning tourist draws. From mammoth squares to picture-postcard spires, y…
2,280travelers
187reviews
250blogs
Yekaterinburg
#3 most popular location
Yekaterinburg is wonderful. Over the last decade it has become the third major city in Russia after Moscow an Saint Petersburg. It is full of history and the final destination of Tsar Nikolas…
20travelers
1reviews
6blogs
Sochi
#4 most popular location
Sochi (Russian: Сочи, IPA: ['soʨɪ]) is a Russian resort city, situated in Krasnodar Krai just north of the southern Russian border. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea against …
26travelers
1reviews
4blogs
Krasnodar
#5 most popular location
Krasnodar (Russian: Краснодар) is a city in Southern Russia on the Kuban River. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai (also known as Kuban). Population: 710,400 (2006 est…
14travelers
2blogs
Kazan
#6 most popular location
Kazan is the largest city and also the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The people here speak mainly Tatar and Russian , with Russian being spoken by almost everyone there whil…
39travelers
5reviews
10blogs
Irkutsk
#8 most popular location
Welcome to Irkutsk! It's is one of the largest cities in Siberia. Irkutsk is situated on a taiga, which is typical of Eastern Siberia.
Much of the city's cultural heritage comes from the ear…
40travelers
4reviews
43blogs
Nizhniy Novgorod
#9 most popular location
Nizhny Novgorod, the 5th largest city in russia is dubbed one of the "most beautiful" city in russia, mixed with russian culture and heritage. The City was previously known as Gorky , named a…
25travelers
4reviews
11blogs
Kaliningrad
#10 most popular location
Kaliningrad was formerly known as Königsberg and is situated on the Pregolya River. This city is a major industrial and commercial center, connected by channel with Baltiysk, an ice-free por…
23travelers
3reviews
4blogs
Novosibirsk
#11 most popular location
Novosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia after Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, and is the largest city of Siberia. It is also the youngest city to exceed the population of a million citiz…
39travelers
2reviews
8blogs
Suzdal
#12 most popular location
Suzdal, part of the Golden Ring of cities in Russia, is a quiet country town, small but with lots of interesting monasteries and beautiful churches to visit.
The white building in the pic…
1travelers
5reviews
10blogs
Murmansk
#22 most popular location
Murmansk,this bizzare place,is situated at the northwest of Russia,at the Kola Peninsula.It is also an important russian Navy base,so in some places no photos are allowed.
If you close your …
17travelers
2reviews
2blogs
Petrozavodsk
#23 most popular location
Petrozavodsk is a capital of the Republic of Karelia. It's in the northwest of Russia, between Saint-Petersburg and Murmansk, close to Finland. The city is located on the Onego lake, second l…
7travelers
1reviews
3blogs
Veliky Novgorod
#30 most popular location
Veliky Novgorod, one of the oldest most beautiful cities in Russia. First mentioned in the historical annals in 859, this city has unending historical adventures and gorgeous scenery. It is a…
1reviews
Lake Baikal
#37 most popular location
Lake Baikal is located in Russia between the provinces Irkutskaya and Buryatia. The biggest city at the lake is Irkutsk, which is also the city you arrive in by train, when visiting Lake Baik…
22travelers
1reviews
4blogs
Sergiev Posad
#39 most popular location
Sergiyev Posad (Russian: Се́ргиев Поса́д) is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It grew up in the 15th century around …
2travelers
1reviews
1blogs
Sergiyev Posad
#42 most popular location
The city of Sergiyev Posad is the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Named Zagorsk from 1930 till 1991, it has a fortress which is a Unesco World …
1reviews
2blogs
Velikiy Novgorod
#44 most popular location
Velikiy Novgorod translates as "great new town" though it starts its history in 9th century. Veliliy Novgorod is located south of St.Petersburg. It's one of Russia's gems, a beautiful ancient…
1reviews
Rostov-na-Donu
#46 most popular location
Rostov-na-Donu (also known as Rostov-on-Don) is a big city situated on the right bank of the Don River. Rostov is the administrative centre of Rostov region and also the centre of Southern Fe…
2travelers
1reviews
2blogs
Dimitrovgrad
#52 most popular location
It was founded in the beginning of the 18th century as a village for workers of the local distillery, which was closed in 1848.
During Soviet times, Dimitrovgrad was a closed city due to …
1reviews
Naushki
#54 most popular location
Naushki unfortunately is not known for much other than being the small border town where the Trans-Mongolian line leaves Russia behind for Mongolia. At least in that it is more well-known th…
4blogs
Kalyazin
#56 most popular location
Kalyazin is situated in the region of Tver, at the distance of 170 km north of Moscow by a P104 motorway – rather narrow road with moderate traffic – which passes through Sergiev Posad. I…
1reviews
Kamchatka
#62 most popular location
Volcanoes are the main attractions of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Images of volcanoes appear on the flag and coat of arms of Kamchatka Krai (previously - Kamchatka region ) and the city of Petro…
32travelers
1blogs
Solovetsky archipelago
#63 most popular location
Solovetsky archipelago is located in the White Sea. It's part of Arkhangelsk region, but it's easier for tourists to go there from Karelia, town of Kem.
Archipelago is the several islands: …
1blogs
Tanais
#75 most popular location
Actually Tanais is the ancient name of the river Don. On some maps (for excample on map of Tartaria made by Abraham Ortelius) you can find this name of the river.
But if we mention the pla…
1blogs
