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WELCOME TO RUSSIA

Moscow: with nearly 9 millions of inhabitants is the famous capital of Russia and is counted to the biggest cities in the world. His numerous historic and contemporary buildings as well as the location as traffic center (9 railway stations and 4 airports) enables Moscow to be the most important tourist town in Russia. It was founded in 1147 and was destroyed and rebuild several times. Moscow is the city of museums (more then 130) and of theatres like Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. The heart of the city is the Kremlin and the Red Square with the famous St. Basilius Cathedral, the Lenin Mausoleum and Manezh (Central Exhibition Hall). What you certainly should see is also the "Golden Ring"; north east of Moscow which is a ring of ancient cities and remarkable monasteries like Sergiev Posad, Vladimir, Susdal, Rostov Velikiy and Kostroma.

St. Petersburg: called "Venice of the North", was founded 1703 by Peter the Great, is the second biggest city of Russia with nearly 5 million inhabitants. Between 1712 to 1918 it was the capital of Russia. St. Petersburg is located on both sides of the Neva River and on 42 islands of the delta. Therefore it has about 420 bridges. The town-planning masterpiece was created by the most famous Russian and European architects and artists and contains a lot of memorable and historic places as the world-famed Hermitage, Kasan Cathedral, Isaac's Cathedral, Summer Palace of Peter I., Winter Palace and Petergof. Best time to visit St. Petersburg is during the "White Night" in June.

The Golden Ring: is the name given to a tourist journey, consisting of group of ancient and historical Russian cities starting with Vladimir and fanning our towards the north. The route takes in cities and villages of Old Muscovy, each one of which has its own particular place in history. The cities and towns of Russia's Golden Ring such as Sergiev Posad, Vladimir and Suzdal: ancient churches, old Russian icon-painting, frescoes by Andrey Rublyov and Dionisy.

Kostroma: the "northern capital of flax-growing";: the Ipatyevsky Monastery .. .

Smolensk: the walls and towers of the ancient Kremlin, the Cathedral of the Dormition ...

Novgorod: the "Lord Novgorod the Great", one of the three Russian cities to be called "Great" in the days of old, immediately brings to mind the Novgorod veche (townspeople's assembly) and the square before the huge and austere Cathedral of St. Sophia, as well as the Thousand Years of Russia Monument. ..

Pskov: is associated, in the first place, with the Pskov Kremlin, the Dovmontov Town, and the Mirozhsky Monastery with its ancient Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour (1156)...

Tula: the city of gunsmiths and ... of Tula samovars which are famous far beyond Russia: the old, 16th-century Kremlin and Yasnaya Polyana, Lev Tolstoy's estate ... Arkhangelsk, the native town of Mikhail Lomonosov: the Novodvinskaya Fortress where Peter the Great's fleet was built, the Malye Karely Museum of Wooden Architecture . .. Sochi, a southern health resort: the gentle Black Sea, bathing beaches, holidaying ...

Irkutsk: houses-museums of the Decembrists, the university campus, the old Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, charming Lake Baikal. . .

Vladivostok: Russia's easternmost port and outpost on the shores of the Pacific Ocean . . .