The historic city of Tula was founded in the 14th century.
Despite the Western view that "kremlin" is a word solely associated with Moscow, the word translates as fortresss.
Yasnaya Polyana, located near the Russian city of Tula, was the estate of author Leo Tolstoy.
This small, historic city, founded in the 9th century on Russia's Golden Ring, is located approximately 300km east of Moscow on the Oka River.
Olkhon Island is the largest island on Siberian Russia's Lake Baikal.
Located in Siberian Russia, Lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake, containing 1/5 of the world's fresh water.
Just outside the small Russian community of Muromtsevo lie the remains of the once impressive Khrapovitsky Estate.
Founded in 1345, the Sergiev Posad Trinity Monastery (also called the The Trinity Lavra of St.
The Moscow Kremlin is the historic heart of Moscow, home to Tsars, Soviet bureaucrats and modern Russian politicians alike, the Kremlin contains not only government buildings but museums, monuments, and historic cathedrals.
Yes, this place has an incredibly greusome name.