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Vacation in Russian Federation : Highlights & Travel Tips
The Russian Federation is a destination of immense scale and variety, stretching from grand imperial cities to remote wilderness, volcanic landscapes, and Arctic frontiers. What makes it especially compelling for travelers is the contrast: you can admire the onion domes and historic squares of Moscow and St. Petersburg, ride sections of the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway, explore the artistic and literary legacy of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Tchaikovsky, and experience traditions that blend European and Asian influences. For travelers drawn to culture, history, architecture, and epic geography, Russia offers a journey unlike anywhere else.
Key highlights include Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow, the palaces and canals of St. Petersburg, the scenic shores of Lake Baikal, and the vast adventure routes of Siberia and the Far East. Depending on your interests, you can attend world-class ballet and opera, visit Orthodox monasteries and museums, cruise rivers, or discover dramatic nature in regions such as Kamchatka and Altai. Practical planning is important: distances are enormous, so domestic flights or rail journeys require advance booking; weather varies dramatically by region and season; and travelers should carefully check current visa, entry, transportation, and safety requirements before departure. Learning a few basic Russian phrases and carrying local cash or widely accepted payment options can also make travel smoother, especially outside major cities.
Best time to travel Russian Federation
The best time to visit is from July to September, when travel popularity is highest and conditions are generally most favorable for sightseeing, rail journeys, and exploring both cities and natural landscapes. July and August are the peak months, while September is also an excellent choice for slightly fewer crowds and pleasant early autumn weather.
Best travel reports from Russian Federation
Volgograd and the inclination towards gigantism
Volgograd, September 14, 2017 We have now arrived in Volgograd. In my imagination, Volgograd has always been a very cold, somehow swampy place. The opposite is true. The sun is...
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, 06.09.2017 By the time we finally cross the border, it is already early evening. There are still about 150 kilometers to St. Petersburg... Russian kilometers....
No plan survives the first enemy contact. (Helmuth von Moltke)
Our plan for today was to go hiking, preferably climbing one of the surrounding mountains. We got up relatively early, fortified ourselves and set off. As we have noticed...
Jekaterinburg - Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg - Day 10-13 - July 24-27, 2019
Amazing in Irkutsk!
Common room in the hostel
1. Stopover: Novosibirsk
After 50 hours of travel, I arrived in Novosibirsk. I am still struggling with the time difference. Now it's +5 hours from Germany and +4 hours from Moscow, where I started. In...
The invasion of tourist hordes leads to the eradication of the beautiful ... (André Heller)
On the way to Irkutsk station
Willst du in die Zukunft sehen, geh in die Hauptstadt. (Christoph Mauny)
And so we traveled to Moscow. The first train ride, there will be many more, was very surprising. The train was punctual, clean, fast (almost constantly over 200km/h), and...
If one is not patient in small matters, one will fail in great ones. (Confucius)
Several attempts to book the train tickets online failed. So we went to the train station to buy the tickets on site. The largest train station in Petersburg is called 'Moscow...
The Villages
Idyllic like in the past
Long life ceremony for a deceased
A long life ceremony brings unexpected encounters and puts struggle and war in the distance.
The Arrival
There he was... November 2nd... Suddenly and unexpectedly 😜You wait for half a year and boom, it's time.. It said.. Off on vacation.. Start was 9.30am in Dresden and we went by...
Kummer is lame! Worry is blind! Long live the birthday child! (Theodor Fontane)
So, a lot of time has passed since our last entry. In the meantime, a lot has happened. As you can see from the quote, we celebrated Veronika's birthday on Monday. But let's...
Russian reality is a sublime, universal, ordered chaos. (Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky)
It must be true if Fyodor says so... After a longer absence here, now another entry. The 'everyday life' now has a firm grip on us. We now have established routines and habits,...
The train is a symbol of life to me: sitting still and yet moving forward quickly. (Wolfgang Korruhn)
We have completed our longest Trans-Siberian journey. Unfortunately for Vero and me, it was probably also the last journey. After we cleaned up, packed, and had breakfast, we...
Climb the mountain or descend into the valley, go to the end of the world or around your house: you will always meet yourself on the streets of chance. (Maurice Maeterlinck)
And so we went hiking yesterday. After breakfast, we first dealt with the planning for the next few days. For this, we went back to Listvjanka and asked the tourist info. After...
We are about to turn our around-world into an un-world. (Ernst Ferstl)
It seems to be a problem in Siberia too. Today, for the first time since we arrived in Russia, the weather was worse. It was noticeably cooler and rainy. We didn't let that...
Monuments are the questionable question marks of history, because most people ask: 'Who was that anyway?' (Erhard Blanck)
We have no idea whom or what all these statues are dedicated to, but there is no shortage of them in Katharinenburg. Aside from photo sessions in the best Adidas...
Exaggeration helps understanding. (Vladimir Lenin)
Lenin whispered that to me today in front of the 'State Library of the USSR Lenin', which is one of the largest libraries in the world. In the meantime, Vero has been...
Life on the road
On the Trans-Siberian Railway
Baikal lake
10.07.2023 And finally I am at Lake Baikal. After about 8500 km across Russia, past birch forests and marshlands, along the Trans-Siberian Railway, with stops in cities and...
Puerto Madryn Day 1
Monday, February 24th, in the evening we drove the motorcycles through the entrance door into the lobby of the Catholic educational institution where we were staying, in order...
Nizhny Novgorod - Нижний Новгород
Nizhny Novgorod - Day 6-9 - July 20-23, 2019
Welcome! in St. Petersburg
Welcome - Welcome again in St. Petersburg :-) PET19 is called today's excursion - Metro ride and Alexander Nevsky Monastery This is what a famous...
Don Curry drives
Day 15: From Rabocheostrowsk to Rautalakhti
What is the difference between summer and winter? In summer, the puddles do not freeze. (Gerald Drews)
As announced, we went to the city after breakfast. Summer has returned! After experiencing quite chilly temperatures at Lake Baikal, it is now 28°C and sunny. So we walked...
What happens without breaks is not lasting. (Ovid)
We thought so too. And since we want to continue our journey for another month, we took a break today and enjoyed our accommodation. First, we slept in and had a leisurely...
Whoever has been bitten by a snake is afraid of every piece of string.
Fortunately, the snakes in the hotel lobby are in a terrarium... Today we took a closer look at Novosibirsk. Novosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia, with about 1...
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the train journey. All others are peanuts... (Eric Newby)
After about 24 hours of travel east, we arrived in Novosibirsk. This is the furthest we have reached into Siberia. It's time to talk about the train journey. Most of the...