St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Peter the Great's window to the West. Home to the Hermitage, th e Summer and Winter Palaces and a whole lot more, St. Petersburg is undoubtedly one of the most elegant, stately cities of Russia. The center of Russia from its founding in 1703 until the moving of Russia's Capital to Moscow in 1918, St. Petersburg contains the glory and splendor of Tsarist Russia. Follow this link to take a walk back in time and visit the opulence of the Russian tsars.
MoscowThe next step of your journey takes you to Moscow. Moscow houses such great landmarks as the Kremlin, Red Square, and Moscow's many beautiful cathedrals. Visit the Moscow Metro, where each station is a museum of marble statuary, mosaics and crystal chandeliers. Follow this link to be transported into the cultural and emotional heart of Russia.
Siberia in the summer!Siberia is a vast space of land contained by the Ural Mountains to the west, by the Arctic Ocean to the north, by the Pacific Ocean to the east, and by China and Mongolia to the south. Perhaps the first thoughts about Siberia that come to mind are of vast cold icy tundra spaces, but in reality the weather in Siberia is actually quite pleasant in the summer time. Inhabited by various indigenous peoples such as the Buryats, Yakuts, Tungus, Chukchi, Koryaks, and Kazakhs who instill various cultures, languages and traditions into the region, Siberia is truly one of Russia's most interesting places to visit.
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