Russia's Tourist Destinations

Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the world's ninth most populous nation with 143 million people as of 2012. Extending across the entirety of northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans nine time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms.

The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is a great power and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a member of the G8, G20, the Council of Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Eurasian Economic Community, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Peter and Paul Fortress

There are many interesting tourist destinations to visit in Russia. Check out some of tourist attractions that attract all tourists coming to Russia:

• Kizhi
• Moscow Kremlin
• Hermitage Museum
• Gorky Park
• Red Square
• Petergof
• Moscow Zoo
• Mariinsky Theatre
• Bolshoi Theatre
• Tretyakov Gallery
• Pushkin Museum
• Saint Basil's Cathedral
• New Holland Island
• Kunstkamera
• Saint Isaac's Cathedral
• Peter and Paul Fortress

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia