Irkutsk
Irkutsk was founded in the 17th century during Russia's
long push east. It is located in south-eastern Siberia on the banks
of the Angara River, only an hour by road from Lake Baikal, but
five time zones and 3,000 miles east of Moscow.
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is an administrative center and is located in the western territory of Russia.
The Potsdam Conference of Allies established the region's borders in 1945. After the dissolution of the Soviet
Union in 1991, the former Kaliningrad region separated from Russia's mainland and is surrounded by Lithuania,
Poland and the Baltic Sea.
Nizhny
Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod, the third largest city in Russia,
is witnessing the vibrancy and enthusiasm of a youthful city on
the brink of a metropolitan explosion.
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don is located in European Russia. This city of over 1.5 million is considered a political, economic and cultural center of southern Russia. The Black Sea, the Azov and the Caspian are all easily accessible from the “Gates to the Caucasus.” Although the history of this area dates back many centuries, the current city is said to have been founded in 1749.
Samara
Samara is situated mid-way along the river Volga,
in the center of European Russia, with an area of 536,600 square
km and a population of 3.3 million. Natural resources include oil,
natural gas, fuel slates, natural sulphur, mineral/rhodon waters,
mineral muds, forming sand, and chalk.
Saratov
Saratov occupies 100 thousand square kilometers where
over 2.7 million people live. It consists of 30 administrative districts,
12 towns, 30 workers' settlements, and about 2000 other settlements.
Sochi
The 300 annual days of sunshine provide for one of the warmest cities on the Black Sea.
The resort town lies under the shadow of the picturesque snow-capped Caucaus Mountains. Sochi is known
and traveled to for its magnificent natural beauty.
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg is located in northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the
Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. A grandiose city, founded on May 27, 1703 by an even more grandiose man, Peter the Great. St. Petersburg came into existence as a "Window to the
West," whose sole purpose was to make Russia a European power.
Taganrog
Taganrog is an important research, cultural, and industrial
center in Southern Russia.
Vologda
Vologda is situated in northwestern Russia, 500 km
from Moscow and borders on Karelia, Arkhangelsk, Kostroma, Yaroslavl,
Tver, Novgorod, and St. Petersburg occupying of 145.7 thousand square
km. The rivers flowing through the region's territory carry their
waters to the Baltic, White, and Caspian seas.
Voronezh
Voronezh is a major Russian administrative, industrial
and cultural center, covering a total area of 69 hectares along
the banks of the rivers Don, Usmanka and Voronezh.
Regions:
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Russia is one of the most dynamic places to do business, and it is also one of the most beautiful countries in the world. There are many diverse destinations in Russia, each with its own appeal.
The Adygeya Region
The population of the republic consists of the following
groups: the Adygey, the Kabardians and the Circassians.
The Republic of Armenia
The Republic of Armenia lies in a triangular section of the Transcaucasus, bordered by Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey and the Republic of Georgia. With an area of 29,800 square kilometers (11,490 square miles), the landlocked country is just about the size of Vancouver Island.
The Arkhangelsk
Region
Arkhangelsk region, as the biggest region of European
part of Russia, occupies an extremely important geographical position
in the country.
Central
Asian Republics
The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic was admitted
as a constituent republic of the Soviet Union on December 5, 1929
from regions of Bokhara and Turkestan where the Tajiks formed a
majority of the population.
Chuvash
The Chuvash Republic is situated in the center of
European part of Russia - the Volga-Vyatka economic zone, between
the Sura and Sviyaga rivers.
The Republic of Belarus
Belarus is situated in Eastern Europe, east of Poland. It is populated by 10,310, 520 people and covers 207,600 square kilometers. After seven decades as a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former republics.
The Russian Far
East
The Russian Far East is a group of ten territories,
all of which have approximately equal political stature as subjects
of the Russian Federation (except for the Republic of Sakha which
has greater autonomy).
Karelia
The Republic of Karelia is located in the northwestern
part of Russian Federation, taking intervening position between
the basins of Barents and Baltic seas.
Khabarovsky
Krai
Because vast minerals are hidden in the interiors
of the region, its new economy is aimed at the countries of the
Asian Pacific Rim.
The Krasnodar
Region
TThe region of Krasnodar, colloquially named “the
Kuban”, is home to just over 5 million people (3.5% of the
national total). The region extends to 75,500 square kilometers,
which is a little over 4% of the total landmass of the Russian Federation
(in simplistic terms it is the combined size of Holland and Denmark,
or approximately the same size as the Irish Republic).
Krasnoyarsk
Territory
The Krasnoyarsk Territory is situated in the East
Siberian region of Russia, in the very center of the Eurasian continent.
Its total area is 2.34 million square kilometers or 13.6% of the
territory of Russia. The region is rich in timber, gold, hydrocarbons,
and rare-earth metals.
The Leningrad
Oblast
Although the Leningrad Oblast was not actually formed
until August 1927, Saint Petersburg City was founded in 1703.
Moscow City and
Moscow Oblast
Moscow is Russia's capital and largest city. It covers
the area of over 1,000 sq.km. (about the size of Dallas, TX) and
is the 21st largest city in the world with 9.3 million people.
Murmansk Region
The Murmansk Region is located in the northern most territory of Northwest Russia on the Kola Peninsula, above the Polar Circle.
Novgorod Region
The Novgorod Region located in the northwest of Russia
has a unique geographic position and a highly developed transport
network.
Novosibirsk Region
Novosibirsk Region (formed in1938) is located at the center of theRussian Federation, between the riversOb and Irtysh and belongs to the WestSiberian Economic plain. The region,which is around 178 200 square km,has 30 districts, 14 cities and 19settlements. It comprises 1.09% of theterritory of Russian Federation and ishalf the size of Germany. It has borderswith Kazakhstan, Altai territory,Kemerovo, Omsk and Tomsk regions.
Omsk Oblast
The Omsk Oblast has relatively scarce natural resources.
Oil resources in the region have not been actively developed and
are estimated at 150 million tons.
Pskov Region
The Pskov Region (oblast) is located in North-Western
Russia and is bordered by Estonia, Latvia, and Belarus. The region
covers approximately 13,700,000 acres (55,500 square km) and supports
a population of 841,000, 64 percent of whom live in urbanized areas.
Sakhalin
Sakhalin is a large island located off the coast of Russia's Far Eastern province of Khabarovsk. Originally settled by the Xianbei and Xiazhe tribes (both of Chinese descent), the island has a long and well-established history that extends as far back as the Neolithic Stone Age. As one may imagine by looking at the image above, the geographic location of the island has made it a bone of contention among China, Japan and Russia in the past.
Sverdlovsk
Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast is situated in the centre of Russia
on the border between Europe and Asia and is the largest Ural region
(195,000 sq. km.). 4.7 million people live in the region.
Small Towns
of Russia
Perhaps the only commonality shared by the towns and
small cities of Krasnoarmeisk, Myshkin, Putchezh, Kholui, Urupinsk,
Mariinsky Posad, Kirillov, Suzdal and Gus-Krustalnyi is that they
are each unique.
The Republic
of Tatarstan
Tatarstan is situated in the center of the Russian
Federation on the East-European Plain at the confluence of the two
greatest rivers - the Volga and the Kama.
The Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast, populated by 1.6 million people, covers
84,100 square kilometers and is the largest region in Central Russia.
Udmurtia
Udmurtia is a sovereign republic situated in the western
part of the Middle Urals between the Kama and Vyatka rivers, which
allows river shipment to the Volga River and to the sea.
Uzbekistan
The Republic of Uzbekistan was established on August
1, 1991. Its territory is 447,800 square kilometers. Uzbekistan
is situated in the center of the Central Asian region in between
the Amu-Darya and Syr-Darya rivers.
Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh oblast, one of the most important industrial
and agricultural centres of Russia, is located in the Central Black
Soil Region about 600 km south of Moscow.
Yamal: New Energy Capital
Yamal Province is located in Northern Siberia. It stretches from the Ural Mountains in the west to Novosibirsk in the south. The Yamal Peninsula has a unique physical structure with permafrost more than 300 meters deep in some areas. The region also has extreme temperature changes. It is common for the temperature to reach -50° C in the winter.
Yaroslavl Oblast
The Yaroslavl Oblast, located in the heart of central
Russia not far from Moscow, is a region waiting to be discovered.
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