About Russia

The start of the River Angera, looking towards Lake Baikal

River Volga

Lake Baikal - southern shore

Market in Kaliningrad: Kaliningrad (German town of Konigsberg) became a part of Russia as a result of the second world war. It is on the Baltic Sea coast and not physically attached to Russia. It lies between Lithuania and Poland. The most Western point of Russia.

Find out more: Kaliningrad in Europe

Countryside near Ul'yonovsk Oblast

The Red Square in Moscow derives its name from the old Russian word “krasny” (“red”) meaning beautiful.

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St Petersburg is called the Venice of North as it is built around a network of canals and rivers.

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The Palace Square - St Petersburg
Winter Palace (architect Rastrelli)- the main residence of the Russian Tzars from 1760. Nowadays the main building of the Hermitage Museum.

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Ul'yonovsk - river Volga

Volga river north of Ul'yonovsk City

Volga River

Ul'yonovsk Oblast

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Bitsevsky Park, Moscow

Ul'yanovsk - River Volga

Red Square from the south

Pictures kindly provided by Dr Jonathan D. Oldfield,
Lecturer in the human geography of post-communist states;
Associate member Centre for Russian and East European Studies,
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham