Moscow (Москва) — Russia's
capital is one of the world's greatest cities
Irkutsk (Иркутск) — located within an hour of Lake Baikal on
the Trans-Siberian Railway
Kazan (Казань) — the capital of Tatar culture, in the
heart of the Volga Region with an impressive kremlin
Lake Baikal — the "pearl of Siberia" is the world's deepest
and biggest lake by volume
Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург) — Russia's cultural and
former political capital is home to the Hermitage, one of the
world's best museums, while the city center is a living open air
museum, making this city one of the world's top travel destinations
Sochi (Сочи) — Russia's Black Sea beach resort is set to host
the 2014 Winter Olympic Games
Vladivostok (Владивосток) — often referred to as "Russia's
San Francisco," due to its hilly streets. Russia's principal
Pacific city and the terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway
Volgograd (Волгоград) — formerly Stalingrad home to an
extensive war memorial
Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбург) — the center of the Urals region
and one of Russia's principal cultural centers
