Getty Images It consists of the 37-meter-tall ... The Valaam Monastery. One of the most beautiful national parks in Russia consists of hundreds of islands, canals and bays hidden away in the ...

The settlement was first mentioned in the 16th century as a stopping place for fish traders ... Media From a distance, the most beautiful village in the Russian North (according to a 2017 poll ...

Photographer Maria Passer traveled to the icy regions of Vorkuta, Russia, to capture images ... abandoned places may be sad, dark, and gloomy places, but they are still beautiful, maybe even ...

More than a decade ago now, I started to dream of writing a book set in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. That region, 4,200 miles east of Moscow, is one of the most beautiful places in the world.