Russia
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Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. With a population of over 140 million, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous in the world. It is a highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and a major cultural centre. Human settlement on modern Russian territory dates back to the Lower Paleolithic. The emergence of the East Slavs as a prominent group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD led to the establishment of Kievan Rus' in the 9th century, which adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byza
Russia in world rankings
- 9th largest by population in the world (of 219)
- 1st largest by area in the world (of 219)
- Capital
- Moscow
- Population
- 146,150,000
- Area
- 17,098,246 km²
- Currency
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- Calling code
- +7
- Languages
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Russia compared with Taiwan
How Russia measures up against Taiwan — home to 23.3 million people across 36,193 km².
Population 146,150,000 6.3× Taiwan
Area 17,098,246 km² 472× Taiwan
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Cities & destinations in Russia 189
World Heritage in Russia 6
Museums in Russia 6
National parks in Russia 6
Airports in Russia 60
ABA Abakan Airport Abakan ACS Achinsk Airport Achinsk Akhtubinsk (air base) Russia ADH Aldan Airport Aldan AMV Amderma Airport Amderma AEM Amgu Airport Russia AAQ Anapa Vityazevo Airport Anapa ASF Astrakhan Airport Astrakhan Aykhal Airport Sakha Bagdarin Airport Bagdarin Bakharevka Airport Perm BWO Balakovo Airport Balakovo Baley Airport BAX Barnaul Airport Barnaul BQJ Batagay Airport Batagay BKA Baykit Airport Baykit NBC Begishevo Airport Nizhnekamsk BGN Belaya Gora Airport Belaya air base Usolsky District EGO Belgorod International Airport Belgorod EYK Beloyarskiy Airport Beloyarsky Berezniki Airport Berezniki EZV Berezovo Airport Berezovo OGZ Beslan Airport Beslan Bezymyanka Airport Samara Oblast Biysk Airport Biysk ODO Bodaybo Airport Bodaibo TOF Bogashevo Airport Tomsk BQG Bogorodskoye Airport Bogorodskoe BGS Boguchany Airport Krasnoyarsk Krai PEE Bolshoye Savino Airport Perm Borisoglebskoye Airfield Kazan Borzya-2 (air base) Borzya BVJ Bovanenkovo Airport Russia BTK Bratsk Airport Bratsk BZK Bryansk Airport Bryansk Budyonnovsk air base Budyonnovsky District UUA Bugulma Airport Bugulma BVV Burevestnik Airport Kurilsky District BKA Bykovo Airport Moscow CZR Chara Airport Zabaykalsky Krai Chaybukha Airport Magadan Oblast CSY Cheboksary Airport Cheboksary CEK Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport Chelyabinsk CEE Cherepovets Airport Cherepovets CYX Cherskiy Airport Cherskiy Chistopol Airport Chistopol HTA Chita-Kadala Airport Chita CKL Chkalovskiy Air Base Shchyolkovo CKH Chokurdakh Airport Chokurdah NER Chulman Airport Neryungri Chumikan Airport Russia DPT Deputatsky Airport Sakha DKS Dikson Airport Dikson DME Domodedovo International Airport Moscow TBW Donskoye Airport Tambow Dudinka Airport Russia Dzyomgi Airport Khabarovsk Krai Egorlykskaya (air base)
Tallest buildings in Russia 12
462 m Lakhta Centre Saint Petersburg · 2022 435 m Akhmat Tower Grozny 345 m Neva Towers Moscow International Business Center 339 m Mercury City Tower Moscow 309 m Eurasia Moscow 295 m Capital Towers Moscow 283 m Moscow Towers Moscow 264 m Triumph Palace Moscow · 2007 255 m Evolution Tower Moscow · 2014 239 m Imperia Tower Moscow · 2011 213 m Iset Tower Yekaterinburg 188 m Vysotsky Oktyabrski district
Caves in Russia 12
Nature reserves in Russia 12
Abramtsevo Abramtsevo · 1918 Abrau Krasnodar Krai Akhshtyrskaya Cave Adlersky City District Akshuat dendropark Ulyanovsk Oblast · 1848 Alaniya National Park North Ossetia–Alania · 1998 Alkhanay National Park Zabaykalsky Krai · 1999 Altai Nature Reserve Altai Republic · 1932 Anyuysky National Park Khabarovsk Krai · 2007 Argazi Reservoir Chelyabinsk Oblast · 1946 Arkaim Arkaim Arkhangelskoye Estate Arkhangelskoye (settlement, Moscow Oblast) Ary Kamen Aleutsky District
Ports in Russia 12
Baltic LNG 2010 Big port Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Free port of Vladivostok Leningrad Naval Base Saint Petersburg Moscow South River Terminal Moscow New Sea Passenger port Saint Petersburg Nordvik Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District · 1930 North River Terminal Levoberezhny District · 1937 Port Kavkaz Krasnodar Krai Port of Arkhangelsk Port of Astrakhan Port of Bronka
Railway stations in Russia 12
Adler train station Adler Microdistrict · 1927 Admiralteyskaya Tsentralny District · 2011 Aeroport Aeroport District · 1938 Aeroport Sheremetyevo Khimki Aeroport Vnukovo Vnukovo Akademicheskaya Akademichesky District Akademicheskaya Kalininsky District · 1975 Akademicheskaya Moscow Aksyonovo railway station Alsheyevsky District Alabinskaya Oktyabrsky City District · 2015 Aleksandrovsky Sad Arbat District · 1935 Alekseyevskaya Alexeyevsky District · 1958
Hospitals in Russia 12
Anglo-Russian Hospital Saint Petersburg · 1915 Bakulev Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery Moscow · 1956 Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital Basmanny District · 1706 City Clinical Hospital No. 1 (Novosibirsk) Novosibirsk · 1930 City Clinical Hospital No. 40 (Moscow) Kommunarka · 1898 City Clinical Hospital No. 50 (Moscow) Timiryazevsky District City hospital No. 40 Saint Petersburg Federal Center of Neurosurgery (Tyumen) Tyumen Oblast · 2010 Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex Moscow · 1967 ICRC Hospital of Novye Atagi Novye Atagi · 1996 Infectious Diseases Hospital in Voronovskoye Voronovskoye Settlement · 2020 Meshalkin National Medical Research Center Novosibirsk · 1957
Hotels in Russia 12
Alpine Rose (hotel) Moscow Angleterre Hotel Saint Petersburg · 1889 Aragvi (restaurant) Tverskoy District · 1938 Ararat Park Hotel Moscow Moscow · 2002 Azimut Hotel Murmansk Murmansk · 1984 Bulgaria (1955 ship) Chicherin House Tsentralny District · 1771 Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg · 1993 Cosmos Hotel Alexeyevsky District · 1979 Don-Plaza Rostov-on-Don · 1973 Four Seasons Hotel Moscow Moscow · 2014 Golden Ring Hotel 1970
Shopping malls in Russia 12
Aura Mall, Novosibirsk Aviapark Moscow · 2014 Central Children's Store on Lubyanka Meshchansky District · 1953 Chelyabinsk Trade Center Chelyabinsk Columbus Shopping Center South-Western Administrative Okrug · 2015 Crocus City Krasnogorsky District Crocus City Mall Krasnogorsky District · 2002 DLT (department store) Saint Petersburg · 1913 Dream Island (amusement park) Nagatinsky Zaton District · 2020 Galeria (Saint Petersburg) Saint Petersburg · 2010 Kostroma Gostiny Dvor Susaninskaya Square MEGA Family Shopping Centre 2002
Aquariums in Russia 12
Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts Makhachkala · 1958 Erarta Vasilyevsky Island · 2010 Galeyev Gallery Moscow · 2006 Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Moscow · 2008 Gary Tatintsian Gallery Moscow · 2005 Institute of Russian Realist Art Moscow · 2011 Kaliningrad Museum of Fine Arts Kaliningrad · 1988 Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Arts Kaliningrad · 1946 Kuryokhin Center Saint Petersburg · 2004 Moscow Cat Museum Moscow · 1993 Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow · 1999 Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow Ostozhenka Street · 1996
Stately homes & country houses in Russia 12
Alferaki Palace Taganrog · 1848 Apostolopulo House Taganrog Chetverikov house on Malaya Yakimanka Yakimanka District City Estate of N. A. Sumarokov — N. A. Tyuliaeva Basmanny District City Estate of the 18th and 19th centuries, Starokirochny Lane Basmanny District Dolgorukov House in Kolpachniy Lane Basmanny District Gayrabetov Mansion Rostov-on-Don Kechekyan Mansion Rostov-on-Don Kosyakov manor house Kamensk-Uralsky Kuskovo Moscow · 1737 L. I. Geltischeva Mansion Zamoskvorechye District · 1904 Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages Basmanny District · 1815
Churches in Russia 12
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Izhevsk Pervomaysky District · 1818 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Moscow Moscow Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod · 1881 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Novosibirsk Novosibirsk · 1899 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tver Tver · 2015 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta Yalta · 1890 All Saints' Church (Taganrog) Taganrog · 1810 Allenburg Church Druzhba · 1401 Altrossgarten Church Königsberg · 1623 Altstadt Church Königsberg · 1201 Annenkirche, Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg · 1775 Annunciation Cathedral, Solvychegodsk Solvychegodsk · 1560
Gardens in Russia 12
Alexander Garden Tverskoy District · 1812 Alexander Garden (Saint Petersburg) Saint Petersburg Central Park (Tolyatti) Dubki Park Nizhny Novgorod · 1950 Gardens of the Winter Palace Saint Petersburg · 1896 Japanese Garden, Moscow Ostankinsky District · 1978 Kaliningrad Central Park Kaliningrad Mikhailovsky Garden Saint Petersburg Monplaisir Garden Peterhof Monument to the Heroes of the Revolution Tsentralny City District Muzeon Park of Arts Moscow · 1992 Neskuchny Garden Yakimanka District · 1756
City parks in Russia 12
Alaniya National Park North Ossetia–Alania · 1998 Aldyn-Bulak Alexander Garden Tverskoy District · 1812 Alexander Garden (Novocherkassk) Novocherkassk · 1832 Alexander Park (Saint Petersburg) Petrogradsky District · 1842 Alexander Park (Tsarskoye Selo) Pushkin Alkhanay National Park Zabaykalsky Krai · 1999 Anatoly Sobino Park Rostov-on-Don Anyuysky National Park Khabarovsk Krai · 2007 Bashkiriya National Park Bashkortostan · 1986 Bauman Garden (Moscow) Basmanny District · 1920 Beringia National Park Chukotka Autonomous Okrug · 2013
Notable schools in Russia 12
Annenschule Saint Petersburg · 1736 D. K. Faddeev Academic Gymnasium 1963 Fruntimmersskolan i Viborg Vyborg · 1788 G.I. Rossolimo Boarding School Number 49 Moscow · 1873 Gorchakov Memorial School Pavlovsk · 1999 Hermitage-Vyborg Center Vyborg · 1930 Kazan Suvorov Military School Kazan · 1944 Königsberg Cathedral Kaliningrad · 1333 Letovo School Sosenki · 2015 Main building of Moscow State University Ramenki District · 1949 Mariinsky Girls' Gymnasium (St. Petersburg) Pushkin · 1845 Moscow National Pensions Schoolgirls' Cadet School 2004
Music venues in Russia 12
Alexandrinsky Theatre Saint Petersburg · 1756 Alikovo folk theater Alikovo · 1933 At the Bridge Theatre Perm · 1988 Azerbaijani Drama Theatre Derbent · 1904 Blue Oyster (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) Bolshoi Theatre Tverskoy District · 1776 Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg · 1783 Bulgakov House (Moscow) Moscow · 2004 Buryat National Opera Ulan-Ude · 1939 Central Station (nightclub) Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Chelyabinsk · 1956 Chuvash State Academic Drama Theatre Cheboksary · 1918
Arenas in Russia 12
Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA Moscow · 1979 Arena 2000 Gagarina Street · 2001 Arena Metallurg Magnitogorsk · 2007 Arena Yerofey Khabarovsk · 2013 Balashikha Arena Balashikha Basket-Hall Kazan Kazan · 2003 CSKA Ice Palace Moscow · 1964 Druzhba Multipurpose Arena Khamovniki District · 1979 Fetisov Arena Primorsky Krai · 2013 Ice Palace (Saint Petersburg) Saint Petersburg · 2000 Ice Palace Krylatskoye Moscow · 2004 Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev Ufa · 1967
Town halls in Russia 4
Racecourses in Russia 12
Akbuzat Racecourse Ufa Autodrom Moscow Autodrom Saint Petersburg Shushary Central Moscow Hippodrome Begovoy District Igora Drive Priozersky District · 2019 Kazan Ring Kazan Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit Krylatsky Holme Moscow Raceway Sychyovo · 2008 Moscow Street Circuit NRING Circuit Primring Rostov-on-Don Hippodrome Rostov-on-Don · 1902
Breweries in Russia 2
Cemeteries in Russia 12
Alexander Cemetery Rostov-on-Don Archangel Allied Cemetery Arkhangelsk Oblast Armenian Cemetery Presnensky District · 1805 Armenian Cemetery Proletarsky District · 1749 Arskoe cemetery Waxitof City District Bogoslovskoe cemetery Kalininsky District · 1701 Borisovskoye Cemetery Moscow · 1550 Brethren Cemetery Rostov-on-Don Butovo firing range Drozhzhino · 1937 City of Angels Beslan · 2004 Czechoslovak Legions Graveyard in Vladivostok Vladivostok · 1920 Donskoe cemetery Donskoy District · 1910
Observatories in Russia 12
ASC-Kislovodsk observatory Karachay-Cherkessia Astron Astronomical Observatory of the University of Kazan Tatarstan · 1837 Astronomical station at North Caucasus of Kazan Federal University Arkhyz Baikal Deep Underwater Neutrino Telescope Lake Baikal Baksan Neutrino Observatory 1973 Engelhardt Observatory Tatarstan Kourovskaya observatory Sloboda · 1965 NEVOD 1994 Pulkovo Observatory Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg · 1839 Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science Karachay-Cherkessia · 1966
Ski resorts in Russia 4
Prisons in Russia 12
Mines in Russia 12
Abakanskoye mine Sakha Aganozersky chromium mine Aganozersky mine Karelia Agaskyrskoe mine Khakassia Aikhal diamond mine Mirninsky District Ak-Sugskoye mine Tuva Aktashskoye mine Alakhinskoye mine Altai Republic Albazino mine Khabarovsk Krai Aldan mine Sakha Algama mine Khabarovsk Krai Bakal mine Chelyabinsk Oblast
Amusement parks in Russia 4
Reservoirs in Russia 12
Argazi Reservoir Chelyabinsk Oblast · 1946 Bratsk Reservoir Bratsk Cheboksary Reservoir Chuvashia Chogray Reservoir Stavropol Krai Gorky Reservoir Ivanovo Oblast Ivankovo Reservoir Tver Oblast Izhevsk Reservoir Izhevsk Kama Reservoir Ordzhonikidzevsky City District · 1954 Karabash Reservoir Tatarstan · 1957 Kolyma Reservoir Magadan Oblast Kovdozero Murmansk Oblast Krasnoyarsk Reservoir Krasnoyarsk Krai · 1967
Zoos in Russia 8
Canals in Russia 12
Belozersky Canal Bolaq Kazan Deyma Kaliningrad Oblast Great Stavropol Canal Karachay-Cherkessia Griboyedov Canal Saint Petersburg · 1739 Krjukov Canal Saint Petersburg Kuloy-Pinega Canal Arkhangelsk Oblast Kuma–Manych Canal Stavropol Krai Ladoga Canal Leningrad Oblast · 1728 Ligovsky Canal 1721 Manych Ship Canal Masurian Canal Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Palaces in Russia 12
Alexander Palace Pushkin · 1793 Alexis Palace Saint Petersburg Amusement Palace Tverskoy District · 1651 Anichkov Palace Tsentralny District · 1754 Babolovo Palace Pushkin Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace Tsentralny District · 1799 Bobrinsky Palace Saint Petersburg Catherine Palace Lefortovo District · 1797 Catherine Palace Pushkin · 1717 Constantine Palace Strelna · 1720 Farm Palace Peterhof Ficquelmont Palace Saint Petersburg
Botanical gardens in Russia 12
Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University Irkutsk · 1940 Botanical Garden named after Rostovtsev Pryanishnikova Street · 1895 Botanical Garden of Tver State University Tver · 1879 Botanical Garden of the First Moscow State Medical University named after Sechenov Presnensky District · 1946 Central Siberian Botanical Garden Sovetsky City District · 1961 Chernaya Balka Federal Research Center "N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources" Saint Petersburg · 1894 N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden Ostankinsky District · 1945 Peter the Great Botanical Garden Aptekarsky Ostrov Municipal Okrug · 1714 Sochi Arboretum Khostinsky City District · 1889 Southern Federal University's botanical garden Rostov-on-Don · 1927 Tula Exotarium Tula · 1987
Squares & plazas in Russia 12
1905 Square Yekaterinburg Akhmat Kadyrov Square Grozny Alexander Nevsky Square Saint Petersburg Alexandrovskaya Square Taganrog Anchor Square Kronstadt Arbatskaya Square Arbat District Arts Square Saint Petersburg Blue Bridge Admiralteysky District Bolotnaya Square Yakimanka District Cathedral Square Moscow · 1450 Central Square Tolyatti Connetable Gatchina · 1793
Monuments & memorials in Russia 12
1905 Square Yekaterinburg 9 towers Nazran · 1996 Abez labor camp Abez · 1932 Alexander Bestuzhev House Derbent · 1986 Alexander Column Saint Petersburg · 1834 Alexander Column Rostov Oblast · 1894 Alexander Garden Obelisk Tverskoy District · 1914 Alexievsky cross Alley of the rulers of Russia Moscow · 2017 Anadyrsk Markovo Angel-Warrior Monument Taganrog Arbuzov Museum Kazan · 1969
Libraries in Russia 12
Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library Saint Petersburg · 2007 Chekhov Library Taganrog · 1911 Chuvash National Congress Cheboksary · 1992 CyberLeninka 2012 Donskaya State Public Library Rostov-on-Don · 1886 Gorky Library Ryazan · 1858 Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences Moscow · 1969 Kursk State University Library 1934 Library Genesis 2008 Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vasileostrovsky District · 1714 Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature Tagansky District · 1921 National Library of Russia Saint Petersburg · 1795
Forts & fortresses in Russia 12
Alexandrov Kremlin Alexandrov Astrakhan Kremlin Astrakhan · 1582 Azov Fortress Azov · 1475 Chebaki fortress Fort Alexander I Kronstadt · 1845 Fort Ino Polyanskoye rural settlement · 1916 Ghalghaï Koashke Ivangorod Fortress Ivangorod · 1492 Kolomna Kremlin Kolomna · 1525 Koporye Koporye · 1237 Korela Fortress Priozersk · 1200 Krasnaya Gorka Fort Fort Krasnaya Gorka · 1907
Tunnels in Russia 12
15.34 km Severomuysky Tunnel Muysky District 15 km Second Severomuysky Tunnel Buryatia 10 km Sakhalin Tunnel 7.2 km Amur River Tunnel Khabarovsk 3.25 km Lefortovo Tunnel Moscow 2.6 km Akhtsu Tunnel 1.85 km Dusse-Alin Tunnel Gimry Tunnel Kanonersky Tunnel Kirovsky District, Saint Petersburg Kuznetsovsky Tunnel North-Western Tunnel Moscow Subways in Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don
Power stations in Russia 12
6.4 GW Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam Krasnoyarsk Krai 6.0 GW Krasnoyarsk Dam Krasnoyarsk Krai 5.7 GW Surgut-2 Power Station Surgut 4.5 GW Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station Bratsk 4.0 GW Rostov Nuclear Power Plant Rostov Oblast 4.0 GW Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant Q19632037 4.0 GW Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant Tver Oblast 4.0 GW Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Kursk Oblast 3.8 GW Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Power Station Ust-Ilimsk 3.8 GW Reftinskaya GRES 3.6 GW Kostroma Power Station Kostroma Oblast 3.3 GW Surgut-1 Power Station Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Glaciers in Russia 9
Archaeological sites in Russia 12
Afontova Gora Krasnoyarsk Akhshtyrskaya Cave Adlersky City District Alaborg Alexandrov Q21195096 · 1301 Alexandrov Kremlin Alexandrov Amnya settlement Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Arkaim Arkaim Arzhan Piy-Khemsky District Balymer complex Bülämär Bely Gorod Central Administrative Okrug Bichura (archaeological site) Bichura Big Salabyk mound Q4405748
Monasteries in Russia 12
Alexander Nevsky Lavra Tsentralny District · 1713 Alexander-Svirsky Monastery Staraya Sloboda · 1487 Andronikov Monastery Tagansky District · 1301 Antoniev Monastery Veliky Novgorod · 1101 Antonievo-Siysky Monastery Q24026488 · 1520 Arkazhsky Monastery 1101 Atsaysky datsan Avraamiev Monastery, Kostroma Oblast Chukhlomsky District Bakhchisaray Cave Monastery Bakhchysarai · 1401 Belogorsky Monastery Q28527320 · 1893 Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume Elista · 2005 Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery Cherepovets
Synagogues in Russia 12
Birobidzhan Synagogue Jewish Autonomous Oblast · 2004 Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue Moscow · 1872 Derbent Synagogue Derbent · 1914 Grand Choral Synagogue Saint Petersburg · 1893 Grozny synagogue Grozny · 1902 Holocaust Memorial Synagogue Moscow · 1998 Königsberg Synagogue Kaliningrad · 1896 Main Choral Synagogue, Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don · 1868 Makhachkala Synagogue Makhachkala · 2002 Moscow Choral Synagogue Basmanny District · 1906 Soldier Synagogue Rostov-on-Don · 1872 Vladivostok Synagogue Vladivostok · 1917
Hindu temples in Russia 1
Mosques in Russia 12
Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque Grozny · 2008 Baku mosque Astrakhan · 1909 Bolğar Mosque, Qazan Kazan Bornay Mosque Kazan · 1872 Bulgar Mosque Cheboksary Derbent Mosque Derbent Great Mosque (Nizhny Novgorod) Nizhny Novgorod · 1913 Khan's Mosque Kasimov · 1768 Lala Tulpan Ufa Makhachkala Grand Mosque Sovetsky District · 1996 Moscow Cathedral Mosque Moscow · 2015 Mosque of Twenty-Five Prophets Ufa · 2010
Cathedrals in Russia 12
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Pervomaysky District · 1818 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod · 1881 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Novosibirsk Novosibirsk · 1899 Annunciation Cathedral Voronezh Armenian Cathedral of Moscow Moscow · 2013 Ascension Church, Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don · 1913 Assumption Cathedral Omsk Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk Smolensk · 1677 Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Khamovniki District · 2000 Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Kaliningrad · 2006 Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Peterhof · 1905 Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov Saransk
Tallest towers in Russia 12
540 m Ostankino Tower Ostankinsky District 326 m Saint Petersburg TV Tower Saint Petersburg · 1963 261 m Novorossiysk TV Tower Novorossiysk 235 m main building of Moscow State University Ramenki District · 1953 160 m Shukhov Tower Shukhova Street 128 m Shukhov tower on the Oka River Dzerzhinsk Golden Gate, Vladimir Ivan the Great Bell Tower Sukharev Tower Pevcheskaya Tower Beklemishevskaya Tower White Tower (Yekaterinburg)
Tallest dams in Russia 12
245 m Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam Yenisei · 1985 124 m Krasnoyarsk Dam Yenisei · 1972 101 m Irganai Dam 52 m Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station 40 m Saratov Hydroelectric Station English Embankment Bureya Dam Chirkey Dam Volga Hydroelectric Station Zeya Dam Upper Svir Hydroelectric Station Volkhov Hydroelectric Station
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