Cities
Saint Petersburg: architecture as everyday life
Waterfront walks, museums and a city best discovered on foot.
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Different places, different rhythms. Find your starting point.
Cities
Kazan: a city with more than one voice
Tatar and Russian heritage, urban walks and regional flavours.
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Akademgorodok: a neighbourhood shaped by science
A university, research institutes and Siberian woodland.
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Veliky Novgorod: a city where the past has a voice
The kremlin, frescoes and birch-bark letters bring a medieval city into human focus.
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Derbent: reading history between mountains and sea
Naryn-Kala, the city walls and lived-in neighbourhoods offer three ways to understand the city.
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The Hermitage: finding a personal route through a vast museum
Palace, collection and close observation: an encounter that does not have to become a race.
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Yakutia: the science beneath your feet
What permafrost means, and why studying it matters for homes, roads and everyday life.
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Moscow Metro: an urban space beneath the city
The first line, an architectural perspective and a practical way to understand the transport network.
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Vladivostok: a city worth seeing from different levels
Harbour views, streets and museum stories introduce the Far Eastern city through places and people.
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Yaroslavl: a city composed around two rivers
The Volga and Kotorosl, old churches and classical streets: discover the relationships that give the city its shape.
Architecture of Russia
Pskov: learning to read a city through its churches
White walls, belfries and the Mirozhsky frescoes offer an introduction to Pskov’s architectural tradition.
A cultural route
Perm: a city you can listen to
An opera house, traces of an older building and carved wooden figures offer three starting points for a cultural visit.
Living craft
The Kolomna kalach: a craft you can taste
A working bakery offers a way into the history of bread, the shape of a kalach and the skills behind it.
City details
Wooden Tomsk: houses, carving and the memory of a city
The House with Dragons, a museum in Kryachkov’s home and an address associated with writer Vyacheslav Shishkov offer three approaches to the city.
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