Russia

Yes, it’s big. And a little imposing. But don’t let the daunting size, challenging language or arduous visa process keep you from venturing into one of Europe’s most fascinating and yet-to-be-overrun-with-tourists destinations. Dive right in to the history in larger-than-life Moscow. The Kremlin, the Red Square and Saint Basil’s Cathedral will top your list, but other treasures, like the Dostoevsky House-Museum and Izmaylovo Country Estate, will make you linger. Long Russia’s “Window to the West,” sophisticated St. Petersburg will seep beneath your skin with its winding canals, tsarist palaces and opulent Baroque architecture. Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway, delve into Siberia, climb Mt. Elbrus. And if you’re really daring, take a birch whipping at a traditional Russian bathhouse. (No, really.)

Abakan

Angarsk

Arzamas

Astrakhan

Barnaul

Belgorod

Bratsk

Bryansk

Cheboksary

Chelyabinsk

Cherkessk

Chita

Ekaterinburg

Irkutsk

Ivanovo

Izhevsk

Kaliningrad

Kazan

Khabarovsk

Khanty-Mansiysk

Kostroma

Krasnodar

Krasnoyarsk

Kursk

Lipetsk

Magnitogorsk

Moscow

Murmansk

Naberezhnye Chelny

Nizhniy Novgorod

Novokuznetsk

Novorossiysk

Novosibirsk

Obninsk

Omsk

Orel

Orenburg

Perm

Petropavlovsk

Petrozavodsk

Pskov

Pyatigorsk

Rostov

Rostov-na-Donu

Ryazan

Salavat

Samara

Saransk

Sarapul

Saratov

Sergiyev Posad

Serpukhov

Sochi

Solikamsk

St. Petersburg

Stavropol

Surgut

Syktyvkar

Tambov

Tomsk

Tula

Tver

Tyumen

Ufa

Uglich

Ulan-Ude

Vasilevo

Velikiy Novgorod

Vladimir

Vladivostok

Vologda

Volvograd

Voronezh

Votkinsk

Yelets

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk