Country guide
Best places to visit in Russia
Russia has 288 places on BucketList (87 landmarks, 75 natural sites, 73 museums). These are the 24 most popular. Rate the ones you have been to, and save the rest to your bucket list.
Top places in Russia
- MoscowCityCapital and most populous city of Russia
- Saint PetersburgCityFederal city and former capital of Russia
- KrasnodarCityCapital of Krasnodar region (Krai) in Southern Russia
- Lake BaikalNatural SiteFreshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
- Mount ElbrusNatural SiteHighest mountain of the Caucasus and highest mountain in Europe
- DerbentCityCity in Dagestan, Russia
- Red SquareLandmarkThe main square in Moscow, Russia
- Lake LadogaNatural SiteFreshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
- KremlinPolitical SiteFortified complex in Moscow, Russia
- Hermitage MuseumMuseumMuseum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Lake OnegaNatural SiteFreshwater lake in Russia, second largest in Europe
- St. Basil's CathedralLandmarkChurch in Moscow
- Winter PalaceLandmarkFormer imperial palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Luzhniki StadiumLandmarkFootball stadium in Moscow, Russia
- Mount KazbekNatural SiteDormant volcano in Georgia and Russia
- Klyuchevskaya SopkaNatural SiteActive volcano located on the peninsula of Kamchatka in Russia
- Lenin's MausoleumLandmarkArchitectural structure in Red Square, Moscow, Russia
- Veliky UstyugLandmarkTown in Russia
- Ostankino TowerLandmarkTelevision and radio tower in Moscow, Russia
- Russian State LibraryLandmarkNational public library in Moscow, Russia
- Tretyakov GalleryMuseumArt museum in Moscow, Russia
- KhankaNatural SiteFreshwater lake located on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia and Heilongjiang province, Northeast China
- Solovetsky IslandsHistorical SiteArchipelago in White Sea, Russia
- AuroraHistorical Site1900 Pallada-class cruiser
Been to Russia, or planning a trip?
Join BucketList to rate these places, rank your favourites and see where your friends have been. It's free.
Join free17,000+ places in 194 countries to rate and rank