FAST FACTS ABOUT RUSSIA
Time GMT/UTC +3 (Moscow & St Petersburg); GMT +2 (Kaliningrad)
Money Rouble (R); CA$1 = R24, €1 = R41; UK£1 = R41; US$1 = R29
Visas Everyone needs one and they need to be obtained well in advance of travel (€50-100).
Area 16, 995, 800 sq km (twice the size of the continental USA)
Population 147 000 000
Famous for Vodka, communism, Saint-Petersburg Ballet.
ATMs Common in Moscow, St Petersburg and Kaliningrad
Language Russian
Head of State Dmitry Medvedev
Telephone codes country code 7; international access code 8 (wait for second tone) 10
Budget R1300 to R2000 per day

Adventures In Russia

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Russian UNESCO Heritage Sites

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RUSSIA Attractions

1. Saint-Petersburg

From the mysterious twilight of the White Nights to world-beating opera and ballet productions on magical winter evenings, Saint-Petersburg charms and entices in every season.

2. Moscow

3. Novgorod

4. Kamchatka

5. Karelia

6. Trans-Siberian Railway

7. Lake Baikal

8. Caucasus Mountains

9. Altay

10. Volga