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Many visitors start off their trip to one of the two main cities. St Petersberg boasts the Hermitage Museum, as well as many other spectacular palaces, museums and churches, and is a world famous centre for ballet and opera. You hardly need reminding that Moscow has the Kremlin, Red Square and St Basil's Cathedral – and even the Moscow metro system is an architectural gem. For travellers with a bit of time on their hands, the classic way to experience Russia is the Trans-Siberian Express – the traditional way to pass the time is with some classic Russian novels, vodka and a chess set. It takes around six days non-stop to get to Moscow from Vladivostock. However, there's much to detain you along the way, including the enormous Lake Baikal, and the city of Yekaterinburg.

For those who are travelling through Eastern Europe but would also like to be able to say that they've visited Russia, the Kaliningrad Oblast is a geopolitical curiosity, lodged between Lithuania and Poland and accessible from both – luckily for those planning to attend the 2018 World Cup! On the other end of the scale is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the far east of Russia, which is only reachable by air, and attracts bear hunters and those curious to see the nearby volcanoes. If that's still not adventurous enough, visit Murmansk – from here, you can take an ice-breaking ship to the North Pole!