Trafalgar Tours with Russia

Russia is the largest country in the world. Its nation's history began in the 3-8 century AD. It shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It has maritime borders with Japan and Alaska. Russia is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a member of G8, G20, the Council of Europe, The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Eurasian Economic Community, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the World Trade Organisation, and is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Peter the Great and Catherine the Great are important in Imperial Russia. Nicholas I, Alexander II, Lenin, and Stalin played roles in Russia's history. In the vastness of Russia, mountain ranges abound: Caucasus with Mount Elbrus; the Altai with Mount Belukha; the Verkhoyansk Range; the volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula; Ural Mountains. Russia has coastline along the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, Baltic Sea, Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Barents Sea, White Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. There are thousand of rivers and lakes - Lake Baikal, Lake Ladoga , Lake Onega. Moscow and St. Petersburg are the two largest cities. One Trafalgar tour will not begin to see the sites of Russia.

Trafalgar Escorted Tours visiting Russia