Vysokopetrovsky Monastery (Russian: Высокопетровский монастырь, English: High Monastery of St Peter) is a Russian Orthodox monastery in the Bely Gorod of Moscow commanding a hill whence Petrovka Street descends towards the Kremlin.
Vychegda (Russian: Вычегда, Komi: Эжва, Ežva) is a river in the European part of Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina. Its length is about 1,100 kilometres (680 mi). Its source is approximately 310 kilometres (190 mi) west of the northern Ural Mo…
The Vyatka River (Russian: Вя́тка; IPA: [ˈvʲatkə]; Tatar Cyrillic: Нократ, Latin: Noqrat; Mari: Виче, Viče, Udmurt: Ватка, Vatka) is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, a right tributary of the Kama River.
Volzhsk (Russian: Волжск; Mari: Юлсер-Ола, Yulser-Ola) is a town in the Mari El Republic, Russia.
The Volgograd Reservoir (Russian: Волгоградское водохранилище) is a reservoir in Russia formed at the Volga River by the dam of the Volga Hydroelectric Station. It lies within the Volgograd Oblast and Saratov Oblast and named after the city of Volgo…
Vize Island or Wiese Island (Russian: Остров Визе, Ostrov Vize or Земля Визе, Zemlya Vize) is an isolated island located in the Arctic Ocean at the northern end of the Kara Sea, roughly midway between Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya, its latit…
Vitebsky station (Russian: Ви́тебский вокза́л) is a terminus in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Vasyugan (Russian: Васюга́н) is a river in the southern West Siberian Plain of Russia.
Valdgeym (Russian: Валдгейм; Yiddish: װאלדהײם, Valdheym), also referred to as Waldheim, is a rural locality (a selo) in Birobidzhansky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Valdgeym was the place where the first collective farm was esta…
Valday or Valdai may refer to one of the following:
The VDNKh weather station is the principal weather station in Moscow, Russia. It opened in 1948 on the grounds of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre. Temperature and precipitation readings at VVC weather station form the official weather reports and h…
Ukhta Airport (also referred to as Ust Ukhta) (IATA: UCT, ICAO: UUYH) is a civilian airport in Russia located 5 km east of Ukhta (near Sosnogorsk).
Ugra (Russian: Угра́) is a river in Smolensk and Kaluga Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of the Oka River. The east-flowing Ugra joins the north-flowing Oka at Kaluga and the united river, called the Oka, continues east to the Volga. In the 16th ce…
The Ufa Arena (Bashkir: Өфө - арена , Oufou-arena ) is an 8,250-seat multi-purpose arena in Ufa, Russia that opened in 2007. It has replaced Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev as the home of Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey team, Salavat Yulaev Ufa.
Tyr (Russian: Тыр; Chinese: 特林; pinyin: Tèlín) is a settlement in Ulchsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Amur River, near the mouth of the Amgun River, about 100 kilometers (60 mi) upstream from Nikolayevsk-on-…
Tutayev (Russian: Тута́ев) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.
Transfiguration Cathedral (official name: Russian: собор Преображения Господня всей гвардии, The Cathedral of the Lord's Transfiguration of all the Guards) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral belonging to the Diocese of St. Petersburg. It is located on…
Totskoye (Russian: То́цкое) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Totsky District of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population: 6,898 (2010 Census); 7,201 (2002 Census); 7,095 (1989 Census).
Timashyovsk (Russian: Тимашёвск) is a town and the administrative center of Timashyovsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Kirpili River 73 kilometers (45 mi) north of Krasnodar, the administrative center of the krai.
Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices is a group of bronze sculptures created by Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin.
Tayga (Russian: Тайга́) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located 118 kilometers (73 mi) northwest of Kemerovo.
Tarko-Sale (Russian: Та́рко-Сале́) is a town and the administrative center of Purovsky District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Pyakupur River near its confluence with the Ayvasedapur, 560 kilometers (350 mi) southeast of S…
Talnakh (Russian: Талнах) was a town located about 25 kilometers (16 mi) north of Norilsk at the foot of the Putoran Mountains in Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. In 2005 the town was merged into Norilsk. Population: 58,654 (2002 Census);…
The Suzdal Kremlin (Russian: Суздальский кремль) is the oldest part of the Russian city of Suzdal, dating from the 10th century. Like other Russian Kremlins, it was originally a fortress or citadel and was the religious and administrative center of …
Suoyarvi (Russian: Суоя́рви; Karelian: Suojärvi; Finnish: Suojärvi) is a town and the administrative center of Suoyarvsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Petrozavodsk.
The Strait of Baltiysk is a strait enabling passage from the Baltic Sea into the freshwater Vistula Lagoon, located in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
St. Petersburg Institute of International Economic Relations, Economics and Law (IIEREL) - IVESEP (Russian: Институ́т внешнеэкономи́ческих свя́зей, эконо́мики и пра́ва, ИВЭСЭ́П) is an independent institution of higher education in St. Petersburg, Ru…
Slavsk (Russian: Славск), prior to 1946 known by its German name Heinrichswalde (Polish: Jędrzychowo; Lithuanian: Gastos), is a town and the administrative center of Slavsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 105 kilometers (65 mi) nort…
Skolkovo (Russian: Ско́лково; IPA: [ˈskolkəvə]) is a rural locality (a village) in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) west of MKAD near the Setun River. Population: 325 (2005 est.).
Silicon Taiga is a nickname for Akademgorodok, a Russian research and development center that is located near Novosibirsk. The nickname is a reference to the Silicon Valley, a renowned IT region found in Northern California. The term was first intro…
The Siege of Smolensk lasted almost a year between 1632 and 1633, when the Muscovite army besieged the Polish-Lithuanian city of Smolensk during the war named after that siege. Muscovite forces of over 25,000 under Mikhail Borisovich Shein begun the…
Shadrinsk (Russian: Ша́дринск) is a town in Kurgan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Iset River (Ob's basin) 146 kilometers (91 mi) northwest of Kurgan.
Severomuysky Tunnel (Russian: Северому́йский тонне́ль) is a railroad tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), in northwestern Buryatia, Russia. It is named after the Severomuysky Range it cuts through.
Severny Island ice cap is a glacier on Severny Island, northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia.
Schmidt Island (Russian: Остров Шмидта) is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic and was named after Soviet scientist and first head of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Otto Schmidt.
Samara State University (Russian: Самарский государственный университет) is a classical multi-faculty university and a leading educational institution of higher education in Samara Oblast, Russia. It consists of faculties of Mathematics and Mechanic…