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A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

A tea party concludes each visit to this Russian spice cookie sanctum.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

An art museum inside an active factory.

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.