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Russia holidays

September 2021

  • The Amur in the Russia’s far east, after it has left Mongolia.

    Forbidden territory: on horseback to the source of one of Earth’s most formidable rivers

    In this extract from his new book, Colin Thubron is in Genghis Khan country, tracking the source of the mighty Amur in Mongolia

May 2021

  • Squid performing live at The Cornish Bank in Falmouth, Cornwall.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer photography

    Director Barry Jenkins, the plight of Syria’s refugees, and the return of live music – the best photography commissioned by the Observer in May 2021

July 2020

  • Novospassky monastery<br>Aerial view of the Novospassky monastery in Moscow, Russia

    10 of the best novels set in Russia – that will take you there

    This list of novels and novellas will help you explore Russia’s vast landscapes and complex history

June 2020

  • Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklai, Russian anthropologist, Queensland, Australia, c1880. Artist: Unknown<br>DE2F1C Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklai, Russian anthropologist, Queensland, Australia, c1880. Artist: Unknown

    Great explorers you’ve probably never heard of
    The dashing Russian adventurer who fought to save indigenous lives

    Lauded by Tolstoy and idolised by the Soviet Union, Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay campaigned for the suppression of slavery and challenged deceitful Europeans

May 2020

  • Anton Chekhov seated at a desk.

    Great explorers you’ve probably never heard of
    Anton Chekhov's travels … the ‘greatest work of journalism of the 19th century’

    The playwright’s arduous journey to a Pacific island in Russia’s far east resulted in a non-fiction masterpiece

April 2020

  • Moscow<br>Historical Museum, St.Basil Cathedral, Red Square, Kremlin in Moscow. View from top of the Ritz-Carlton hotel.

    Postcard from the future – a journey to Moscow

    Award-winning author Marcel Theroux looks forward to revisiting his friend’s dacha in the countryside near Moscow

January 2020

  • Monisha looking out a train window in China

    ‘The Godfather of trains’: the Trans-Mongolian from Moscow to Beijing

    For the author of Around the World in 80 Trains this was a standout journey, full of captivating encounters that could only happen on a train

September 2019

  • SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - CIRCA AUGUST, 2017: man expertly prepare the food in wok at Marketplace restaurant.<br>MDNH5E SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - CIRCA AUGUST, 2017: man expertly prepare the food in wok at Marketplace restaurant.

    Beyond borscht: a food tour of Russia

    There’s much more to Russian cuisine than sour cream, beetroot and dill, as this culinary journey from St Petersburg to Moscow proves

August 2018

  • View from the top of wooden stairs on Baltic Sea beach in Miedzyzdroje seaside resort on Wolin Island in West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.<br>KNBW40 View from the top of wooden stairs on Baltic Sea beach in Miedzyzdroje seaside resort on Wolin Island in West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.

    20 of the best Baltic beach holidays

    The water may be colder but with its grand bygone-era resorts, wild islands and white sand beaches, these northerly shores are a great alternative to the Med

July 2018

  • Yevgeny Chichvarkin Observer Food Monthly OFM

    Yevgeny Chichvarkin: ‘I am still Russian, but home is an occupied territory’

    He made millions in Yeltsin’s Russia, then fled Putin’s Russia for Mayfair. After setting up the ‘best wine shop in the world’, Yevgeny Chichvarkin now aims to do the same with food

June 2018

  • StrEat, Moscow, Russia

    10 of the best Moscow restaurants – chosen by the experts

    For a taste of modern (and old Soviet) Russia, World Cup visitors should try these restaurants, offering new twists on traditional Slavic cuisine – at affordable prices
  • Midsummer sunset from Birsay, Orkney.

    Readers' travel tips
    10 great white night experiences: readers’ travel tips

    The party never stops on these midnight sun and twilight jaunts from Russia to Alaska. And neither do the hikes, wildlife encounters and saunas in the gloaming
  • Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. 02nd May, 2018. NIZHNY NOVGOROD, RUSSIA - MAY 2, 2018: Youth on the Chkalov Staircase by the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin with Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, a venue for 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, in the background. Mikhail Solunin/TASS Cr<br>MHRJ0G Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. 02nd May, 2018. NIZHNY NOVGOROD, RUSSIA - MAY 2, 2018: Youth on the Chkalov Staircase by the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin with Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, a venue for 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, in the background. Mikhail Solunin/TASS Credit: ITAR-TASS News Agency/Alamy Live News

    Extra time in Russia: by train to three World Cup cities

    As the world’s largest sporting circus prepares to kick off, we tour lesser-known host cities by train from Moscow, and find three very different metropolises, all with a lot to offer

May 2018

  • Constructivist architecture in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

    Other Russia
    Constructivist capital: the architectural legacy of Yekaterinburg – in pictures

    The constructivists of the 1920s and 30s combined modern engineering methods and technology with communist ideology. The World Cup city of Yekaterinburg has retained this legacy – the largest concentration of constructivist architecture in the world

December 2017

  • Volgograd Arena

    Russia 2018: a guide to the cities and stadiums for England’s group games

    World Cup fans based in Moscow will find the Panama game the easiest to get to while travel to one of the others could include an 18-hour train journey

November 2017

  • Khroniki, bar in St Petersburg, Russia. DJs are playing to a busy room.

    St Petersburg: city of revolution turns itself around – again

    This year all eyes have been on what happened in Russia’s cultural capital 100 years ago, but we ask local artists and musicians for the lowdown on its best 21st-century clubs and arts venues

August 2017

  • Levison Wood by Simon Buxton for Channel 4 - Crossing the Caucasus<br>FROM RUSSIA TO IRAN: CROSSING THE WILD FRONTIER Ep 1

    Why I love …
    ‘The hospitality drew me back’: the joy of the Caucasus

    Explorer Levison Wood’s trip over the Caucasus mountains took him 2,600 miles through six countries – with a warm welcome at every stop and barely a western tourist in sight

March 2017

  • In winter, the ice covering Lake Baikal can be up to 1.5 metres thick, and the lake serves as a temporary road for trucks travelling across it. In this image a lone figure walks away from the camera on a bright sunny day and along and over the aforementioned lake in Siberia.

    Instagram snapshots
    'In winter, the ice is 1.5 metres thick.' Walking on the world's deepest lake – in pictures

    Joanna Lemańska takes a walk – and a drive – on the frozen Lake Baikal, Siberia

February 2017

  • Hermitage Museum’s 252nd Anniversary In St Petersburg

    10 of the best things to do in St Petersburg

  • the Ural mountains, Russia.

    Why I love …
    'I'm walking, skiing and canoeing from the Russian Arctic all the way to Istanbul'

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