The Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg
NEED TO KNOW
CAPITAL Moscow
POPULATION 140,041,247
AREA 17,098,242 sq km
LANGUAGE Russian
CURRENCY Russian Ruble (RUB)
WHEN TO TRAVEL
January
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November
December
CLIMATE
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
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AVERAGE ACCOMMODATION COST ($US)
- 3 star hotel: $150
- 4 star hotel: $220
- 5 star hotel: $400
Average in the good period to travel. Rates change throughout the year depending on high or low tourist seasons.
AVERAGE MEAL COST ($US)
- Inexpensive restaurant: $12.13
- Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant, 3 courses: $45.50
ELECTRICITY
220V / 50Hz
REASONS TO VISIT
- Beach
- Outdoor and Adventure
- Culture and Art
- Architecture and History
OFTEN PAIRED WITH
- China
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Czech Republic
QUICK FACTS
- The coldest temperature ever recorded was -89,2 deg Celsius, at Vostok Station, a Russian research station in Antarctica, on July 21, 1983
- One of Russia’s most urgent problems is its grave population decline; in response, the Kremlin has created incentives, including cash awards for families to have more children
- It takes seven days to travel along the world’s most famous continuous long-distance railway: the Trans-Siberean railway (5,772mi or 9,289km); it crosses seven time zones.
- In 1970, Russia started drilling a hole in the ground just to see what was down there. They stopped in 1989 when they got down to 40,230ft (12,262m), making it the deepest hole ever drilled into Earth. It was extremely hot down there: 356oF (180oC), and there is a lot of water and hydrogen gas.
