WATCH: Russia's Most Beautiful Sights Chosen by Citizens

14:11, 4 October 2023
Russia is famous for being the world's largest country by territory. Across its unimaginably vast expanse, there is room for all kinds of tourist attractions, both natural and artificial.
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A Russian media outlet asked their readers what, in their opinion, are the most beautiful man-made and natural attractions of Russia. According to the results of the study, Baikal is considered the most beautiful natural place in Russia by 43% of respondents. This lake is one of the oldest and is one of the ten largest lakes in the world.
In second place are the Altai Mountains, which are among the oldest on the planet. It is believed that the name comes from the Mongolian word "altan", which means "golden". This place is the most beautiful according to 35% of respondents.
More than half of the respondents (64%) would like to visit the Valley of Geysers in the Kamchatka Territory, while 63% of respondents dream of going to Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk region. Talking about man-made attractions, 47% of people want to see the Kizhi wooden buildings in Karelia, and 35% want to visit the ghost town of Gamsutl in Dagestan.
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A woman takes a photo on Lake Baikal.

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A woman in the Kyzylсhin valley in the Chuya Steppe of the Altai Republic. The high mercury content in the rock gives it a reddish tint.

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Mud cauldron Grozny ("terrible") in the Valley of Geysers in Kronotsky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Kamchatka.

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Reflection of the wooden churches of the architectural ensemble observed through the window of Peasant Oshevnev's House in the village of Oshevnevo, as part of the exposition at the State Kizhi Museum.

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A view of the village of Gamsutl in the Gunibsky district of the Republic of Dagestan.

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The eastern slope of Elbrus about 4000 m, the Garabashi glacier and a view of the Main Caucasus Range in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

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Visitors at the fountains of the Grand Cascade in the Lower Park of the Peterhof State Museum-Reserve. On July 3, the grand opening of the fountains took place at the Peterhof State Museum- Reserve, which was postponed for two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tourists on an excursion in the Ruskeala mountain park in the Sortavalsky district of the Republic of Karelia.

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An athlete competes in the men's High Diving 27m preliminary round on day ten of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazanka River on August 3, 2015 in Kazan, Russia.

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Sulak Canyon, one of the most picturesque natural sights of the Republic of Dagestan.

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The Motherland Calls, a compositional center of the monument-ensemble Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia.

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Tourists take pictures near the Swallow's Nest castle on a coastal cliff in the village of Gaspra in Crimea.

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