Everyone should know them: UNESCO monuments located in Russia

The list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites is a sign of quality. Travelers who have been to these locations have no doubt seen part of the great history of our planet. Today, this list contains 1,092 properties located around the world, and 29 of them are located in Russia.

Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve, Far East, which is home to the Amur tiger and the Himalayan bear

Bolgar, Tatarstan: a unique historical complex, which in the Middle Ages was the capital of the Volga Bulgaria, unfortunately, partially destroyed during the Tatar-Mongol yoke

Wrangel Island, where the world's largest polar bear den and a huge number of walruses

Spassky Monastery and other historical buildings in the center of Yaroslavl

Church of the Ascension, completed in 1532, in Kolomenskoye

The deepest lake on the planet Baikal, which, surprisingly, was listed only in 1996

Monastery of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, built in the XIV century, Sergiev Posad

The mountains of the Western Caucasus with their centuries-old glaciers and alpine meadows stretching from Anapa to Elbrus

Derbent fortress, which is more than sixteen centuries. Derbent, the oldest city in Russia - it was founded around the VI century BC

Golden Mountains of Altai, which include Katun and Altai reserves, Teletskoye Lake and Ukok Plateau

Ferapontov Belozersky monastery, dating from the XIV century, in the Vologda region

300 extinct and 30 active volcanoes of Kamchatka

The Kremlin of Kazan, which began to be built back in the 10th century (but it acquired a modern look in the 16th century)

The harsh and poorly studied territory beyond the polar circle of the Putorana Plateau, where there are places where no human foot has stepped

The two oldest centers of Russia - Vladimir and Suzdal, or rather their architecture

Red Square and the Kremlin, Moscow

Curonian Spit in the Kaliningrad Region

A true masterpiece of Russian architecture - Novodevichy Convent, Moscow

Taiga on the territory of Komi and the Urals, which received the name "Komi Virgin Forests", where the primary boreal forests are preserved

The architectural ensemble of Kizhi on Lake Onega, which is considered to be the pinnacle of craftsmanship of the XIX century

Unique Lena pillars soaring up on the banks of the Lena River in Yakutia

The center of our northern capital - St. Petersburg, which is called one of the most beautiful cities in the world

The Solovetsky Archipelago and its magnificent architecture, where the largest monastery in the Russian North is located

Ancient Khersones, founded in the 5th century, in the Crimea, the only ancient city in the Northern Black Sea region, which existed until the 14th century

The Ubsunur Basin in Tuva, which is partially located on the territory of Mongolia and which serves as a home for the snow leopard

Struve Arc, laid across the territory of ten countries, including Russia. Vasily Yakovlevich Struve - the founder of astronomy, with the help of this arc the meridian of our planet was first measured

Novgorod is the oldest capital of Russia with its centuries-old monuments

Watch the video: UNESCO Adds 17 Pskov Monuments to World Heritage List. The Moscow Times (May 2024).