- Moscow
- Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent. Moscow is the most northern city on Earth with a population above 10,000,000, the most populous city on the continent of Europe.
- Kazan
- Kazan is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,600, it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the right to brand itself as the «Third Capital» of Russia. The Kazan Kremlin is a World Heritage Site.
- Baikal
- Lake Baikal is the world’s oldest and deepest lake at 30 million years old and with an average depth of 744.4 metres; it is the second most voluminous lake, after the Caspian Sea. Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world’s surface fresh water that is unfrozen.
