The Trans-Siberian Railway was a concept put forward by Tsar Alexander III to make travelling from west to east of the Russian Empire more accessible. Actual construction started in 1891, with tracks being laid from Moscow and Vladivostok with the goal to meet in the middle. This is much the same way that the American […]
Formally known as the Russian Federation, Russia is located in the northern corner of Eurasia and is surrounded by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. Geographically, Russia is the largest country in the world. According to its 2010 Census, it has almost 143 million people, […]
Saint Petersburg is a city in Russia which is located on the Neva River which flows out to the Baltic Sea. Not to be confused with its namesake in Florida, the city has previously been called Petrograd in 1914 and Leningrad from 1924. From 1991 the city has been named St. Petersburg; this is because […]
