travel-blog #158011

49 countries | 60 regions of russia, 210 russian cities | 1021 days

other: caucasus | asia | near east | north africa

iceland

dyrholaey (iceland)

myvatn lake dist

skaftafell (iceland)

solheimasandur (iceland)

maastricht (netherlands)

akkerman fortress

burgas (bulgaria)

pomorie nude beach (bulgaria)

varna (bulgaria)

chefchaouen (morocco)

dubai

gorelnik gorge - titov pass

fiolent cape (crimea)

koktebel (crimea)

kurortnoye sett (crimea)

tuzlukh rocks (crimea)

makhachkala (dagestan)

nikola lenivets 17

nikola lenivets 23

inta (komi republic)

sherlyaga vill (komi republic)

kabardinka

pervukhin bay (kunashir island)

sour creek (kunashir island)

krasnaya polyana in lobnya

german sterligov sloboda

solheimasandur (iceland)

stokksnes (iceland)

rangarvallasysla (iceland)

maastricht (netherlands)

rasnov (romania)

odessa

burgas (bulgaria)

pomorie nude beach (bulgaria)

varna (bulgaria)

chefchaouen (morocco)

fiolent cape (crimea)

novy svet reserve (crimea)

tarkhankut (crimea)

tuzlukh rocks (crimea)

makhachkala (dagestan)

troitsko-pechorsk (komi republic)

sour creek (kunashir island)

stolbchaty cape (kunashir island)

yoshkar-ola (mari el republic)

krasnaya polyana in lobnya

german sterligov sloboda

posyolok tsemzavoda in podolsk

maastricht (netherlands)

odessa

larnaca (cyprus)

nesebar (bulgaria)

chefchaouen (morocco)

aq qaya rock (crimea)

troitsko-pechorsk (komi republic)

sochi 11

kunashir (kurils)

golovnin volcano (kunashir island)

stolbchaty cape (kunashir island)

leninsk-kuznetsky (kuzbass)

yoshkar-ola (mari el republic)

burtsevo vill

aprelevka town

bityagovo vill

domodedovskiy ziggurat

kotelniki

krasnaya polyana in lobnya

ostrov sett (moscow region)

posyolok tsemzavoda in podolsk

solheimasandur (iceland)

cap d'agde (the village naturiste)

chefchaouen (morocco)

abu dhabi

dubai

belokurikha dist (altai)

blagoveshchensk

alushta - utyos sett

aq qaya rock (crimea)

dzhan-kutaran (crimea)

fiolent cape (crimea)

sherlyaga vill (komi republic)

troitsko-pechorsk (komi republic)

cape doob (tsemes bay)

blue abyss (dzhankhot)

sochi 11

stalin's dacha

golovnin volcano (kunashir island)

leninsk-kuznetsky (kuzbass)

german sterligov sloboda

vidnoye

moscow region

30 cities

, 65 places

moscow

moskva

novaya moskva

skolkovo innovation center [06.23, 03.24]

settlements within old borders

kuryanovo
novokuryanovo
severniy
sokol

moscow suburbs

podmoskovye

satellite cities

krasnogorsk [04.23]
dolgoprudny [03.24]
dzerzhinsky [05.22, 05.24]
khimki [06.23]
kotelniki [05.22]
lyubertsy [08.23]
odintsovo [03.24]
reutov [05.23, 02.24]
vidnoye [05.20, 01.22, 05.23, 07.23, 07.24]
zheleznodorozhny [04.24]

settlements

besedy sett [08.23]
bulatnikovo sett [06.20, 06.23]
ostrov sett [05.22]
rastorguevo sett (vidnoye-2) [05.20, 01.22, 05.23]
sovkhoz imeni lenina [05.22, 06.23]
vidnoye nbhd (dydyldino vill, tabolovo vill, tarychyovo vill, yermolino sett) [02.22, 05.23, 07.23, 07.24]
zarechye sett [06.23]

st catherine's monastery (yeketerininskaya pustyn) [06.20, 05.23, 02.24]
nikolo-ugreshsky monastery in dzerzhinsky town [05.22, 05.24]

igor shuvalov's mansion in zarechye sett [06.23]
sukhanovo manor [06.20, 05.23, 02.24]
timokhovo-salazkino manor in vidnoye town [05.20, 07.23]

skolkovo center [06.23]
special prison "sukhanovka"

33 murals in odintsovo (urban morphogenesis street-art fest 2017) [03.24]
30 murals in zheleznodorozhny (culture code street-art fest 2022) [04.24]

moscow obl - east

podmoskovye

cities

beloozyorsky [08.24]
bronnitsy [09.23]
elektrostal [07.24]
elektrougli [07.24]
kolomna [08.19]
lytkarino [09.23, 05.24]
pavlovsky posad [08.20]
ramenskoye, kholodovo sett [01.24]
zhukovskiy [08.23]

settlements

ashitkovskoye (ashitkovo sett, faustovo sett, vinogradovo sett) [08.24]
krasny oktyabr sett (part of ramenskoye town) [01.24]
kratovo sett [11.23]
malakhovka sett [11.23]
mikhaylovskaya sloboda sett [09.24]
verkhneye myachkovo sett [08.23]
yeganovo sett [09.24]
zelenaya sloboda sett [08.23, 09.24]

novo-solovetskaya marchugovskaya pustyn (faustovo sett) [08.24]

bykovo manor - vereya vill [08.23]

moscow obl - south

podmoskovye

cities

chekhov (lopasnya) [04.24]
domodedovo [03.22, 07.23]
kashira [05.22]
klimovsk [09.23]
podolsk [09.14, 12.21, 08.23]
serpukhov [02.15]
stupino [05.22]
zaraysk [08.19]

settlements

bityagovo sett [07.23]
bunyakovo vill [07.23]
domodedovo sett [07.23, 06.24]
dubrovitsy sett [09.14, 12.21, 09.23]
kolychyovo sett (ex-nikitsk) [07.23, 05.24]
molokovo sett [09.23]
nikitskoye sett [07.23]
novy byt sett (chekhovsky dist) [04.24]
pokrov sett [08.23, 06.24]
posyolok tsemzavoda (cement factory sett) [08.23, 09.23]
strelkovo vill - strelkovskoy fabriki sett [08.23, 09.23]
volodarskogo sett [08.23, 09.24]
yam sett [05.20, 06.23]

holy cross jerusalem monastery [07.23, 09.24]
seraphim znamenskiy skit [07.23]
voznesenskaya davidova pustyn [04.24]

domodedovsky quarry [07.23, 05.24]
lower pakhra valley, stone side (kamennaya storona) [07.23, 05.24]
pakhra river, syany [09.23]

exhibition "be here" in gorki leninskiye [08.24]

gorki leninskiye [07.09, 07.12, 06.15, 06.20, 06.23, 08.24]
pleshcheyevo manor [08.23]

moscow obl - west

podmoskovye

cities

aprelevka [03.24]
volokolamsk [04.19]
zvenigorod [05.11, 05.16]

settlements

petrovskoye sett - burtsevo vill [03.24]

panfilov's 28 guardsmen memorial in dubosekovo vill [04.19]

german sterligov sloboda [08.20]

resurrection monastery (new jerusalem monastery) in istra town [05.18, 08.20]

petrovskoye-alabino manor [03.24]

moscow obl - north

podmoskovye

cities

lobnya [03.24]
sergiev posad [07.15]
yakhroma [08.24]

settlements

dedenyovo (dedenevo) sett [08.24]
iksha sett [08.24]
krasnaya polyana sett [03.24]

central russia

regions: 5/9 | 18 cities

, 22 places

| 30 days

nikola-lenivets 18

nikola-lenivets 20

nikola-lenivets 23

ugra beach

kaluga oblast

kaluga [08.17, 07.18, 07.20, 09.23]
balabanovo [07.20]
borovsk [07.20]
kondrovo [07.20]
kozelsk [07.20]
maloyaroslavets [07.20]
mosalsk [07.20]
obninsk [07.20]
peremyshl sett [07.20]
yukhnov [07.20]

nikola-lenivets vill, zvizhi vill [08.16, 07.17, 08.17, 07.18, 07.20, 09.23]

wild beach on the ugra river near subbotino vill [07.18, 07.20]

optina pustyn [07.20]
shamordino convent [07.20]

archstoyanie fest 2018, nikola-lenivets vill [08.18]
signal-fest 2017, nikola-lenivets vill [08.17]
archstoyanie fest 2017, nikola-lenivets vill [07.17]

ryazan oblast

ryazanschina

ryazan [02.22]

tver oblast

tver [10.11, 08.19]
torzhok [08.19]

ethno-park vasilyevo (vasilevo) [08.19]

vladimir oblast

vladimirschina

vladimir [08.22]
gorokhovets [08.22]
murom [06.18]
suzdal [06.18]

yaroslavl oblast

yaroslavlschina

yaroslavl [09.11]

povolzhye

regions: 8/8 | 29 cities

, 32 places

| 45 days

astrakhan oblast

astrakhan [04.15]
akhtubinsk [03.15]
nizhny baskunchak sett [03.15]

baskunchak salt lake, bogdinsko-baskunchaksky reserve [03.15]

zeleniy sad (green garden) reserve [03.15]

kirov oblast

vyatchina

kirov [09.20]
karintorf sett [09.20]
kirovo-chepetsk [09.20]
slobodskoy [09.20]

28 days in komi + kirov oblast and povolzhye in september 2020

nizhny novgorod obl

nizhegorodchina

nizhny novgorod [06.10, 10.16, 07.22]
arzamas [07.22]
balakhna [07.22]
bebyayevo sett (bebyayevo - peshelan - novosyolki) [07.22]
bor [10.16, 08.22]
gorodets [08.22]
purekh sett [08.22]
semyonov [08.22]
voskresenskoye sett [08.22]
vladimirskoye sett [08.22]
vyksa [06.18]
vyezdnoye sett [07.22]
zavolzhye [08.22]

art ovrag 2018 in vyksa town

penza oblast

penza [02.22]

saratov oblast

saratov [09.24]
engels [09.24]

samara oblast

samara [08.14, 09.24]
chapayevsk [09.24]
syzran [03.22]
togliatti [09.24]

ulyanovsk oblast

ulyanovsk [03.22]

volgograd oblast

volgograd [03.15]

volga republics

regions: 6/7 | 10 cities

, 12 places

| 17 days

bashkortostan

bashkiria

ufa [08.14, 03.22]
beloretsk [03.22]
birsk [03.22]
sterlitamak [08.14]

chuvashia

çovaş yen

cheboksary (šupaškar) [09.20]

28 days in komi + kirov oblast and povolzhye in september 2020

kalmykia

khal'mg tangch

elista [04.15]

mari el

yoshkar-ola [09.20]
kozmodemyansk [09.20]

28 days in komi + kirov oblast and povolzhye in september 2020

mordovia

saransk [02.22]

erzya and moksha mordvins

tatarstan

kazan [07.10, 07.14, 10.19]
sviyazhsk sett [07.14]

temple of all religions in staroye arakchino sett [10.19]

chernozemye

regions: 1/7 | 1 place

, 1 city

| 2 days

voronezh oblast

voronezh [04.15]

russian south

regions: 4/4 | 38 cities

, 67 places

| 67 days

crimea

crimean peninsula

crimean mountains

simferopol (aqmescit) [10.20, 07.22]
bakhchysarai [10.20, 07.22]
stariy krym (eski qirim / solkhat) [06.22]

aq qaya rock (belaya skala) [11.20]
valley of josaphat [10.20]

st anastasia of sirmium skete (bead temple) [07.22]

cave city chufut-kale [10.20]
cave city kachi kalyon [07.22]
cave city tepe-kermen [10.20, 07.22]
scythian neapolis in simferopol [10.20]

southern coast

yalta [10.20]
yalta district (livadiya, gaspra, koreiz, miskhor) [10.20]
alupka [10.20]
alushta [10.20, 07.22]
malorechenskoye sett (kücük-özen sett) [10.20]
simeiz sett [10.20]
utyos sett (kücük-lambat sett) [10.20]

ai-petri yayla - taraktash ridge [10.20]
demerdzhi, valley of ghosts [10.20]
three sisters rocks (plaka cape dist) [10.20]
tuzlukh rocks (cheeze rocks) [10.20]

steppe crimea

yevpatoriya (kezlev/gözleve) [11.20]
mirniy sett [11.20]
olenevka sett (karaji sett) [11.20]

tarkhankut, atlesh landscape park [11.20]

z.city art-park and beach [11.20]

cimmeria

kerch [11.20, 06.22]
feodosia [11.20, 07.22]
koktebel sett [11.20, 06.22]
kurortnoye sett (asagi otuz sett) [06.22]
novy svet sett [11.20]
sudak [11.20]
vesyoloye sett (qutlaq sett) [11.20]

alchak-kaya reserve [11.20]
novy svet reserve [11.20]
tikhaya bay, dzhan-kutaran mtn [06.22]
tikhaya bay, toprakh-kaya cape (chameleon cape) [11.20, 06.22]

lysya bay (fox bay) [06.22]
tikhaya bay nude beach [06.22]

sevastopol

sevastopol [10.20]
balaklava [10.20]
inkerman [10.20]

ajazma [10.20]
fiolent cape, lermontov's cape [10.20]

st. george monastery at fiolent cape [10.20]

chersonesus taurica [10.20]

fiolent nude beach [10.20]
inzhir nude beach [10.20]

krasnodar krai

kuban

krasnodar [09.18, 10.24]

black sea coast

novorossiysk [06.22]
anapa [06.22]
divnomorskoye sett [06.22]
gelendzhik [09.18, 06.22]
kabardinka sett [06.22]
tuapse [06.22]

sunken vessels in tsemes bay

blue abyss beach, dzhankhot dist [09.18, 06.22]
cape doob, tsemes bay [06.22]
kadosh cape, kiselyov's rock [06.22]

sochi dist

sochi [05.10, 05.11, 06.22, 10.24]
adler [06.22, 10.24]
khosta sett [06.22]
krasnaya polyana [06.22]
matsesta sett [05.11, 06.22, 10.24]
sirius sett [06.22, 10.24]

joseph stalin's dacha "zelyonaya roshcha" [06.22]

aibga ridge (near krasnaya polyana) [05.11]
akhun mtnakhun mtn [10.24]
eagle rocks and agur waterfalls [10.24]
yew and boxtree wood (caucasian biosphere reserve) [06.22]

taman peninsula

taman [11.20]

ataman village (cassack ethno park) [11.20]

rostov oblast

don

rostov-on-don [04.15, 10.24]
taganrog [04.15]

stavropol krai

stavropolye

pyatigorsk [04.15]
kislovodsk [04.15]
zheleznovodsk [04.15]

russian north

regions: 4/5 | 16 cities

, 34 places

| 34 days

arkhangelsk oblast

arkhangelogorodchina

arkhangelsk [04.17]

malye korely [04.17]

karelia

karjal

petrozavodsk [12.11]

komi

southern komi

syktyvkar [09.20]
vylgort sett [09.20]
yb sett [09.20]

28 days in komi + kirov oblast and povolzhye in september 2020

central komi

troitsko-pechorsk [09.20]
sherlyaga vill [09.20]
sosnogorsk [09.20]
ukhta [09.20]

manpupuner [09.20]
pechoro-ilychsky reserve [09.20]
pecherya-talyakhchakhl mtn - yanyvondersyakhal mtn [09.20]

from manpupuner to dyatlov pass [09.20, 9 days]: part 1, part 2

28 days in komi + kirov oblast and povolzhye in september 2020

northern komi

inta [09.20]
vorkuta [09.20]
vorkuta ring (vorgashor sett, severny sett) [09.20]
rudnik sett [09.20]

28 days in komi + kirov oblast and povolzhye in september 2020

izhemsky dist

izhma [09.20]
irayel vill [09.20]
zarechye (sizyabsk sett, bakur vill, mokhcha sett, gam vill) [09.20]

28 days in komi + kirov oblast and povolzhye in september 2020

murmansk oblast

kola

murmansk [02.18, 07.24]
apatity [07.24]
kandalaksha [07.24]
kirovsk [07.24]
kola [07.24]
kukisvumchorr sett [07.24]
murmashi sett [07.24]
polyarnye zori [07.24]
teriberka sett [02.18, 07.24]

aykuayvenchorr mtn (khibiny mountains) [07.24]
kandalaksha coast [07.24]
teriberka nature park [07.24]

abandoned cantonment (military base) at kandalaksha city [07.24]
"central" mine at khibiny mountains [07.24]

northwestern russia

regions: 5/5 | 22 cities

, 33 places

| 56 days

kaliningrad oblast

ex east prussia

cities

kaliningrad (königsberg) [06.11, 09.21]
baltiysk (insterburg) [09.21]
chernyakhovsk (pillau) [10.21]
gvardeysk (tapiau) [10.21]
pravdinsk (friedland) [10.21]

baltiyskaya kosa (vistula spit) [09.21]

kurshskaya kosa

lesnoy sett (sarkau sett) [10.21]
morskoe sett (pillkoppen sett) [10.21]
rybachy sett (rossitten sett) [10.21]

kurshskaya kosa (curonian spit) [10.21]

resort towns / amber coast

svetlogorsk (rauschen) [06.11, 10.21]
yantarnoye sett (palmnicken sett) [10.21]
zelenogradsk (cranz) [06.11, 09.21]

leningrad oblast

saint petersburg

saint petersburg [05.09, 03.11, 12.11, 11.12, 11.13, 05.16, 07.16, 02.17, 05.18, 04.21]
kronstadt [03.11, 05.16]

peterhof palace [05.09]

vk-fest 2016

leningrad oblast

gatchina [10.12, 04.21]
luga [04.22]
vyborg [12.11]

novgorod oblast

novgorodchina

veliky novgorod [11.13, 03.22]
soltsy [04.22]
staraya russa [04.22]

vitoslavlitsy [03.22]

the st. george's (yuriev) monastery [03.22]

pskov oblast

pskovschina

pskov [04.21, 04.22]
dno [04.22]
ostrov [04.21]
pechory [04.21]
porkhov [04.22]

pskov-pechory monastery [04.21]

izborsk fortress [04.21]
porkhov fortress [04.21]
pskov krom [04.21, 04.22]

vologda oblast

vologodchina

vologda [05.17]

ural

regions: 4/5 | 11 cities

, 13 places

| 24 days

chelyabinsk oblast

chelyabinsk [03.22]
kopeysk [03.22]
magnitogorsk [03.22]
troitsk [03.22]
zlatoust [03.22]

kurgan oblast

zauralye

kurgan [08.21]
kurtamysh [08.21]
shadrinsk [08.21]

perm krai

prikamye

perm [07.14, 10.19]
kungur [10.19]

kungur ice caves [10.19]

sverdlovsk oblast

yekaterinburg [07.14, 10.19]

from manpupuner to dyatlov pass [09.20, 9 days]: part 1, part 2

28 days in komi + kirov oblast and povolzhye in september 2020

western siberia

regions: 7/8 | 19 cities

, 25 places

| 34 days

altai krai

barnaul [08.21]
belokurikha [08.21]
biysk [08.21]

rock "four brothers", round rock (belokurikha dist) [08.21]

41 days in western siberia + ural, summer 2021

kemerovo oblast

kuzbass

kemerovo [09.21, 09.22]
anzhero-sudzhensk [09.22]
izhmorsky sett [09.22]
leninsk-kuznetsky [09.22]
mariinsk [09.22]
novokuznetsk [09.21]
yaya sett [09.22]

khantia-mansia

yugra

khanty-mansiysk [02.22]
nefteyugansk [02.22]
nizhnevartovsk [02.22]
surgut [02.22]

17 days in yugra, southern ural, povolzhye in february-march 2022

novosibirsk oblast

novosibirsk [07.15, 08.21]
akademgorodok [08.21]
kolyvan sett [08.21]

omsk oblast

omsk [07.14, 08.21]
azovsky nemetsky national district (azovo sett, sosnovka sett) [08.21]

tomsk oblast

tomsk [08.21]

41 days in western siberia + ural, summer 2021

tyumen oblast

tyumen [07.14, 08.21]
tobolsk [08.21]
yalutorovsk [08.21]

eastern siberia

regions: 3/6 | 5 cities

, 6 places

| 13 days

irkutsk oblast

baikalia

irkutsk [08.15]

21 days in russian far east, siberia + chinese manchuria in summer 2015

krasnoyarsk krai

krasnoyarsk [09.22]
achinsk [09.22]
minusinsk [09.22]

ergaki range [09.22]

20 days in siberia (from kuzbass to tyva) in september 2022

zabaykalsky krai

transbaikal

chita [08.15]

21 days in russian far east, siberia + chinese manchuria in summer 2015

siberian republics

regions: 4/5 | 7 cities

, 15 places

| 24 days

altai

gorno-altai

gorno-altaysk [09.21]
chemal vill, elekmonar vill [09.21]
tyungur sett [09.21]

to footh of the belukha mtn [09.21, 10 days]

41 days in western siberia + ural, summer 2021

buryatia

buryaad ulas

ulan-ude [08.15]

ivolginsky datsan in verkhnyaya ivolga sett [08.15]

ulan-ude ethnographic park [08.15]

21 days in russian far east, siberia + chinese manchuria in summer 2015

khakassia

abakan [09.22]
cheryomushki [09.22]
sayanogorsk [09.22]

20 days in siberia (from kuzbass to tyva) in september 2022

tuva

tyva

kyzyl [09.22]
turan [09.22]

20 days in siberia (from kuzbass to tyva) in september 2022

russian far east

regions: 6/8 | 19 cities

, 61 places

| 80 days

amur oblast

blagoveshchensk [08.15]

21 days in russian far east, siberia + chinese manchuria in summer 2015

kamchatka krai

kamchatka

petropavlovsk-kamchatsky [10.17]

avacha bay [10.17]
camel mountain [10.17]
khalaktyrsky beach [10.17]
malky hot springs [10.17]
mayachniy cape [10.17]
mutnovsky volcano [10.17]
vachkazhets mountain [10.17]

10 days in kamchatka in october 2017

khabarovsk krai

khabarovsk [08.15]

a brief history of khabarovsk, russian invasion of manchuria, chinese century of humiliation

21 days in russian far east, siberia + chinese manchuria in summer 2015

primorsky krai

primorye

vladivostok [08.15]

russky island [08.15]

21 days in russian far east, siberia + chinese manchuria in summer 2015

sakhalin oblast

sakhalin island

yuzhno-sakhalinsk [05.21-07.21]
alexandrovsk-sakhalinsky [06.21, 07.21]
bykov sett [05.21, 07.21]
due sett [06.21]
kholmsk [07.21]
korsakov [05.21, 07.21]
makarov [07.21]
nevelsk [07.21]
nogliki sett [05.21]
okha [05.21]
poronaysk [06,21, 07.21]
smirnykh sett [06.21]
tymovskoye sett [05.21]
yablochnoye sett [07.21]

aniva cape [05.21]
bolshevik mtn [05.21]
bykov's rapids [05.21, 07.21]
cape ptichiy/velikan [05.21]
cape mramorny (marble) [05.21]
cape slepikovsky [05.21]
cape tonin (svobodny), mordvinov's bay [07.21]
chekhov's peak [05.21]
daginsk thermal springs [05.21]
lyagushka rock [05.21]
nevelsk sea lion rookery [07.21]
three brothers rocks, cape jonquiere (zhonkier)[06.21, 07.21]
tikhaya bay [05.21]
yunona's cape [07.21]

aniva lighthouse [05.21]
devil's bridge, witch bridge (takaradai spiral line) [07.21]
tank towers on the coast at starodubskoye sett [07.21]

60 days in sakhalin and kurils from may to july 2021

kuril islands

kurils

kunashir island

yuzhno-kurilsk sett [06.21]
goryachiy plyazh sett [06.21]

cape stolbchaty [06.21]
devil's finger rock, cape sukachyov [06.21]
golovnin volcano dist [06.21]
mendeleev volcano [06.21]
pervukhin bay, lagunnoye lake dist, rock "parus" (sail) [06.21]
sour creek, thermal springs "rosinka" [06.21]

kuril islands dispute

60 days in sakhalin and kurils from may to july 2021

iturup island

kurilsk [06.21]

lososyovaya bay - olya bay [06.21]
kasatka bay, tonnelny cape, chertova rock [06.21]
prostor bay, white rocks [06.21]
yankito lava plateau [06.21]

60 days in sakhalin and kurils from may to july 2021

shikotan island

malokurilskoye sett [06.21]
krabozavodskoye sett [06.21]

bezymyannaya bay (unnamed bay) [06.21]
cape "krai sveta" (edge of the world) [06.21]
dimitrov bay [06.21]
shikotan hill [06.21]
tserkovnaya bay (aivazovsky bay) [06.21]

60 days in sakhalin and kurils from may to july 2021

caucasian republics

regions: 7/10 | 32 cities

, 48 places

| 56 days

abkhazia

apsny

sukhum [11.11, 06.22]
gagra [06.22, 10.24]
gal (gali) [06.22]
gulrypsh sett, agudzera sett [06.22]
gudauta [06.22]
lykhny sett [06.22]
new athos (novy afon / akhali atoni) [11.11, 06.22]
pitsunda [06.22]
tsandryph dist (tsandryph sett, amzara sett, gyachrypsh sett) [10.24]
tkvarchal [06.22]

joseph stalin's dacha "kholodnaya rechka" ("cold river") [10.24]

ritsa lake [10.24]
new athos cave [11.11]

armenia

hayastan

yerevan [06.12, 08.16]
agarak [09.16]
artashat [08.16]
dilijan [09.16]
goris [09.16]
gyumri [09.16]
hrazdan [09.16]
jermuk [09.16]
meghri [09.16]
tatev [08.16]
tsaghkadzor [09.16]
vagharshapat (echmiadzin) [08.16]

garni (temple of garni) [06.12]
geghardavank [06.12]
goshavank [09.16]
haghartsin monastery [09.16]
khor virap monastery [08.16]
noravank [08.16]
tatev monastery [08.16]
yeghegis [08.16]
yeghegnadzor [08.16]

khndzoresk cave city[08.16]
satanayi kamurj (satan's bridge) [08.16]
sevan lake [06.12]

artsakh

nagorno-karabakh

stepanakert [06.12]
vank sett [06.12]

gandzasar monastery [06.12]

azerbaijan

baku [08.12, 01.17, 06.17]

chechnya

nokhchicho

grozny [04.15]
argun [04.15]

dagestan

makhachkala [04.15]
derbent [04.15]
kaspiysk [04.15]

georgia

sakartvelo

tbilisi [08.12]
sighnaghi [08.12]

ossetia

alania / irešton

vladikavkaz [04.15]

dargavs (city of the dead) [04.15]
kurtat gorge [04.15]

central asia

regions: 2/6 | 7 cities

, 15 places

| 26 days

kazakhstan

qazaqstan

astana [07.14]
almaty [07.14]

from gorelnik gorge to titov pass [07.14, 2 days]

kim-asar gorge [07.14]

kyrgyzstan

bishkek [07.14]
cholpon-ata [08.14]
karakol [08.14]
osh [08.14]
pristan'-przheval'sk [08.14]
tosor vill [07.14]

ala archa national park [07.14]
jeti-oguz gorge[08.14]
tuz-kol (salt lake) [07.14]
masal (skazka) canyon [07.14]

east and south asia

regions: 2/13 | 17 cities

, 18 places

| 39 days

china

zhōngguó

north china

beijing [05.14]

10 days in china in may 2014

manchuria

heihe (sahaliyan'ula) [07.15]
suifenhe [07.15]

21 days in russian far east, siberia + chinese manchuria in summer 2015

special regions

hong kong [05.14]
makau (àomén) [05.14]

lantau trail, lantau peak [05.14]

10 days in china in may 2014

india

bhārat / hindustān

delhi

delhi [01.14, 03.14]

bihar

patna [03.14]

13 days in india in spring 2014

rajasthan

jaipur [01.14]
jodhpur [01.14]
pushkar [01.14]
udaipur [01.14]

15 days in india in winter 13-14

punjab

amritsar [01.14]

15 days in india in winter 13-14

uttar pradesh

agra [01.14]
lucknow [03.14]
sarnath [03.14]
varanasi (benares) [03.14]

west bengal

kolkata (calcutta) [04.14]

13 days in india in spring 2014

southeast asia

regions: 3/11 | 18 cities

, 24 places

| 48 days

cambodia

kâmpŭchea

phnom penh [01.13]
siem reap [01.13]

choeung ek (the killing fields) [01.13]
tuol sleng genocide museum (security prison 21) [01.13]

angkor [01.13]

18 days in vietnam and cambodia in winter 12-13

thailand

prathet thai

central and eastern thailand

bangkok [12.11-01.12]
lopburi [01.12]
pattaya [01.12]

ayutthaya historical park [12.11]

dusit zoo and safari world [12.11]

30 days in thailand in winter 11-12

southern thailand

phuket town [12.11]
chalong, laem phromthep (phuket) [12.11]
ko panyi vill (sea gypsy vill) [12.11]
patong (phuket) [12.11]

khao lak - lam ru national park [12.11]
phang nga bay (khao phing kan, khao tapu, rang yai islands) [12.11]
phi phi islands [12.11]

northern thailand

chiang mai [01.12]
chiang rai province (mae kachan hot springs, wat rong khun, ban sop ruak) [01.12]

mae sa elephant camp [01.12]

golden triangle [01.12]

vietnam

hanoi [12.12]
da lat [01.13]
da nang [01.13]
hoi an [12.12]
ho chi minh city (saigon) [01.13]
hue [12.12]
nha trang [01.13]
ninh binh [12.12]

18 days in vietnam and cambodia in winter 12-13

near east

regions: 5/15 | 33 cities

, 54 places

| 64 days

iran

ex-persia

central iran

tehran [01.17, 01.19]
abyaneh vill [01.17]
aran o bidgol [01.17]
ghalat vill [01.19]
isfahan (esfahan) [01.17]
kashan [01.17]
kerman [01.19]
shiraz [01.19]
yazd [01.17]

chak chak [01.17]
dasht-e lut desert [12.18]
soffeh mountain park [01.17]

arg-e bam [12.18]
kharanaq vill [01.17]
persepolis, naqsh-e rostam [01.19]
rayen castle [12.18]

persian gulf region

kish island [01.19]
qeshm city [01.19]

hormuz island [01.19]
qeshm island, chahkooh (chahkouh) valley, namakdan salt cave, stars valley (dareh setāregān) [01.19]

14 days in iran in winter 18-19

jordan

al urdun

aqaba, tala bay [01.20]
petra [01.20]
wadi musa [01.20]

petra [01.20]
wadi rum desert [01.20]

lebanon

lubnān

beirut [02.20]
bsharri [02.20]
harissa-daraoun [02.20]
jbeil (byblos) [02.20]
sidon (saida) [02.20]
tripoli [02.20]
tyre (sur) [02.20]

jeita-grotto caves [02.20]

baalbek ruins [02.20]

mleeta/mlita (the hezbollah resistance museum) [02.20]

26 days in lebanon and turkey in february-march 2013

turkey

türkiye

central anatolia

ankara (angora) [05.12]

marmara region

istanbul [05.12, 02.20]

26 days in lebanon and turkey in february-march 2013

aegan turkey

bodrum [03.20]
denizli [03.20]
izmir (smyrna)[03.20]
karahayit [03.20]
kusadasi [03.20]
selcuk [03.20]
sirince [03.20]

pamukkale [03.20]
kaklik cave [03.20]
salda lake [03.20]

hierapolis-pamukkale [03.20]
laodicea[03.20]

mediterranean turkey

antalya [03.20]
fethiye [03.20]
kas [03.20]

oludeniz beach [03.20]

kayakoy vill (livissi) [03.20]
termessos ruins [03.20]

uae

abu dhabi [01.19]
dubai [01.19]

a brief history of dubai

northern europe

regions: 4/8 | 14 cities

, 22 places

| 30 days

aland

åland islands

mariehamn [08.13]

13 days from finland to estonia, latvia, sweden and aland in august 2013

finland

suomi

helsinki (helsingfors) [08.13, 02.17]
lappeenranta (villmanstrand) [02.17]

13 days from finland to estonia, latvia, sweden and aland in august 2013

iceland

i̇́sland

reykjavik [03.17]
akranes [03.17]
akureyri [03.17]
blonduos sett [03.17]
borgarnes [03.17]
djupivogur sett [03.17]
egilsstadir [03.17]
höfn [03.17]
kopavogur [03.17]
selfoss [03.17]
seltjarnarnes [03.17]
vik vill [03.17]

dyrholaey peninsula, reynisdrangar [03.17]
east coastline (eastfjords) [03.17]
godafoss (waterfall) [03.17]
hverir geothermal area [03.17]
laekjavik coastline [03.17]
myvatn lake district [03.17]
oraefasveit/oraefi (lava fields in surdurland) [03.17]
rangarvallasysla (skogafoss, seljalandsfoss, eyjafjallajökull) [03.17]
skaftafell (vatnajökull park), svartifoss [03.17]
solheimasandur beach [03.17]
stokksnes cape, vestrahorn mtn [03.17]
svartsengi lava fields [03.17]

iceland and icelanders

16 days in iceland + transit in lithuania in march 2017

sweden

sverige

stockholm [08.13]

13 days from finland to estonia, latvia, sweden ana aland in august 2013

baltic states

regions: 3/3 | 9 cities

, 10 places

| 16 days

estonia

eesti

tallinn [08.13]

13 days from finland to estonia, latvia, sweden and aland in august 2013

latvia

latvija

riga [08.13, 02.18, 05.18]

lithuania

lietuva

vilnius [03.17, 10.18]
kaunas [03.17]
klaipeda (memel) [02.18]
palanga [02.18]
siauliai [02.18]
telschi (telsiai) [02.18]
trakai [10.18]

europa park [10.18]

western europe

regions: 8/12 | 37 cities

, 43 places

| 47 days

austria

österreich

vienna [07.19]
graz [07.19]
salzburg [07.19]

9 days from germany to hungary in july 2019

belgium

belgië / belgique

brussels [05.17]
liege [05.17]

3 days in liege, brussels and maastricht in may 2017

germany

deutschland

berlin

berlin [09.11]

10 days in warsaw, krakow and berlin in august-september 2011

baden-württemberg

stuttgart [04.16]
ulm [07.19]

13 days in germany in march-april 2016

north rhine-westphalia

cologne [04.16]

13 days in germany in march-april 2016

bavaria

bayern

upper bavaria

munich [03.16]

dachau concentration camp (kz-gedenkstätte dachau) memorial center [03.16]

13 days in germany in march-april 2016

swabia

augsburg [07.19]
füssen [03.16]
memmingen [07.19]
schwangau sett [03.16]

monaco

monaco-ville, monte-carlo, la condamine [09.18]

a brief history of monaco

8 days from nice to amsterdam in september 2018

france

aquitaine

bordeaux [10.19]

16 days in spain and catalonia + bordeaux in october 2019

azure coast

nice [09.18, 06.19]
antibes [06.19]
cagnes-sur-mer [09.18]
cannes [06.19]
eze vill [06.19]
saint paul de vence [06.19]

northern catalonia (roussillon)

perpignan [06.19]
le-boulou [06.19]

18 days from genoa and azur coast to catalonia in june 2019

provence

marseille [06.19]
arles [06.19]
avignon [06.19]
les baux-de-provence [06.19]
saint-remy-de-provence [06.19]
tarascon [06.19]

18 days from genoa and azur coast to catalonia in june 2019

occitanie

agde [06.19]
beaucaire [06.19]
beziers [06.19]
montpellier [06.19]
narbonne [06.19]
villeneuve lez avignon [06.19]

cap d'agde (the village naturiste) [06.19]

18 days from genoa and azur coast to catalonia in june 2019

netherlands

nederland

amsterdam [09.18]
maastricht [05.17]

switzerland

suisse / helvetia

geneva [09.18]

8 days from nice to amsterdam in september 2018

southern europe

regions: 6/11 | 61 cities

, 70 places

| 74 days

catalonia

catalunya

barcelona [07.19, 10.19]
girona [07.19, 10.19]

cyprus

kypros

ayia napa [11.18]
larnaca [11.18]

cape greco [11.18]

greece

ellas/ellada

attica

athens [01.18]

14 days in greece in winter 18-19

epirus

ioannina [01.18]

ionian islands

corfu (kerkyra) island [01.18]

macedonia

thessaloniki [12.17-01.18]
kastoria [12.17]

peloponnese

monemvasia [01.18]
nafplio [01.18]

corinth (korinthos) ruins[01.18]

thessaly

kalabaka [01.18]

meteora monasteries [01.18]

meteora valley [01.18]

italy

italia

emilia-romagna

bologna [05.19]

9 days from genoa to bologna in may 2019

friuli-venezia giulia

trieste [05.18]

12 days in northern italy + transit in riga and chisinau in spring 2018

liguria

genoa [09.18, 05.19, 06.19]
apricale [06.19]
bogliasco [06.19]
camogli [06.19]
cinque terre (monterosso al mare, riomaggiore, vernazza) [05.18]
dolceacqua [06.19]
isolabona [06.19]
la spezia [05.18]
portofino [06.19]
portovenere [05.18]
santa margherita ligure [06.19]
ventimiglia [06.19]

a brief history of lighuria and genoa republic

lombardy

milan [04.18]
bergamo [05.18]
lake garda district (desenzano del garda, sirmione) [05.18]

12 days in northern italy + transit in riga and chisinau in spring 2018

piedmont

turin [09.18]

a brief history of piedmont and unification of italy

12 days in northern italy + transit in riga and chisinau in spring 2018

toscana

florence [05.19]
livorno [05.19]
lucca [05.19]
pisa [05.19]
pistoia [05.19]

9 days from genoa to bologna in may 2019

veneto

venice [05.18]
burano [05.18]
murano [05.18]
verona [05.18]

12 days in northern italy + transit in riga and chisinau in spring 2018

sicily

sicilia

palermo [12.18]
caltagirone [12.18]
caltanissetta [12.18]
catania [12.18]
cefalu [12.18]
enna [12.18]
gela [12.18]
giardini-naxos [12.18]
modica [12.18]
noto [12.18]
piazza armerina [12.18]
ragusa [12.18]
scicli [12.18]
siracusa [12.18]
taormina [12.18]
termini imerese [12.18]

scala dei turchi [12.18]

valley of the temples (agrigento) [12.18]

13 days in sicily in december 2019

spain

españa

madrid

madrid [10.19]

16 days in spain and catalonia + bordeaux in october 2019

aragon

zaragoza [10.19]

basque country
euskadi / país vasco

bilbao (bilbo) [10.19]

castilla–la mancha

toledo [10.19]
cuenca [10.19]

castile and león

valladolid [10.19]
avila [10.19]
burgos [10.19]
segovia [10.19]

navarre

pamplona [10.19]

ex-yugoslavia states

regions: 3/7 | 15 cities

, 15 places

| 16 days

kosovo

kosovë

pristina [03.13]
gjakova [04.13]
gracanica [03.13]
prizren [03.13]

14 days from serbia to kosovo and montenegro in march-april 2013

montenegro

crna gora

podgorica [04.13]
budva [04.13]
cetinje [04.13]
herceg novi [04.13]
kotor [04.13]
rozaje [04.13]

14 days from serbia to kosovo and montenegro in march-april 2013

serbia

srbija

belgrade [03.13]
nis [03.13]
niska banja [03.13]
novi sad [03.13]
subotica [03.13]

14 days from serbia to kosovo and montenegro in march-april 2013

eastern europe 1

regions: 6/6 | 28 cities

, 40 places

| 37 days

bulgaria

burgas [08.19]
nesebar [08.19]
pomorie [08.19]
ruse [08.19]
sozopol [08.19]
varna [08.19]

pomorie nude beach (on a spit near pomorie lake) [08.19]

16 days from bulgaria to romania in august-september 2019

czechia

česko

prague [01.11]
karlovy vary [01.11]
kutna hora [01.11]

hungary

magyárország

budapest [04.17, 04.18, 07.19]
debrecen [07.19]
esztergom [04.18]
miskolc [07.19]

9 days from germany to hungary in july 2019

poland

polska

warsaw [08.11]
krakow [08.11]

auschwitz (oswiecim) concentration camp memorial center [08.11]

10 days in warsaw, krakow and berlin in august-september 2011

romania

muntenia (wallachia)

bucharest [09.19]
ploiesti [09.19]
targoviste [09.19]

16 days from bulgaria to romania in august-september 2019

transylvania

brasov [09.19]
bran [09.19]
cluj napoca [09.19]
medias [09.19]
rasnov [09.19]
sibiu [09.19]
sighisoara [09.19]
targu mures [09.19]
turda [09.19]

ethnographic park romulus vuia [09.19]

salt cave "salina turda" [09.19]

crișana

oradea [09.19]

slovakia

slovensko

bratislava [07.19]

devin castle (devinsky hrad) [07.19]

9 days from germany to hungary in july 2019

eastern europe 2 (post-soviet states)

regions: 4/4 | 10 cities

, 11 places

| 21 days

belarus

belorussia

minsk [08.10]
vitebsk [09.10]

a brief history of minsk and belorussia

moldova

chisinau [04.12, 04.18]

12 days in northern italy + transit in riga and chisinau in spring 2018

transnistria

pridnestrovye

tiraspol [04.12]
bender [04.12]

ukraine

ukrajina

central ukraine

kiev [11.10, 07.12]

pyrohiv (pirogov) - park-museum of folk architecture and folkways of ukraine [07.12]

southern ukraine

odessa [05.11]
bilhorod-dnistrovsky [05.11]

akkerman fortress [05.11]

western ukraine

lviv [07.12]
ternopil [07.12]
zhovkva [07.12]

north africa

regions: 1/5 | 9 cities

, 9 places

| 11 days

morocco

al-maghrib

rabat [03.19]
asilah [03.19]
casablanca [03.19]
chefchaouen (chaouen) [03.19]
fes [03.19]
meknes [03.19]
moulay idriss [03.19]
tangier [03.19]
tetouan [03.19]

11 days in morocco in march 2019