Travelling in Russia (long)

Which city is NOT included in the eight principal cities of the Golden Ring?

• Pereslavl-Zalesskiy

• Sergiev Posad

• Nizhny Novgorod

• Ivanovo

This Russian city, the largest one on the Golden Ring, is notable for having the first Russian theater.

• Yaroslavl

• Rostov Veliky

• Vladimir

• Kosroma

There are one-day bus trips from Moscow available for tourists to visit some cultural and historical sites of the Golden Ring.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This small town in Vladimir Oblast has become a great tourist destination, offering a quiet getaway in cosy hotels and nice traditional Russian meals at local restaurants. The town is twinned with some historical sites in Germany, Italy, Portugal, the USA and China.

• Suzdal

• Sergiev Posad

• Kostroma

• Ivanovo

Tourists can go on a river cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg to explore some charming riverside towns and Europe's largest lakes, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. Which site is NOT on the cruise itinerary?  

• The Island of Kizhi

• Uglich

• Yaroslavl

• Vladimir

The Hermitage Museum is the largest art museum in the world by gallery space. If you spend 1 minute in front of each museum item, how much time would it take to see the whole collection?

• 5 years

• 7 years

• 13 years

• 15 years

The statue of Peter the Great, known as the Bronze Horseman, is a tribute of Catherine II to the founder of St. Petersburg. The name Bronze Horseman is attributed to ...

• Catherine II

• Alexander Pushkin

• Fyodor Dostoevsky

• Leo Tolstoy

Peterhof Palace was commissioned by Peter the Great to rival Versailles in France. The palace and the gardens have been recognized as UNESCO World Heritage. How many fountains are there in the gardens?

• 54

• 64

• 154

• 164

Tourists like going on sightseeing tours to Kaliningrad which is an exclave situated between Lithuania and Poland, 663 km west of mainland Russia. Which of the sights is NOT located in the city of Kaliningrad?

• Immanuel Kant’s tomb

• The Museum of Amber

• The Fishing Village

• The Curonian (Courish) Spit

Kaliningrad Oblast has some popular resort towns like Zelenogradsk, Svetlogorsk and Yantarny, offering tons of amenities, sandy beaches and neat trails overlooking the Baltic Sea. However, the water temperature in summer is merely above...

• 12-15 °C

• 15-18 °C

• 18-20 °C

• 20-22 °C