Ancient & archaeological sites in Russia
Detourmap maps 66 ancient & archaeological sites worth the detour in Russia — ruins, stone circles, dolmens, pyramids, hillforts. The best known is Kremlin. All of them are listed below. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.
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Tanais
Ancient & megalithic · 3rd century BC · Notable
Ancient Greek city in the Don river delta, Russia
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Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
Ancient & megalithic · 16th century · Notable
Fortified complex in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Nyenschantz
Ancient & megalithic · 17th century · Notable
Swedish fortress of 1611 on the Neva, named after the former town in St Petersburg, Russia
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Pazyryk burials
Ancient & megalithic · Notable
Iron Age barrow tombs mounds - Scythian-type kurgans containing wooden chambers covered over by large cairns of boulders and stones in Altai mounts of South Si…
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Tobolsk Kremlin
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Late middle ages fortress in Tobolsk, Tumen Oblast, Russia
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Kostyonki–Borshchyovo archaeological complex
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Russia
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Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House
Ancient & megalithic · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Starodub-on-the-Klyazma
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Former city in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, est. 1152 and destroyed in 1609
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Yam Fortress
Ancient & megalithic · 14th century · Hidden gem
Medieval fortress in Kingisepp, Russia
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Zaraysk Kremlin
Ancient & megalithic · 16th century · Hidden gem
Fort in Zaraysk, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Gdov Kremlin
Ancient & megalithic · 15th century · Hidden gem
Middle ages fortress in Gdov, Pskov Oblast, Russia
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Bulgakov Museum in Moscow
Ancient & megalithic · 21st century · Hidden gem
Museum dedicated to Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov, Moscow, Russia
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Stone labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky Island
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Physico-geographical object
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Saint Andrew's Cathedral
Ancient & megalithic · 19th century · Hidden gem
Church building in Kronstadt, Russia
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Country of Towns
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Archaeological sites in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
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Tchaikovsky Museum
Ancient & megalithic · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Votkinsk, Udmurtia, Russia
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Amnya settlement
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Prehistoric fortified settlement in Western Siberia
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Old Trinity Cathedral
Ancient & megalithic · 18th century · Hidden gem
Church in St. Petersburg, Russia
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petroglyphs of Sikachi-Alyan
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Petroglyphs on basalt rocks near the Sikachi-Alyan Nanai village, Khabarovski krai, Russia
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Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum
Ancient & megalithic · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Filippovka kurgan
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Late-Sauromatian to Early-Sarmatian culture kurgans
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Klin-Yar
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Prehistoric and early medieval site in Stavropol, North Caucasus, Russia
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Syzran Kremlin
Ancient & megalithic · 17th century · Hidden gem
Tower in Syzran, Samara Oblast, Russia
