🏞️ Parks, canyons & rock formations in Russia

Detourmap maps 421 parks, canyons & rock formations worth the detour in Russia — national parks, canyons, arches, mountain passes. The best known is Lake Baikal. The 150 most notable are listed here; the rest are on the map. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.

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  Lake Baikal

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Iconic

  Freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world

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  Mount Elbrus

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Iconic

  Highest mountain of the Caucasus and highest mountain in Europe

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  Lake Ladoga

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Iconic

  Freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe

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  Lake Onega

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Iconic

  Freshwater lake in Russia, second largest in Europe

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  Wrangel Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Iconic

  Island in East Siberian and Chukotka Seas, Russia

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  Khanka

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Freshwater lake located on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia and Heilongjiang province, Northeast China

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  Uvs Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Salt lake

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  Ilmen

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Lake in Novgorod Oblast, Russia

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  Olkhon Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Island in Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia

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  Taymyr

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Lake in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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  Teletskoe

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Lake in Altai Republic, Russia

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  Kolomenskoye

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 16th century · Renowned

  Old royal estate in Moscow

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  Mount Narodnaya

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Mountain in Russia

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  Big Diomede

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Island in the Bering Strait, Russia

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  Kuma–Manych Depression

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Renowned

  Valley in Russia

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  Beloye Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Vologda Oblast, Russia

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  Lake Karachay

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste

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  Imandra

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  Lake in Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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  Lake Elton

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  Russian salt lake and the largest in Europe

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  Darial Gorge

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Mountain gorge

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  Kuybyshev Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Reservoir on Volga, Russia

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  Seliger

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake system in Tver and Novgorod Oblasts, Russia

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  Bezymianny

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  Volcano

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  Elgygytgyn Lake

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  Impact crater lake

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  Baskunchak

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Salt lake in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

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  Ayon Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island

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  Dikson Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Russia

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  Bratsk Reservoir

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  Reservoir in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

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  Vasilyevsky Island

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  Island in St. Petersburg, Russia

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  Vygozero

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake and reservoir in Karelia, Russia

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  Valley of Geysers

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Canyon in Russia

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  Topozero

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Karelia, Russia

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  Wilczek Land

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island

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  Monkh Saridag

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Mountain in Russia

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  Rybinsk Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Reservoir in Yaroslavl, Tver, and Vologda Oblasts, Russia

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  Kubenskoe

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  Lake in Vologda Oblast, Russia

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  Kurile Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Russia

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  Bely Island

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  Island in Kara Sea, Russia

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  Russky Island

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  Island in Peter the Great Gulf, Russia, part of Eugénie Archipelago

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  Tavan Bogd

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  Mountain

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  Vištytis

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  Lake on the Lithuania-Russia border

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  Nero

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  Lake in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

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  Moneron Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island off of Sakhalin Island

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  Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Lyakhovsky Islands, Russia

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  Minusinsk Hollow

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Geographic region of Siberia

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  Popigai crater

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Impact crater in Siberia, Russia

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  Caucasus Biosphere Reserve

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Biosphere reserve

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  Pyaozero

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake of Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

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  Chebarkul Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Russia

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  Henrietta Island

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  Island in De Long Islands, Russia

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  Chirinkotan

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  Island in Kuril Islands, Russia

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  Tebulosmta

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  Mountain in Georgia and Russia

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  Lake Khasan

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake

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  Lake Chany

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia

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  Lake Vivi

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Russia

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  Manych-Gudilo

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Saltwater lake in Kalmykia, Stavropol Krai, and Rostov Oblast, Russia

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  Manpupuner rock formations

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Set of seven gigantic stone pillars

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  Bashkir Nature Reserve

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Nature reserve in Russia

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  Tsaritsyno Park + palace

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 18th century · Notable

  Palace and park ensemble in Moscow, Russia

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  Karymsky

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Mountain in Russia

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  Lacha

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

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  Tsimlyansk Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Reservoir in Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia

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  Lake Kulunda

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  Lake in Altai Krai, Russia

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  Lake Lovozero

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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  Wiese Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island

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  Taymyr Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Russia

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  Kronotskoye Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Kamchatka, Russia

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  Syamozero

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Pryazhinsky District, Karelia, Russia

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  Lake Pihkva

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Russia and Estonia

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  Pyasino

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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  Segozero

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Karelia, Russia

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  Ketoy

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Kuril Islands, Russia

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  Schmidt Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island

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  Tunkinsky National Park

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Mountainous national park Tunkinsky located southwest border if Mongolia

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  South Ural Nature Reserve

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Strict nature reserve in Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

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  Labynkyr Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Yakutia, Russia

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  Lama

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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  Jänisjärvi

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Republic of Karelia, Russia

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  Lake Keta

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Russia

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  Kildin Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Barents Sea, Russia

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  Mezhdusharsky Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Barents Sea, Russia, part of Novaya Zemlya

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  Wiener Neustadt Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia

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  Hooker Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Russia

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  Bikin National Park

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 21st century · Notable

  Russian national park

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  Vodlozero

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Republic of Karelia, Russia

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  Khantayskoye Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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  Kama Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Reservoir in Perm Krai, Russia

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  Umbozero

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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  Vozhe

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Vologda Oblast, Russia

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  Nizhnekamsk Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Reservoir on Kama River, Russia

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  Gusinoye Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Republic of Buryatia, Russia

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  Kezenoyam

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Dagestan and Chechnya, Russia

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  Iony Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Russia

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  Kizimen

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Mountain

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  Uglich Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Reservoir in Yaroslavl and Tver Oblasts, Russia

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  Volgograd Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Reservoir in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts, Russia

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  Krasnoyarsk Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Reservoir in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Khakassia, Russia

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  Pleshcheyevo Lake

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

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  Valdai

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Novgorod Oblast, Russia

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  Hayes Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island, part of Franz Josef Land, Russia

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  McClintock Island

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia

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  Daursky Nature Reserve

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Nature reserve in Siberia, Russia

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  Gorky Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Reservoir in Russia

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  Cheboksary Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Reservoir on Volga, Russia

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  Novosibirsk Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Reservoir in Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai, Russia

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  Virmajärvi

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Finland and Russia

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  Abrau

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  Lake in Krasnodar Krai, Russia

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  Talkas

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  Lake in Bashkiria, Russia

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  Morzhovets

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Island in the White Sea, Russia

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  Vodlozersky National Park

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  National park of Russia

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  Shantar Islands National Park

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 21st century · Notable

  National park in Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk

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  Vilyuchik

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Mountain (non-active volcano) on Kamchatka

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  Ushkovsky

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  Mountain

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  Dombai-Ulgen

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  Mountain in Georgia and Russia

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  Keret

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  Lake in Republic of Karelia, Russia

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  Kovdozero

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  Lake turned reservoir in Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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  Ivankovo Reservoir

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  Reservoir in Tver and Moscow Oblasts, Russia

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  Nyuk

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  Lake in Republic of Karelia, Russia

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  Arakamchechen Island

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  Island

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  Vilkitsky Island

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  Island in Kara Sea, Russia

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  Chechen

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  Island in Caspian Sea, Russia

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  Mamison Pass

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  Pass on the border of Georgia and Russia

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  Shota Rustaveli Peak

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  Mountain on the border of Georgia and Russia

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  Lake Bolshoye Toko

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  Lake in Russia

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  Lake Yessey

  🏞️ Natural wonders · Notable

  Lake in Russia

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  Krasnoye Lake

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  Lake in Russia

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  Saratov Reservoir

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  Reservoir in Samara, Saratov, and Ulaynovsk Oblasts, Russia

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  Mstino

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  Lake in Tver Oblast, Russia

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  Ozhogino Lake

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  Lake in Yakutia, Russia

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  Jack London Lake

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  Lake in Magadan Oblast, Russia

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  Lake Labaz

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  Lake in Russia

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  Pyhäjärvi

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  Lake on the border of Finland and Russia

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  Lake Galichskoe

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  Lake in Kostroma Oblast, Russia

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  Bolon

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  Large freshwater lake in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

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  Greely Island

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  Island in Russia

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  Wilczek Island

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  Island in Russia

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  Salm Island

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  Island in Russia

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  Charles Alexander Island

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  Island in Russia

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  La Roncière Island

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  Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia

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  Bolshoy Tyuters

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  Russian island in Baltic Sea

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  Kolyuchin Island

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  Island in Russia

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  Mount Dzhimara

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  Mountain on the border of Georgia and Russia

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  Mashuk

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  Mountain in the northeastern part of the city of Pyatigorsk in the North Caucasus, Russia

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  Maly Semyachik

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  Mountain in Russia

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  Votkinsk Reservoir

  🏞️ Natural wonders · 20th century · Notable

  Reservoir in Perm Krai and Udmurtia, Russia

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  Kanozero

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  Lake in Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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  Bustakh

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  Lake in Yakutia, Russia

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  Nerpichye Lake

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  Lake in Kamchatka Krai, Russia

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  Tyuleny Island

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  Island in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia

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  Arctic desert

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