Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula is situated in the Russian Far East and runs for about 800 miles. It covers around 100,000 square miles and lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west.
Kamchatka has no trains and only a couple of roads. It’s also home to the mighty Tolbachik volcano…
Russia’s far east is geologically bustling, the Kamchatka River and the surrounding central side valley are flanked by large volcanic belts. These belts contain around 160 volcanoes, 29 of which are still active.
The region is actually about the same latitude as the UK, but the Siberian winds whipping through keep it substantially cooler most of the year.
Vladivostok
Vladivostok, in the east of Russia near their borders with China and North Korea.
These photos are all aerial shots taken in winter and they look pretty bleak, but still amazing somehow.
In the summer the area has pretty mild temperatures, often in the twenties. But in the winter the needle rarely jumps above minus 10.
The area’s economy is mostly supported by fish taken from their pristine waters…
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is the fourth largest city in Russia…
It was one of the first industrialised towns in Russia, and is still an important trading centre today…
A country as big as Russia is bound to have natural beauty and a healthy dose of wide open spaces. I hope you enjoyed looking at some of mother Russia’s splendour as much as me.
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