Russia - tourist guide for holidays

Itinerary 1: Moscow (the capital - Red Square + Kremlin + Cathedral of Christ the Saviour + culture) - historical landmarks + culture + walks - days: 3, The Golden Ring - collection of historic Russian cities - historical landmarks + walks - days: 4, St Petersburg (architecture + white nights + historical places + Summer Palace) - historical landmarks + culture + walks - days: 3
Itinerary 2: Vladivostok (Sportivnaya Harbor + fortress + hills + architecture) - historical landmarks + walks - days: 2, Kamchatka Peninsula - geothermal land with volcanoes - trekking - days: 5, Irkutsk (historic churches + museums + Prince Vladimir Monastery) - historical landmarks + walks - days: 1, Lake Baikal - mountain-rimmed lake - trekking - days: 3
Itinerary 3: Sochi - sea resort - relaxation at sea - days: 5, Dombai - beautiful resort + forests - trekking - days: 3
Itinerary 4: any combination of the previous itineraries

• Cheap accommodation: $20
• Medium accommodation: $50
• Expensive accommodation: $260
• Cheap meal: $3
• Medium meal: $8
• Expensive meal: $65

The prices are per 1 person (and 1 meal or 1 night) and are in US Dollars.
It is often possible to buy cheap meal on streets or in fast-food restaurants. Medium priced meal is usually available in standard restaurants, expensive meal in expensive restaurants. We do not include extreme prices of accommodation and food (for example luxurious apartments in high quality hotels). (Prices are usually very different in different places and in different seasons. In the main season may be in touristic destinations the cheapest rooms unavailable.)

Are you looking for more information? On the Internet there are a lot of information. Here are some advices: Russia may have different names in different languages. For example Rusko, Russland, Russie, Rusia. Use these names in search engines. It is good idea to precisely specify what are you looking for. If you need information about a place, use the name in a search engine. You may use other names of the place as well. If you need - for example - an information about history of the place, add the word history to the search engine.

Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. Russia is the largest country in the world. Russia is also the world's ninth most populous nation. Russia spans nine time zonesand incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
Wikipedia

Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR.
CIA The World Factbook