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Russia has a fairly extensive cycling geography. You can easily ride from Kaliningrad to the Urals. There are also the best routes, where you can see many attractions of the country.

Golden Ring

This route will bring a lot of impressions. Along the way, there are picturesque places: fields, pine forests, birch groves. Add to this the architecture of the ancient Russian cities of Suzdal, Vladimir, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Uglich. On average, traveling around the Golden Ring takes 10 days.

Pushkin mountains

The tour from the Pushkin Mountains to Pskov through Izborsk is very impressive. During this trip, you can get acquainted with the history of Russian architecture, as well as see the places where one of the most famous poets of the world A.S. Pushkin worked and lived.

Central Russia

In central Russia, there are developed routes to the origins of the Volga, around Ladoga and along the Karelian Isthmus. You can visit the Balaam natural park to see the monasteries, and the Transfiguration Cathedral.

In Karelia, there are popular tours to the waterfall Kivach - it is the second largest in Europe, as well as to the “Marcial Waters” resort.

Mari El Republic

The Republic of Mari El has lots of forests, lakes, rivers and meadows. Traveling here is a great pleasure. Most routes pass through pine forests, beautiful meadows, and along rivers.

Ural

Ural offers combined tours - cycling and water. Pathes of national park "Bashkiria" lead along the border with the reserve "Shulgan-Tash." By the way, this is the only nature reserve in the world where bees are protected.

Altai

Here intermountain basins, ridges, steppes and rivers are found. You can ride along the Katun River, and then cross it on a raft.

Baikal

The most interesting Baikal route starts in the taiga zone of the Primorsky Range, which stretches along the southwestern shore of the lake. Then it turns to the Tazheranskaya steppe, rich in ravines and small salt lakes. From here there is a beautiful view of Lake Baikal. Olkhon is the final point of the route.