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Amour on the Amur Russia's surprising city of Khabarovsk, on the Amur RIver

Birching in the banya Some time after midnight. Three naked males, the others virtual strangers to me, are sweating profusely in the 80-degree heat of a Russian banya or bathhouse. One grabs a swatch of aromatic birch branches and starts systematically beating another. This is male bonding, Russian style.

Far East, Wild West Kamchatka is the show-stopper of Russia's Far East, a 'wild west' frontier region

Icebreakers: Pushing the Limits of Adventure The once treacherous seas of the polar regions are almost tamed by these modern marvels. Roderick Eime ventures aboard the world's most famous passenger-carrying icebreaker.

Kuril Conundrum Russia's remote Kuril Islands are not a people place

Moscow's Magic There's much to explore in the Russian capital, deservedly one of the world's great cities, declares Philip Game.

On Viking shores From Scotland to Russia via Scandinavia, traces of the Vikings are everywhere

Russia’s Golden Ring From the somnolent museum town of Suzdal to the Volga River port of Yaroslavl, the historic towns and cities northeast of Moscow exert their gentle charm

St Petersburg: a Pattern of Islands Conceived from the first to be one of Europe's great cities, St Petersburg grew from the vision of just one man, a monarch who engaged the finest architects of the day.

Tiger in the Taiga Cultural bridges along the Amur River, in Russia's Far East

Wrangel Island: isolation, desolation and tragedy Wrangel Island is an enigmatic landmass trapped in the fringes of the permanent Arctic ice pack. Born out of legend and maintained by tales of hardship, endurance and tragedy its apparently austere appearance hides a UNESCO World Heritage-listed, self-contained island ecosystem.