Worth a DetourKazan
Tatarstan
About 446 miles away
Where Russia meets Islam, with a mosque and a cathedral in one Kremlin.
2 Sights
Yekaterinburg
Sverdlovsk Oblast
The big city of the Urals on the edge of Asia, where the last tsar's family was killed, a site now marked by the Church on the Blood.
US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03- Best Time to Go
- May–Sep
Our full guide to Yekaterinburg is being written. It's on the Moscow and Central Russia list as If You're Nearby.
Go Next
1–3 of 18
Worth a Detour
If You're NearbyKungur Ice Cave
Perm Krai
About 142 miles away
A cave of frozen grottoes and underground lakes in the western Urals, lit for guided walks all year.
Guide Coming Soon
Must-SeeThe Full Short List
Something wrong or out of date?