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Northwestern Russia is a region of stretching from the major population center of on the Baltic Sea to vast, remote, and empty lands above the Arctic Circle.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Saint Petersburg and Center.

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, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.

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The of is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.

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is a far flung region in Northwestern Russia on the Barents Sea, which borders to the southwest, to the south, and to the east. The region is adjacent to the large Arctic islands of .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Leningrad Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast.

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is a region of Northwestern Russia named for the old name of its principal city, Leningrad, now known as . It borders to the southwest, and the Gulf of Finland to the west, to the northwest, and Lake Ladoga to the north, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in northwestern Russia, which borders to the west, the White Sea to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in Northwestern Russia, which borders to the southwest, to the west, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in Northwestern Russia, known as the country of lakes. It has a strong cultural connection with , with the ethnic Karelians closely related to the Finns. Much of the Finnish national epic Kalevala was collected here.

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is the northernmost region of northwestern Russia, on the Kola Peninsula, which borders 's to the west, 's to the northwest, the Barents Sea to the north, the White Sea to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in Northwestern Russia, which borders and to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in Northwestern Russia, which borders to the west, to the north, to the northeast, and to the south.

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is in Northwestern Russia, which borders to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

Northwestern Russia

  • Type: region
  • Description: one of traditional regions of Russia; not to be confused with political Northwestern Federal District
  • Also known as: “Northwest of Russia”, “Northwest Russia”, and “Russian North”
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
59.95° or 59° 57′ north
Longitude of center
30.3167° or 30° 19′ 0″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q15054934
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Northwestern Russia” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “俄罗斯西北部”
  • Chinese: “西北俄罗斯”
  • Dutch: “Noordwest-Rusland”
  • Finnish: “Luoteis-Venäjä”
  • French: “Russie du Nord-ouest”
  • German: “Nordwestrussland”
  • Greek: “Βορειοδυτική Ρωσία”
  • Hebrew: “צפון-מערב רוסיה”
  • Italian: “Russia nordoccidentale”
  • Japanese: “ロシア北西部”
  • Japanese: “北西ロシア”
  • Persian: “شمال غربی روسیه”
  • Portuguese: “Noroeste da Rússia”
  • Portuguese: “Noroeste”
  • Russian: “Северо-запад России”
  • Russian: “Северо-Запад России”
  • Thai: “รัสเซียตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ”
  • Ukrainian: “Північно-західна Росія”

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