The heart of the former Soviet Union has transformed during the past decades. Its vast territory reaches from E Europe all the way to the Pacific coast. Huge cities such as Moscow give way to pristine tundra and taiga landscapes in the N and E parts of the country.

- Moscow | Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral
- Moscow | Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral
- Moscow | St. Basil's Cathedral at night
- Moscow | St. Basil's Cathedral
- Moscow | Red Square at night
- Moscow | Red Square with State Historical Museum
- Moscow | Kremlin with Ivan the Great Bell Tower
- Moscow | GUM department store
- Moscow | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
- Moscow | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
- Moscow | Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
- Moscow | Moscow State University
- Moscow | Moskva river and Moscow-City
- Moscow | Park Pobedy and Moscow-City
- Moscow | Novinskiy Boulevard
- Moscow | Arbat
- Moscow Metro | Kievskaya
- Moscow Metro | Komsomolskaya
- Moscow Metro | Belorusskaya
- Moscow Metro | Belorusskaya
- Moscow | Siberian tiger
- Moscow | Monument to Yuri Gagarin
- Moscow | Contrast at Kaluzhskaya Square
- Moscow | Statue of Lenin at VDNKh
- Moscow | Rocket monument at VDNKh
- Moscow | VDNKh with Moscow Pavilion
- Kandalaksha | House in Karelian style
- Lovozero | Museum of the History of Kola Sámi
- Verkhnetulomsniy | Sunset scene
- Monchegorsk | On the road
- Monchegorsk | Church of the Ascension of Christ
- Murmansk | Panoramic view
- Murmansk | Residential buildings
- Zapolyarny | Residential building
- Zapolyarny | Street scene
- Zapolyarny | Street scene
- Zapolyarny | Nickel-copper mine
- Nikel | Nickel plant
- Nikel | Nickel plant
- Nikel | Mining town
- Nikel | Karl Marx
- Perm | Kosa river
- Perm | Kosa river with Solym
- Irkutsk | Angara river
- Irkutsk | Kirov Square
- Irkutsk | Urickiy Street
- Irkutsk | Wooden architecture
- Irkutsk | Wooden architecture
- Irkutsk | Wooden architecture
- Irkutsk | Holy Trinity Church
- Irkutsk | Cathedral of the Epiphany
- Irkutsk | Cathedral of the Epiphany
- Irkutsk | Lenin
- Irkutsk | Taltsy Museum
- Irkutsk | Classroom at Taltsy Museum
- Irkutsk | Mica window at Taltsy Museum
- Selenga Valley
- Lake Gusinoye | Shore S of Baraty
- Gusinoozyorsk | Thermal power plant
- Lake Gusinoye | Houses at Gusinoye Ozero
- Lake Gusinoye | House at Baraty
- Tarbagatay | Colourful house
- Selenga Valley | Panoramic view
- Lake Baikal | Kultuk panorama
- Lake Baikal | Sunset at Tankhoy