Horse riding holidays in Russia is something that you must do at least once in a lifetime. With lots of "The Highest....", "The Longest......", "The Biggest......" you would wonder how Russia has been so undiscovered for years!!
A horse riding holiday in Russia is an opportunity to explore regions of the world that have remained known only by the local people. Not even the American satelites could find areas of Russia that a horseback adventure will take you to.
For most westerners,
Russia is associated with its European cities – Moscow and St. Petersburg. This is the heartland of Imperial Russia, and these great and ancient cities are the focus for most tourists. However there is much more to this country that stretches over a vast expanse of Europe and Asia. As the earth’s largest country, Russia covers more than 17 million square kilometres or 11% of the land surface of our planet. It takes about a week to cross the country’s ten time zones by train and ten hours by air. Within this vast expanse lies the deepest freshwater lake in the world (Baikal), Europe’s highest mountain peak (Elbrus), the largest river in Europe (the Volga) and the world’s largest lake (the Caspian Sea). The country abounds with rivers and forests teeming with fish and wildlife, awe inspiring volcanoes, and towering mountains. For those with a taste for adventure, Russia is a real find. No other country can offer such a great variety of nature and wildlife, or so many diverse people and cultures.
As well as vast areas of untouched wilderness, Russia has countless historical and cultural monuments, more than 30 nature reserves and national parks, and about 2,000 museums. Over the last ten years. twelve cultural and natural treasures across Russia have been included in the UNESCO world cultural heritage list. These include not only the world-famous Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow, but also less well known attractions such as the wooden architecture in Karelia, Lake Baikal, the virgin forests of the taiga, the tundra of the Northern Komi region, the magic volcanoes of Kamchatka, and the golden mountains of Altai.
Russia’s population is about 150 million, of which eighty percent is Slavic (the original Russians). There are more than 100 different languages spoken by different ethnic groups but everyone also speaks Russian.
