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Central Russia or more properly Central Federal District (Центраяльный федеранальный округ) is one of the nine federal districts of the Russia.

To know

The name "Central" here has a political and historical significance, because geographically the district is located in the westernmost part of Russia. The population (38,819,874 in 2014), on an area of ​​652,800 km², makes it the most populous of the 9 districts.

Spoken languages

TO Moscow and in the major cities, unlike the rest of Russia, it is not difficult to find people who speak theEnglish or even in rare cases Italian but the fact remains that a knowledge of the Cyrillic alphabet and some basic phrases in Russian they will make your journey a lot easier.

Territories and tourist destinations

Map divided by regions
      Tver Oblast
      Ivanovo Oblast
      Kaluga Oblast
      Kostroma Oblast
      Moscow - Capital of Russia and city with federal status.
      Moscow Oblast - The Oblast 'contains all the densely populated suburbs of Moscow but also many cities with their own history and much to offer visitors. It can be a good choice of itinerary for those with only a few days to spend in the capital.
      Ryazan Oblast
      Vladimir oblast
      Tula Oblast
      Yaroslavl Oblast

Urban centers

Other destinations

  • Bogolyubovo - small village east of Vladimir, heritage UNESCO because of its white churches of the twelfth century.
  • Ethnomir - This is the only one ethnic tourist village throughout Russia. The idea behind this village is to bring together different cultures from all over the world in one place.
  • Yasnaya Polyana - A large open-air museum area, dedicated to the great writer Leo Tolstoy and located south of the Tula Oblast.
  • Kulikovo Pole
    Seliger Lake
    Kulikovo Pole, who can say nothing to most people, is very famous for all those who deal with Russian history. It was one of the very first battlefields in medieval Russia. It is located southeast of theTula Oblast. Here Prince Dmitry Donskoy first defeated the Mongols in 1380. The only two valuable manuscripts of the non-religious Russian Middle Ages - namely the Song on the Host of Igor and the Zadonščina - both deal with these events.
  • Seliger Lake - It is a wonderful lake, located in theTver Oblast
  • Meščëra - It is a large dense forested area that covers parts of the Moscow Oblast, Ryazan Oblast is Vladimir oblast. The area includes two national parks and many beautiful lakes; some rare animals also live here.
  • Plescheevo Ozero National Park (Плещеево озеро)
  • Prioksko-Terrasnyj Nature Reserve (Приокско-Террасный) - It is a protected forest south ofMoscow Oblast with a bison farm.


How to get

See section How to get in the article on Moscow. From Moscow, which is the best connected city with the rest of the world, it is then possible to reach all the other major cities and from there even the smallest centers.

How to get around

The most convenient way to get around the area is by train. From the stations in Moscow (whose name depends on the final destination to which the trains depart), trains called электрички (elektrichki) travel which will take you to small towns.

What see

Surely the largest city in the district is Moscow, where you can find almost all the attractions and traditions that Russia is famous for.

  • 1 Optina Pustyn (Оптина Пустин). It is a male monastery located near Kozel'sk (Kaluga Oblast) and was in the 19th century one of the most important places of worship of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Itineraries

Sergev Posad Church

Gold ring: is a group of 12 cities linked exclusively by tourist reasons and united by being historical and cultural cities. Tradition has it that they can all be covered on a 24-hour horseback tour.

  • Aleksandrov (Александров)
  • Bogolyubovo (Боголюбово) - About ten km from Vladimir, this village of 4,000 inhabitants nestled on the banks of the Neri river is adorned with splendid churches.
  • Yaroslavl (Ярославль) - A river port on the banks of the grandiose Volga, Yaroslavl is a city of 600,000 inhabitants with a respectable historic core that has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage since 2005.
  • Kostroma (Кострома) - City of 300,000 inhabitants at the confluence of the homonymous river in the Volga, Kostroma presents, like all the cities of the Golden Ring, many testimonies of the past (the Ipat'ev monastery is important).
  • Murom (Муром)
  • Pereslavl'-Zalessky (Переславль-Залесский) - Town of about 50,000 inhabitants on the shores of Lake Pleščeevo, very popular with Muscovites on summer weekends. It is located halfway between Moscow and Yaroslavl but it is not served by trains so you will have to use a bus departing from the main terminus of the suburban bus lines (at Shchyolkovskaya metro station on line 3 in Moscow).
  • Rostov Veliky (Ростов Великий) - Rostov the big it is a destination not to be missed. Lying languidly on the shores of Lake Nero, this town of about 30,000 inhabitants has a magnificent kremlin, splendid palaces, monasteries, churches.
  • Sergiev Posad (Сергиев Посад) — (75 km from Moscow) The easiest of the excursions from Moscow within the Golden Ring as it can be reached in about an hour with one of the express trains departing from Yaroslavl station, (an hour and a half by suburban train). The flagship of this city of over 100,000 inhabitants is the Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius (Troice-Sergieva Lavra), founded in 1340 and included in the list of world heritage sites of humanity.UNESCO.
  • Suzdal (Суздаль) - is a town of 10,000 inhab. a short distance from Vladimir (26 km). Its tourist prerogative lies in five monasteries declared in 1992 world heritage by theUNESCO with the name of White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal '.
  • Tver ' (Тверь)
  • Uglič (Углич)
  • Vladimir (Владимир) —
    Vladimir Cathedral
    Gold ring

Vladimir is a city of about 350,000 inhabitants with a modern appearance but with a well-preserved historical core dominated by the cathedrals of the Assumption and St. Demetrius. Also in its territory are the White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal, 8 monuments classified as World Heritage byUNESCO.

Trans-Siberian Railway: it starts right in Moscow and is a very long railway line that ends in Beijing.

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