Now in S.-Petersburg there are 221 museums, 2 000 libraries, more than 80 theaters, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries, show-rooms, 62 cinemas, 80 club establishments of culture. About 100 festivals and competitions of different trends of culture and art including 50 international ones are held every year.
Ladoga lake is the largest one in Europe. Its area makes 18 400 sq km, average depth is 51 m, the largest one is up to 23 m.
Baikal lake area is 31.5 thousand sq km. The Baikal is the deepest lake in Russia, it is a large reservoir for fresh water (23 thousand km³).
The Ural mountains are ones of the first mountains in the world.
It seems as if Kamchatka volcanoes are turned into ski slopes.
Ski resort Dombai has about 20 km of prepared ski routes
Russian Federation came into being after former Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, into 15 separate geopolitical entities.
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