{"id":51834,"date":"2024-09-25T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T10:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/?post_type=country&p=51834"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:12:00","slug":"russia","status":"publish","type":"country","link":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/country\/russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Russia is not only utterly massive; the vast majority of its territory remains a mystery to travelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest country in the world used to be a relatively popular destination. However, most travelers would just stick to Moscow and Saint Petersburg, hence only scratching the tiny surface of a very tiny surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia has so much to offer and, after traveling throughout the country for 1 month even discovering 3 different Republics and one autonomous region as well as the cities of Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Astrakhan I still feel that I too have barely scratched the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks of the war in Ukraine<\/a><\/strong>, today, no other country in the world inspires so much rejection among travelers than Russia. But as a backpacker, I strongly recommend you leave politics aside, and you\u2019ll find that the people here are particularly welcoming, like anywhere else in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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need to know for traveling in Russia<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Quick facts<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Capital<\/strong>: Moscow