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  • ●● Cultural
  • ●● Natural
  • ●● Mixed
  • ●● Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University 2023 Cultural 0 7 0.72
Bolgar 2014 Cultural 5 45 2.47
Central Sikhote-Alin 2001 Natural 1 8 3.39
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 1994 Cultural 7 157 2.49
Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture 2019 Cultural 4 37 2.89
Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake 2024 Cultural 2 4 3.5
Curonian Spit 2000 Cultural 7 204 3.37
Derbent 2003 Cultural 2 25 3.28
Ferapontov Monastery 2000 Cultural 3 37 3.32
Golden Mountains of Altai 1998 Natural 3 28 3.78
Kazan Kremlin 2000 Cultural 6 93 2.97
Kizhi Pogost 1990 Cultural 5 60 3.94
Kremlin and Red Square 1990 Cultural 8 444 4.23
Lake Baikal 1996 Natural 5 122 3.84
Landscapes of Dauria 2017 Natural 1 10 2.35
Lena Pillars 2012 Natural 3 11 3.93
Novgorod 1992 Cultural 6 109 3.19
Novodevichy Convent 2004 Cultural 9 205 2.89
Petroglyphs of the Lake Onega and the White Sea 2021 Cultural 2 9 3.52
Putorana Plateau 2010 Natural 2 6 3.93
Solovetsky Islands 1992 Cultural 2 28 3.73
St. Petersburg 1990 Cultural 9 457 4.42
Struve Geodetic Arc 2005 Cultural 18 265 1.94
Sviyazhsk 2017 Cultural 3 35 2.59
Trinity Sergius Lavra 1993 Cultural 5 131 3.26
Uvs Nuur Basin 2003 Natural 0 10 2.91
Virgin Komi Forests 1995 Natural 4 15 2.89
Volcanoes of Kamchatka 1996 Natural 2 20 4.71
Western Caucasus 1999 Natural 3 29 3.65
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 1992 Cultural 6 112 3.56
Wrangel Island 2004 Natural 1 3 2.88
Yaroslavl 2005 Cultural 5 104 2.9

Tentative List

SiteAddedScheduledTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Bashkir Shikhans: Toratau, Yuraktau and Kushtau 2022 2026 Natural 0 1 100%
Bashkir Ural 2012 Mixed 0 3 100%
Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior with the Medieval Rampart City Wall of Pereslavl-Zalessky (1152-1157) 2019 Cultural 1 11 40%
Centre historique d'Irkoutsk 1998 Cultural 2 29 50%
Centre historique de la ville de Gorokhovets 2017 Cultural 2 6 0%
Complex of Structures of the Tsoi-Pede Necropolis 2024 Cultural 0 0 N/A
Denisova Сave 2022 Cultural 0 0 N/A
Divnogorye 2020 2027 Cultural 0 2 100%
Ensemble of the Astrakhan Kremlin 2008 Cultural 0 10 0%
Heritage of Chukotka Arctic Marine Hunters 2019 Cultural 0 1 N/A
Historic Center of the Yenisseisk 2000 Cultural 0 1 N/A
Historic Town Centre of Torzhok and Country Estate Properties Designed by Nikolay Lvov 2023 Cultural 0 4 50%
Historical and Cultural Jeyrakh-Assa Reservation 1996 Cultural 0 1 100%
Krasnoyarsk Stolby 2007 Natural 1 10 50%
Magadansky State Nature Reserve 2005 Natural 0 0 N/A
Mamayev Kurgan Memorial Complex "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" 2014 Cultural 0 9 33%
Memorials to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: Brest Fortress and Mamayev Kurgan (Russian Federation) 2024 Cultural 1 5 50%
National Park Kytalyk 2021 Natural 0 0 N/A
Petroglyphs of Sikachi-Alyan 2003 Cultural 0 2 0%
Rock Painting of Shulgan-Tash Cave 2018 2025 Cultural 0 1 100%
Rostov Kremlin 1998 Cultural 3 28 78%
The archeological site of Tanais 2009 Cultural 0 6 33%
The Commander Islands 2005 Natural 0 2 N/A
The Complex of the Voskresensky Copper Smeltery 2023 Cultural 0 1 100%
The Great Vasyugan Mire 2007 Natural 0 0 N/A
The Ilmensky mountains 2008 Natural 0 1 N/A
The Oglakhty Range 2016 Mixed 0 1 N/A
Treasures of the Pazyryk Culture 2018 Cultural 0 1 N/A
Valley of the Kings of Tuva 2021 Cultural 0 1 N/A
Virgin Komi Forests (re-nomination) 2014 Natural 0 4 N/A
Vyatskoe village 2019 Cultural 0 1 N/A
Western Caucasus (re-nomination) 2014 Natural 0 10 0%

Former Tentative Sites

SiteAddedRemovedReviews
Architectural and Park Ensemble "Tsar's Country Estate Izmaylovo" 2011 2016 0
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour 1998 2016 0
Church of Prince Dimitri "On Blood" 2001 2016 0
Lena River Delta 2000 2000 0
Railway Bridge Over Yenissey River 2000 2014 0
Russian Kremlins 2010 2016 0
The architectural and historical complex "Shelter of count N.P. Cheremetev" 1996 2016 0
The National Park of Vodlozero 1996 2014 0
The Sources of the Great Ob 1996 1996 0
The Teberdinskiy Reserve (extension of the "The Western Caucasus") 2004 2008 0
The Valamo archipelago 1996 2016 0

Country info

Official Name
Russia
Region
Europe and North America
WHC location
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