First rating of tourist attractions has been compiled, as Novye Vedomosti magazine reports.
Top 5 tourist attractions of Moscow and Saint Petersburg are on the list. Top five place are taken by the Kremlin, the State Hermitage Museum, Peterhof and Bolshoi Theatre. The next place belongs to the Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. And the seventh place… is unexpectedly taken by Tula gingerbread! It managed to bypass the Red Square and VDNKH (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy). Sochi resort is also among 10 leaders.
Natural sights were also included into this rating, such as lakes, mountains, volcanos, memorial complexes, monuments, mansions of Russian classical writers and populated places considered the motherland of Russian fairytales’ characters.
Altai honey took 21 place; Circassian cheese follows, outrunning Tula Samovar. Vologda butter is situated on 33 place and the beuatiful Vologda lace is ten lines below. Gzhel ceramics, Pavlovo-Posad shawls, Zhostovsky trays and many other items are in the rating too.
According to the editor in chief of Rest in Russia magazine Anton Semyonov, such a broad-scale research has been conducted in our country for the first time. “It was the first attempt to gather all the best Russian artisanal objects in one place. Our regions are proud of them and glad to show around,” he emphasized.
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