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The largest active volcano in the northern hemisphere and brown bears scooping up salmon define Russia’s barely touched Kamchatka Peninsula. This sub-Arctic, 1250 km-long expanse in the Russian Far East stands out as one of the top destinations for pristine habitats and abundant wildlife, despite being covered in snow and ice for most of the year.
The Russian Far East has a mystique that’s been luring travelers for generations. With the volcanoes and geysers of Kamchatka, ancient stone pillars on the Lena River, and some of the world’s coldest and remotest human settlements, as well as the cosmopolitan cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, the region has something for everyone. Russia’s poignant past is present here too, from the BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline) railway to the infamous Kolyma Highway that runs to Magadan, the most notorious outpost of the Far Eastern Gulag system.