An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

This historic system is the zero level benchmark for measuring the depths and altitudes of the Baltic.

The largest art park on the European continent.

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.