Russia
Russia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Europe. UN Tourism counted 24.4 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 88% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 24.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 24th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 12%
- Area
- 16,886,269 km² (6,519,820 sq mi)
- Population
- 144 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 86in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 148with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 31on Globestamp’s list
Does Russia count as a country?
Yes. Russia is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts Russia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Russia, Russia in Asia (incl. Siberia), Kaliningrad, Ukraine |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Part of the map here is disputed (Crimea, Kuril Islands, Donetsk and Luhansk). Globestamp takes no side: when a photo was taken in a disputed place, you decide which country it counts for.
The Russia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Russia’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 24.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Russia is more visited than 88% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Russia
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Russia when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in Russia you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Russia, from 31 World Heritage Sites to 100 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 31
Lake Baikal (1996) · Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) · Virgin Komi Forests (1995) · Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (1993) · Putorana Plateau (2010) · Qazan Kremlin (2000) · Novodevichy Convent (2004) · Lena Pillars (2012) · Golden Mountains of Altai (1998) · Ferapontov Monastery (2000) and 21 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 10
Yugyd Va National Park · Russian Arctic National Park · Bashkiria National Park · Sochi National Park · Tübän Kama National Park · Kenozyorsky National Park · Alaniya National Park · Anyuysky National Park and 2 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 2
Red Square · Winter Palace. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 100
Mount Elbrus · Mount Kazbek · Klyuchevskaya Sopka · Avachinsky · Koryaksky · Shiveluch and 94 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 7
Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort · Dombay · Tsey · Gornaya Karusel · Bobrovy Log Fun Park · Mratkino Alpine Resort and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 9
Gorky Park · Dream Island · Izmailovo Kremlin · Transvaal Park · Divo-Ostrov · Universal Studios Moscow and 3 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 36
Moscow Zoo · Leningrad Zoo · Kaliningrad Zoo · Rostov Zoo and 32 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 52
Peter the Great Botanical Garden · N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden · Federal Research Center "N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources" · Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University and 48 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 16
Polytechnical Museum in Moscow · Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics · Darwin Museum · Moscow Planetarium and 12 more. On the bucket list →
Events in Russia
Total solar eclipses over Russia that the app knows: 1 August 2008. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Moscow | 10,452,000 |
| St. Petersburg | 4,553,000 |
| Novosibirsk | 1,389,000 |
| Yekaterinburg | 1,313,000 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1,278,000 |
| Samara | 1,137,000 |
| Omsk | 1,135,000 |
| Kazan | 1,115,000 |
Airports
Russia has 148 airports with scheduled flights, 43 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
86 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Russia into 86 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 86
Altai Republic · Altai Republic · Amur · Arkhangelsk · Astrakhan · Autonomous Republic of Crimea · Bashkortostan · Belgorod · Bryansk · Chechen Republic · Chelyabinsk · Chukotka Autonomous Okrug · Chuvash Republic · Irkutsk · Ivanovo · Jewish · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kaliningrad · Kaluga · Kamchatka Krai · Karachay-Cherkess Republic · Karelia · Kemerovo · Khabarovsk Krai · Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug · Kirov · Komi Republic · Kostroma · Krasnodar Krai · Krasnoyarsk Krai · Kurgan · Kursk · Leningrad · Lipetsk · Magadan · Mari El Republic · Moscow · Moscow · Murmansk · Nenets Autonomous Okrug · Nizhny Novgorod · Novgorod · Novosibirsk · Omsk · Orenburg · Oryol · Penza · Perm Krai · Primorsky Krai · Pskov · Republic of Adygea · Republic of Buryatia · Republic of Dagestan · Republic of Ingushetia · Republic of Kalmykia · Republic of Khakassia · Republic of Mordovia · Republic of North Ossetia-Alania · Republic of Tatarstan · Rostov · RUS+99? · Ryazan · Saint Petersburg · Sakha Republic · Sakhalin · Samara · Saratov · Sevastopol · Smolensk · Stavropol Krai · Sverdlovsk · Tambov · Tomsk · Tula · Tuva Republic · Tver · Tyumen · Udmurt Republic · Ulyanovsk · Vladimir · Volgograd · Vologda · Voronezh · Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug · Yaroslavl · Zabaykalsky Krai
Questions people ask
Is Russia a country?
Yes. Russia is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit Russia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 24,419,000 international arrivals in Russia in 2019, the 24th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Russia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 12% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Russia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Russia, and counts Russia in Asia (incl. Siberia), Kaliningrad, Ukraine as separate destinations. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Russia
Near Russia
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.