Central Russia

Central Russia is in the nation's extreme west, but it casts the main role in Russian history and economics. Pioneer city's were established here more than 1000 years ago. During its feudal disunity this territory took the main impact of the Tartar Yoke, started in 13th century and lasted for two hundred years. Central Russia is that core area, which formed around Moscow Princedom when in 15th century it started to collect Russian feudal lands into a back single state to throw down the Tartars. That was the only period, when this region was the geographical center of Russia.

Later on, Central Russia continued to be the core of the nation, proving its name for at least 700 years. 3 major battles in Russian history hit this region in 1380, 1812 and 1941. Many of famous Russians were born and lived there, including Lev Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Sergey Yesenin, Yuri Gagarin and others.

Nowadays, this tiny part of Russian territory (2.5%) concentrates about 20% of the population and plays the lead role in the nation's economy and politics. The region feels the tremendous influence of Moscow metropolitan area, which pumps out human and financial resources from neighboring regions. This leads to significant dispatities between the capital and other city's, those are often looking depressive.

Huge tourist potential of Central Russia is only going to be discovered. International tourists visit the metropolice of Moscow, less frequently see the historic legacy of the Golden Ring, and often undeservedly skip hidden, but awesome corners of this region.

Region of Central Russia

The Federal City of Moscow
The capital of Russia, its economic and political center with 860-years history. With its 13.2 million population, Moscow is the largest metropolitan area not only in Russia, but also in Europe (more populated than Greater London and Paris). Reasonably, Moscow has numerous attractionsfor visitors.

Moscow Oblast
Densely-populated by Russian standards, this is the region surrounding Moscow and containing all its satellite suburbs. Nevertheless, Moscow Oblast has many historical city's and natural sights, those are available for a daily trip from the capital.

Ivanovo Oblast

Kaluga Oblast

Kostroma Oblast

Ryazan Oblast

Smolensk Oblast

Tver Oblast

Tula Oblast

Vladimir Oblast

Yaroslavl Oblast

Cities in Central Russia

Local Languages

Within Moscow and at most large tourist sites, it is feasible to find English speakers. At major tourist destinations, guides are available in most major world languages. The only language you are likely to hear on a daily basis, however, is Russian, and knowledge of the Cyrillic alphabet plus a few key phrases will certainly make independent travel a lot easier.

How to travel to Central Russia

See Moscow and the point of arrival for vast majority of the region's visitors.

How to get around In Central Russia

Rail is the most convenient method of public transportation between city's. From Moscow railway stations there are suburban trains called электрички (eh-lehk-TREECH-kee), which will take you to smaller city's within the region.

What to See

The regions most popular sights by far are located within and around Red Plaza and the historic loop of city's comprising the Golden Ring.

Halal Tours and Excursions in Central Russia

Golden Ring — the classic tour of the historically and architecturally rich regions surrounding the capital
Trans-Siberian Railway — the most popular route begins here, in Moscow

Halal Restaurants & Food in Central Russia

Moscow is home to truly world class dining and some of the most expensive Halal restaurants in the world. Outside of Moscow, choices are more limited and Russian cuisine is more predominant but Caucus Muslim available through the Russian Federation.

News & References

Travel Next

Central Russia is within easy striking distance of Belarus and Ukraine. One of the world's most fabulous tourist destinations, Saint Petersburg, is just an overnight train ride from Moscow. Moscow is also the starting point for most journeys on the Trans-Siberian Railway , which takes travelers to destinations in the Volga Region, Urals, Siberia, the Russian Far East, as well as non-Russian destinations such as Mongolia, Pyongyang, and Beijing.

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