Katerina Mukhina
Writer. Researcher. Adventurer

Katerina Mukhina

Travel Russia

Explore Russia beyond the usual — practical guides, hidden gems

122 Degrees below zero: hiking above the Arctic Circle

Khibiny Mountains, eerie industrial ruins, Orthodox monasteries, snow villages, and abandoned factories, or race snowmobiles through frozen valleys.

Kirovsk offers northern cuisine—venison, whitefish, cloudberries—and lively nightlife, while nearby resorts and unique Arctic attractions like the Ice Palace for Weddings make this remote, frozen land both surreal and unforgettable.
What is the cost of this freedom?

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Siberian Wonders: Clock Mechanisms, Rare Minerals, and the Legacy of Angarsk

Town born from postwar industrial ambition, vast taiga landscapes, the country’s only Clock Museum.
with wooden gears and space-bound timepieces to the Mineral Museum housing the rare charoite stone, the town reveals Siberia’s surprising harmony of industry, nature, and history along the storied Siberian Route.

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