Written by Andrey Sebrant, who maintains our "Moscow Life" section, this site allows you to go along on trips to the breathtaking Russian backcountry with Andrey and his family.

This site provides fascinating stories and photographs ofmountain-climbing expeditions throughout Russia. It also provides alist of links to other sites relating to mountain-climbing. This siteis available in Russian only.

Scuba dive in Lake Ladoga and the Russian sector of the Gulf of Finland and see a variety of shipwrecks from 1128 through 1956. This new kind of tourism was initiated by the Government of the Leningrad Region.

Revisit a few of the Yava Trophy sailboat races and get information on the 1998 Open Russian Match-Race Series.

Offers lots of information about fishing in Russia. You can even join the Russian Internet Fishing Club.

From one of the leading clubs in Russia. Members take part in many international competitions.

"A non-professional organization which unites climbers and mountain fans mainly from IAP RAS and some other institutions of Nizhny Novgorod."

Founded by Liana Darenskaya, this is the only russian online outdoor journal. Focusing mainly on climbing, mountaineering, skydiving and extreme skiing they publish information on outdoor life in Russia, mountain regions of ex-USSR, events, climbers, projects and expeditions.

This site contains SnowSkiing resources including announcements, news,general skiing information, a bulletin board, and contact information. The site is available in Russian only.

RNRE, committed to the efforts worldwide to save thenature of Russia, offer educational programs to the ecologically protected areas throughout Russia in order to inform and educate the general public about this issue in Russia.

This site covers an international event of "caving" in the former Soviet Union including the collection of collecting of information about caves, caving, and karst sciences and the distribution of of this information through a variety of means.

This electronic magazine is the first biking magazine devoted entirely to Russia.

Oleg Kosterin has provided over 400 incredible pictures of wildlife, vegetation, landscapes and insect life in Siberia. (The Russian site is the same but a slower connection.)