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Space tourism is here! Many commercial providers are chomping at the bit to get some of this pricey pie. Currently Russia is the only provider of genuine space travel which gets you a trip out to the International Space Station, at the price of a cool $ 20 million dollars. A cheaper alternative is suborbital flights which are projected to cost $200,000. This trip takes you out to the edges of earth to see a full panorama of the world, allows you to experience zero gravity and get one hell of a view of the stars of course!

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It seems like every time a movie, television show, or news report wants to set a scene in Moscow, the filming takes place in front of St. Basil's Cathedral. Most tourists only get a snapshot or two in front of the cathedral's colorful onion domes, but you really shouldn't miss out on a tour of the interior of St. Basil's Cathedral. Located in Red Square, next to the Kremlin, the iconic St. Basil's Cathedral is definitely one of the top five sightseeing attractions in Moscow. It is located in the very center of the Garden Ring, a circular avenue that runs around the center of Moscow. The cathedral, nicknamed the "Stone Flower", was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible, who wanted to memorialize every victory of ...

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Russian Federation

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Area: 17,075,200.00 km2
Population: 143,420,309
Capital: Moscow
Available Language Guides : Mandarin , Russian , Turkish

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