The Best Aerial Views of Russia

Soar over the great expanse of Russia in this compilation video, which was created with some of the best footage from the AirVuz Russia drone video collections.  You'll be treated to bird's eye views of Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Caucasus Mountains, Crimea, Siberia's Altai Mountains, and more.  

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Kino.team is one of the most well-known commercial drone piloting companies in Russia, and is regularly hired to film scenes for movies, TV shows, and commercials.  In this 2021 drone reel, you will be able to see some of the best shots from the year.  Opening with some beautiful landscape shots of the forests of Northwestern Russia, the video transitions to some spectacular first person view (FPV) drone shots.  Starting at about the :25 mark, you'll see some breathtaking shots from St. Petersburg, including an FPV dive of Lakhta Center.  

Prepare to be blown away by this stunning 2021 drone reel by AirVuz contributor and pilot Shkrebiy.  Shot primarily in Russia, the video features spectacular footage from across this vast land, including amazing footage from the Caucasus Mountains and some first-person view (FPV) shots.  Equally impressive are some of the action sequences, which range from skiing to ocean-going ships to live-fire military exercises.  This video was a DVOW and DVOM Winner and also was a finalist for DVOM. 

Former DVOW Finalist sinaysky brings us this fantastic 2021 drone reel from Russia.  The video opens with shots of the snow-covered forests of Karelia in Northwestern Russia, including the Ruskeala Express historic train line.  Then you'll head to St. Petersburg for some great shots of Russia's #2 city during winter, including a view of Palace Square at the :35 mark.  Other highlights include some ice-breaking cargo ships (:49), a drift car race (1:06), the Crimean Mountains (1:13), and St. Petersburg's St. Isaacs Cathedral (2:00).  

Check out this fantastic aerial demo reel created by drone pilot and top AirVūz contributor Rocannon.  Mostly shot in Russia, this stunning piece was filmed over the course of two years on DJI Mavic Air, Mavic Pro, and Mavic Pro 2.  It's jam-packed with stunning landscape and action shots, ranging from skiers in the Khibiny Mountains in Murmansk, to a kiteboarding trip in Crimea, to the volcanoes of Kamchatka, to the mountains of the Caucasus.  This video was a Drone Video of the Week finalist in June 2020. 

DiamondSky is one of the top content creators within the AirVuz community, with multiple Drone Video of the Week wins to date.  In this magnificent piece, you'll be treated to aerial views of some of the most spectacular natural scenery in Russia.  The locations featured in the video include the Caucasus republics of North Osetia, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkaria; the Altay Mountains in Siberia, the Kola Peninsula in the country's northwestern corner; Siberia's Lake Baikal; the northwest republic of Karelia; and more.

This outstanding 2019 highlight reel from chill_side was picked as a Drone Video of the Week Finalist in early 2020.  Most of the footage is from Russia, with a few shots from neighboring Finland and Georgia.  Some of the highlights include the Caucasus Mountains (around the :30 mark); St. Isaacs Cathedral in St. Petersburg (1:00), the Moscow City skyscraper district (1:15), the Ruskeala Train in the Karelia oblast, north of St. Petersburg (1:30);  the giant Soviet star atop the Moscow State University building (2:00); and more.  

AirVuz contributor DiamondSky was a Drone Video of the Week winner with his first upload to the community, and his second video was also a DVOW Finalist.  He may have a third with this spectacular piece from his native Russia.  He uses the natural spaces in this vast country to tell a story of his love for photography, in the process capturing some spectacular aerial from places like the Crimean Peninsula, the majestic Caucasus Mountains, the Altai Mountains in Siberia, and the volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula. And more.   

Check out this impressive drone demo reel from Russia, compliments of AirVuz contributor Flycam24.  The video features a nice mix of urban, landscape, and action shots, including some first person view (FPV) footage.  At about the :20 mark, there's a great shot flying over a boat in Neva Bay near St. Petersburg looking towards Lakhta Center, Europe's tallest skyscraper as of 2022.  Other highlights include some incredible shots of military training scenes, FPV shots from St. Petersburg, as well as what appears to be some movie scenes.  

This 2017 AirVūz Video of the Year by contributor Timelab.pro showcases the beauty of Moscow, the great capital city of Russia. Shot with a Zenmuse X7 camera on a DJI Inspire 2 drone, the video captures "three Moscows": (1) the original core around the Kremlin complex and the adjacent St. Basil's Cathedral; (2) the Seven Sisters Stalinist-era skyscrapers, led by the Moscow State University building; and (3) the sleek skyscrapers of the new Moscow International Business Center, west of the city center.

Top contributor Timelab.pro's won a second annual Drone Video Award for this masterpiece of a drone video from St. Petersburg, Russia.  The video was shot during the long summer nights when the sun barely sets on this city created on the order of Peter the Great over three centuries ago.  Watch it to see some amazing aerial views of many of the city's top sights, including the St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Stock Exchange, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, the Port of St. Petersburg, the Kazan Cathedral, and more.  

DVA winner Timelab.pro created this stunning drone video of two Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers powering through the ice-covered Barents Sea.  Fifty Years of Victory and the Yamal are the only two active Arctica-class icebreakers.  These double-hulled vessels are just under 150 meters (486 ft.) long and displace about 25k tons.  Their two OK900A nuclear reactors produce an incredible 340MW of power, enough "juice" to fully supply a medium-sized city. This video won the X-Factor category at the 6th Annual NYCDFF.

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist URALDRON brings us this outstanding drone video from the Southern Ural Mountains region of Russia.  The first stop is the Zigalga National Park, which sits astride a ridge of the Urals in the oblast (province) of Chelyabinsk.  The next stop is Taganay National Park, a bit to the north of the first park, which is known for its vast forest.  From there you'll head a bit further north to the Yegoza ski area.  The last stop Yekaterinburg, the unofficial capital of the Urals region and Russia's #4 city.  

Multiple DVOW Winner Makhorov brings us this magnificent aerial video of polar bears frolicking in icy cold waters just a few hundred mi./km from the North Pole, which was a Finalist for the 2023 Drone Video of the Year.  The video was filmed in the course of a trip on a nuclear-powered icebreaker to the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, a group of Russian islands which straddle the 81st north parallel, almost two-thirds of the way between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole; they include the northernmost point of the Eastern Hemisphere.    

Two-time DVA winner Timelab.pro created this magnificent drone video (itself nominated for Drone Video of the Week) from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East.  The video includes footage of the Winter Surf Challenge - yes, surfing in Siberia!  It also includes footage of some of the area's spectacular natural scenery, including the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano, the Parantuka river, and the Vilyuchinsky Pass.  The video earned a nomination in the Extreme Sports category at the 6th Annual NYCDFF.

Wait until you see this incredible aerial video of frozen Lake Baikal by contributor diamondsky. Lake Baikal is an ancient, massive lake in Siberia, Russia just north of the Mongolian border. The world's deepest and most voluminous lake, Baikal remains frozen for over a third of the year (usually between January to early May or June). In this video, he'll show us the frozen caves around the lake, a car driving across the ice, and the snow-covered mountains which surround parts of Baikal. This video was a DVOW finalist in December 2019.

Top contributor pushkinflyteam brings us this incredible albeit shocking drone video from Moscow as Europe's largest city was virtually shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the Spring of 2020. This DVOW nominated film opens with a shot looking toward the ultra-modern Moscow City skyscraper district.  Starting at about 1:20 there's a shot flying over the nearly-empty Krymsky Bridge, and at 3:35 you'll see the Church of Christ the Savior.  This video earned a nomination in the Lockdown category at the NYCDFF. 

With multiple Drone Video of the Week/Month wins to his name, DiamondSKy is one of the top content creators in the AirVuz community.  That should be reason enough to check out this stunning new piece he brings us from Russia's Ergaki National Park.  The park is located in the southwestern part of the Siberia region, in the Ergaki Mountains.  The tallest peak in the Ergaki range is Zvyozdniy, which has a summit elevation of about 2.1k meters above sea level or around 6.9k ft.  The Ergaki Mountains form part of the larger Sayan range.  

Multiple Drone Video of the Week Winner Mahhorov brings us this stunning drone video of one of the virtually unknown natural wonders of Russia: a lake in southwestern Siberia which turns pink for a period each year.  Lake Burlinskoye is located near Bursol, in the province of Altai Krai.  The change of hue is due to the presence of micro-organisms in the lake, which is one of a number of lakes near the border with Kazakhstan which exhibit this phenomenon.  The pink phase generally lasts a few weeks in late summer. This video was a DVOW nominee in September 2020.

Several-time Drone Video of the Week Finalist Makhorov brings us this stunning drone video from Russia's Altai Mountains, home of some of the world's most remote and beautiful scenery.  The range, which runs through southern Siberia and also covers portions of China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan, has peaks as high as 4.5k meters above sea level (14.8k ft.).  Sparsely populated and studded with a number of giant lakes, the Altai's are famously difficult to access (particularly from within Russia) due to a lack of passes.    

Prepare to be blown away by this stunning wintertime drone video of Russia's Lake Baikal, compliments of top AirVuz contributor and pilot Makhorov.  The great lake of southern Siberia is one of the earth's great ecological treasures: amongst freshwater lakes, it's the world's largest by water volume, its deepest, its oldest, and by some measures its clearest.   When you see these glorious wintertime views of Baikal from this award-winning content creator, you may also agree that it's the most beautiful.  

Check out this stunning drone video of the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea, compliments of contributor sinaysky. The oddly-shaped landform is connected to Ukraine by the narrow Isthmus of Perekop to the north.  It's now also connected to the Kuban region of Russia via a bridge over the Strait of Kerch, which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov. Crimea is known for its spectacular rock formations, mud baths, Black Sea shipwrecks, and cultural landmarks dating to the Antiquity. This video was a DVOW nominee in November 2019. 

While Russia spans a vast area of over 17.1 million square km (around 6.6 million square mi.), many would agree that the country's most spectacular natural scenery can be found in the Caucasus Mountains, which lie in the southern part of the country and form the boundary between Europe and Asia.  For those not familiar with Russian geography, this spectacular drone video by top AirVuz contributor DiamondSky will help convince you.  This DVOW nominated video combines footage from a DJI Phantom 4 Pro with ground camera footage.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, new contributor Makhorov brings us this DVOW-winning piece from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far Eastern region, between the Sea of Ohotsk and the Bering Sea. Opening with some epic shots of the peninsula's stunning coastline, most of the video was shot in the largely volcano-covered interior of the region. The video includes footage of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the highest Eurasian volcano with a peak elevation of about 4.75k meters above sea level (roughly 15.6k ft.). 

Check out this stunning aerial film of the Ural Mountains by drone pilot and AirVūz contributor CINEMADRONE. The Ural Mountains are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan. Using a DJI Mavic Pro 2 and a DJI Inspire, this drone pilot was able to capture the beauty of this mountain range during peak fall foliage. This video earned a Drone Video of the Week nomination in December 2020. 

Novosibirsk is the facto business capital of Siberia, and Russia's third-largest city after Moscow and St. Petersburg.  A comparative infant by Russian standards, Novosibirsk was founded in 1893 as the crossing-point for the Trans-Siberian Railroad over the Ob River.   During Soviet times, the city became a major industrial center, with many factories relocated here following the Nazi invasion of the USSR in 1941.  In this fantastic dronelapse by Makharov, you'll be treated to some stunning aerial views of this very modern city.

Prepare to be amazed by this hyperlapse of drone footage from Russia's fourth-largest city and one of its most important business centers.  Ekaterinburg lies on the eastern side of the Ural mountains, and is considered the de facto capital of the entire Urals region.  It acts as the key gateway to the vast territory of Siberia which lies to its east.  Famously, it was the site of one of the great crimes of the 20th century: the murder of the Tsar of Russia and his family by Bolshevik revolutionaries in 1918.   

Top contributor and former DVOW winner Makhorov brings us this stunning wintertime video of one of the most important cities in Asian Russia: Krasnoyarsk.  Capital of its namesake oblast, it's the third-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Omsk.  Founded as a border town on the banks of the Yenisei River in the early 17th century, it went on to become one of the most important junctions for the Trans-Siberian Railroad.   The video features some stunning dronelapses from the vapors visible in the frigid temperatures.  

Russia's Golden Ring is a large area northeast of Moscow defined by a ring-like arrangement of historically important cities.  Since the term was coined in the 1960's, it's become an important tourist route, comparable to India's Golden Triangle.  Its eight principal cities - Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal, Vladimir, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky and Rostov Veliky - all played roles in the development of the Russian state its Orthodox Church.  Take a virtual tour of the Golden Ring in this excellent drone video by nikybwd.

Top contributor DroneProduction.ru created this beautiful drone video from the Tver Oblast (province) in western Russia.  Tver is one of the oblasts which make up the country's Central administrative region, traditionally considered the heart of Russia.  Mostly covered by the great Eastern European Plain, the province is also home to the Valdai Hills, which is the source for three of Russia's mightiest rivers: the Volga, Dneiper, and Daugava.  Tver was known as Kalinnin during Soviet times.

Top AirVuz contributor panvelvet brings us this stunning drone video from the republic of Dagestan in Southern Russia.  With its eastern border on the Caspian Sea, most of the Muslim-majority Federal Subject (essentially, province) is covered by the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains, which divide Europe from Asia.  The video features some outstanding aerial views from Dagestan's mountainous interior, including some epic shots of hilltop villages and the distinctive Vainakh towers which dot the North Caucasus region.  

Here is an aerial view of some spots in Russia's northern Arkhangelsk Oblast (province).  While there are spots further north in Russia, it's not many.  Thre province covers a large area along the end of the Dvina River and on the White Sea.  This drone video by contributor Alexeykalinin, you'll get a bird's eye view of this Arctic land in the winter.  It includes footage of the White sea, the region's deep forests, bridges over the Dvina, Vorzogory village, and the Kudemskaya narrow gauge railway.

Top contributor and pilot Sergei Pinin created this amazing aerial tour of Karelia, one of the northernmost provinces of Russia.  Karelia is located northwest of Lake Ladoga and St. Petersburg.  Karelia is home to some of the most iconic looking natural scenery in Russia's Northwest Federal District.  The province has a long border with Finland, and parts of it were part of Finland prior to the Russo-Finnish War of 1939-1940.  Enjoy the bird's eye views of this stunning northern landscape.  

Nizhny Novgorod is considered one of the great historical and cultural treasures of Russia.  Located at the confluence of the Oka and Volga Rivers, the city was founded in the 13th century.  During much of its history, Nizhny was considered the most important trade center in Russia.  In Soviet times, when it was known as Gorky, the city became one of the country's main industrial centers and was known as "Russia's Detroit".   In this drone video by VadimUshKa, you'll get a marvelous aerial tour of Russia's fifth-largest city as of 2019.

For a first upload to AIrVuz, new contributor fredo1983 brings us this magnificent drone video from the Russian province of North Ossetia.  Most of North Ossetia is covered by the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains, the great range which runs on a northwest-to-to southeast axis between the Black and Caspian Seas and thus divides Europe from Asia.   The video includes footage of Mount Kasbek, which is one of the highest mountains in the Caucasus and has a peak elevation of over 5k meters above sea level (around 16.6k ft.).  

Check out this jaw-dropping drone video of holiday-festooned Moscow, Russia by new AirVuz contributor pushkinflyteam.  The video opens with an epic shot of the Kremlin and the adjacent St. Basil's Cathedral, the aesthetic heart of Europe's largest city.  The focus of much of the rest of the video is in and around Red Square, the city's largest public gathering place.  Located just north of the Kremlin, the square takes on an almost other-worldly look during the Christmas season, replete with a giant ice-skating rink.  

Vitaliy.karpovich is one of the top content creators in the AirVuz community, with multiple Drone Video of the Week/Month wins and nominations to his name.  In this magnificent piece, he used a drone to film a small herd of horses ascending the famous White Rock (Aq Qaya), a chalk formation in the Crimea region of Southern Russia.  The top of the rock rises to a height of about 100 meters (around 330 ft.) over the Biyuk-Karasu River.  The unique shape of the rock is a function of the unusual erosion patterns of the region.  

If you looked at a map of the Baltic Sea region, you would think that the port city of Kaliningrad was part of Poland or Lithuania.  In fact, it's part of Russia, despite having no physical connection to the country.  Once known as Königsberg under centuries of German rule, the city was annexed by the USSR after the end of World War II, and it remained part of Russia following the Soviet Union's dissolution.  That is due in part to the fact that the city is the closest thing that Russia has to an ice-free Baltic port.  

Amongst European rivers, the Volga is in a class by itself.  It's the longest waterway on the continent and also the Europe's largest as measured by water discharge volume.  Its 3.5k km (almost 2.2k mi.) course lies entirely within Russia, and most of the country's major cities are on the river or its tributaries.  In this drone video from Maksx, you'll get a great view of the river as it winds through Tolyatti, a mid-sized city which lies on one of the rivers great bends in its journey southwards towards the Caspian Sea.    

Irkutsk is one of the most important cities in Russia's Siberia region, and one of the 25 largest cities in the country.  The city lies just north of the southern end of Lake Baikal, on the banks of the Angara River.  Founded in the 17th century, Irkutsk later became one of the principal cities to which those opposed to the Tsarist government of Imperial Russia were sent into exile.  In this excellent drone video by top contributor and pilot VadimUshKa, you'll get a bird's eye view of this historic Russian city. 

Brand-new contributor Mikhail from Russia created this outstanding drone video from the great north Russian port city of Murmansk.   At the north end of the Kola Peninsula and 2 degrees above the Arctic Circle.  Situated in the far northwestern corner of the country on a river estuary of the Berents Sea, Murmansk is the world's northernmost city with a population of at least 250k.  The video features footage of the city itself (including the Alyosha Monument erected in the wake of World War II) as well as the surrounding countryside.  

Seen here in this excellent drone video by VadimUshka, the Russian city of Volgograd lies on a southern stretch of the Volga River.  During World War II, when the city was known as Stalingrad, it was the site of one of histrory's bloodiest battles.  The Battle of Stalingrad was joined in August, 1942 when the forces of Nazi Germany reached the outskirts of the city; it ended a little over five months later when these forces were encircled and annilhilated by the Red Army.  The battle marked the decisive turning point in the conflict.

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist URALDRON brings us this fantastic drone video from the Urals region of Russia.  During the first minute, you'll fly over some of the distinctive natural scenery of the southern part of the chain, which divides Europe from Russia.  At the 1:00 mark, you'll head to Yekaterinburg, the largest city of the Urals region and Russia's fourth-largest city overall.  The video concludes with aerial views of Chelyabinsk, the #2 Urals city and one of Russia's most important industrial centers.  

Content creator and drone pilot Maksx created this marvelous video of an important monument in the Volga Region of Russia.  It's called the Square of Glory, and it's located in Samara, one of the region's largest cities and one of the ten largest cities in Russia.  Completed in 1971, the monument is dedicated to the workers of the city's aircraft industry during World War II when Samara (then known as Kuybyshev) became one of Russia's most important centers for armament production and in particular for ground attack aircraft.  

Chelyabinsk is the second-largest city in the Urals region of Russia, after Yekaterinburg.  Seen here in this excellent drone video by CINEMADRONE, it's situated on the Miass River, near Russia's southern border with Kazakhstan.  Founded in the 1700's, the city became a key junction on the Trans-Siberian Railway in the late 19th century.  It later became one of the key centers for industrialization in the Stalinist period, and during World War II Chelyabinsk served as one of the USSR's most important cities for arms production.   

Top contributor DiamondSky, multiple Drone Video of the Week/Month Winner and 6th annual New York City Drone Film Festival Finalist, does it again with this fantastic travel piece from Southern Russia.  Using a DJI Mavic Pro 2, an FPV racing drone, and a ground camera, his video will take you through the mountainous province of Kabardino-Balkaria.  Part of the North Caucasus region, this republic covers a small area but is home to Europe's highest mountain (Mt. Elbirus), one of a half-dozen peaks over 5k meters (16.5k ft.) above sea level.

Explore some of the most remote (and beautiful) parts of Russia in this excellent drone video by maxbaloo. He filmed the Kamchatka Peninsula in the country's Far East and the Kurile Islands, a chain which runs across the Sea of Ohotsk between the southern tip of Kamchatka and the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The Kuriles had been Japanse territories until 1945 but were occupied by the Soviet Union near the end of World War II and subsequently annexed. This video was a DVOW nominee in August, 2019. 

Multiple Drone Video of the Week Winner CINEMADRONE brings us this fantastic drone video from Southern Russia.  The video was filmed in the Caucasus Mountains near Sochi, the Black Sea resort city which hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics.  Shot with an Autel EVO 2 drone, the video includes outstanding footage of Bzerpinsky Cornice, a tea plantation in the microdistrict of Matsesta, Akhun mountain, and more.  This video was picked as a Finalist for the Drone Video of the Week contest in July of 2021.   

For a first upload to AirVuz, brand-new contributor Alexey Urban brings us this stunning drone video from the Chechen Republic, one of the southernmost Russian territories.  With a land area of about 6.7k square mi. (around 17k square km), the republic is almost entirely covered by the Caucasus Mountains, which divide Europe from Asia.   Its main native population group, the Chechens, are part of a larger ethnic group called the Nakh peoples, and are primarily followers of the Muslim faith.  The video was created with a DJI Mavic 3 drone.  

Check out these amazing wintertime drone views from northern Russia, compliments of contributor sinaysky.  The footage is from the Komi Republic, the southeasternmost of the eleven Federal Subjects (oblasts, republics, and centrally administered cities) of Russia's Northwestern region.  Heavily forested, Komi sits between the Ural Mountains to the east and the Eastern European Plain to the west.  The video features footage of the republic's beautiful forests as well as the industrial town of Sosnogorsk.

Top content creator and drone pilot Nicko once again holds nothing back when showing off the beauty of the Caucasus region of southern Russia. The elegant backdrop of this amazing mountain range, whether covered in snow or standing bold in lush green, provide the perfect backdrop for winter sports (including the 1014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi), charming villages, breathtaking vistas, and the rolling clouds. This video was a finalist for the AirVuz Drone Video of the Week Contest in April, 2018.

At over 6.6 million square miles, Russia is the largest county in the world by a considerable margin. Covering more than 1/8 of Earth’s inhabited land area, it is the ninth most populous country. Being so large, the geography is vast and, as you can see in this drone video of Russia by Silaero23, incredibly stunning. There are stretches of plains, forests, and tundra, mountain ranges along the south, extensive coastline along the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, thousands of rivers, lakes, and so much more.

This aerial reel is sixty-seconds of jam-packed shots from across Russia, courtesy of Bogdan Sinayskiy. He’ll open with cars traveling through the curving mountains, then take a dolly-effect shot through a crevice in the mountains. Next up are top-down shots of drift cars doing burn outs and a boxer practicing his skills on a rooftop. The piece continues with wind surfers, swimmers, the St. Petersburg's Lakhta Center and more shot on the DJI Mavic Pro and Air, the Phantom 4 Pro, and Inspire X5 with an Olympus 45mm.  

Russian drone pilot and aerial videographer Nicko put together this marvelous commercial drone reel showing the range of work they do across Russia. Most of the footage is from the Moscow, Black Sea, and Caucasus regions, with a good deal of footage from the area around Sochi where the 2014 Winter Olympics were held. From snowcapped mountains and palm trees, to traffic filled streets and military exercises, and even a Russian navy ship, this film will give you some amazing bird's eye views of modern Russia.

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist Vadim_Danilov brings us this marvelous drone video reel featuring some of his best footage from across Russia.  The video features a mix of landscape and action shots, including some fantastic first person view footage.  Shot over the course of 2020-2022, some of the featured locations include the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East, the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, Laptev Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean), Lake Baikal, the mountains of Khamar-Daban, and more.  

Here's an outstanding 2019 aerial showreel from Russia by top contributor and pilot sinaysky.  The video will take you over this vast country, from the northwestern forests to the Black Sea coastline. The reel's highlights include the "Devil's Arch" rock formation near Kara Dag Mountain on the Crimean Peninsula at the :35 mark; St. Petersburg's Kazan Cathedral (:45); footage of a paraglider on the Black Sea coast (1:00); the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi (1:15); the Ruskeala Express steam train in Karelia (1:20); and more.

Prepare to be blown away buy this fantastic first person view (FPV) showreel by AirVuz contributor and pilot Shamkhal_fpv.  Starting at the :08 mark, there's an amazing sequence flying through a Russian metallurgical plant, followed by an epic dive down St. Petersburg's Lakhta Center, the tallest skyscraper in Europe as of 2022.  Further on in the video, you'll see some great chase scenes as well as awesome FPV shots of other Russian landmarks.  This video made the FPV Pilots to Watch list in February of 2022.