The Soyuz-2. 1b carrier rocket is installed at the launch of the Vostochny Cosmodrome
Sakhalin Island is the first place in Russia where the sun rises. It is said that this is where the working day of the whole country begins. The domain only attracts for this: you can see unspoiled natures, picturesque lighthouses and even whales and sea lions.
There are also plenty of things to do for the commercial tourist. The island has a thriving fishing industry and can be traveled on the longest island railway in the world.
Aerial view of the Prigorodnoye production complex on the south coast of Sakhalin Island
However, the real interest in Sakhalin lies in the oil and fuel industry. Russia’s first liquefied vegetable fuel (LNG) plant, the “Sakhalin-2” project, built on the shores of the ice-free Aniva Bay. Russia’s first offshore oil plant Fuel production platforms have been installed at the Prigorodnoye complex. From there, LNG is transported to the world market.
In addition, tours are free by appointment.
All you have to do is move on to Sakhalin.
In the Amur region you can explore the gold mining industry: the oldest company in the region, the Solovyevsky mine, offers tourists official tours. You can also see how soybeans are grown (it’s nothing unusual there). There are 3 hydroelectric power plants. Plants that are worth a visit. You can also take a look at the Baikal-Amur mainline, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024.
An Angara A5 heavy launcher lifts off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East.
But the biggest attraction is the “youngest” cosmodrome in the world, “Vostochny”. The location was not chosen by chance. The Amur region has low seismicity, good climatic conditions and high atmospheric stability. There are many empty fields and for the re-entry of introduced rockets; In addition, they can follow two orbits at once: geostationary (parallel to the equator) and polar (at a 90-degree angle to the equator). In Soviet times, the movements of the geographical poles were studied there.
The Soyuz-2. 1b carrier rocket is installed at the launch of the Vostochny Cosmodrome
Industrial tourists can see the launch pad from where rockets take off into space, as well as the no less attractive technical complex of the cosmodrome with substations, communication stations and refueling stations.
Here you will find a list of agencies that organize trips to “Vostochny”.
Active blast furnaces and flaming metal spatters.
The Ural city of Magnitogorsk in the Chelyabinsk region is nicknamed Russia’s “heart of metal. “The first pig iron from the blast furnace of the Magnitogorsk iron and metal plant was produced in 1932. Now known to the world, this factory was the first in Russia to become a giant of iron metallurgy. The Chelyabinsk region has become famous for this specific branch of industry. The collected iron ore is basically processed into metal for cars, icebreakers, household appliances, and coins.
Tourists in “Magnitka”
When visiting the famous Magnitogorsk factory, a very impressive route awaits the commercial tourist, with active blast furnaces and splashes of burning metal (of course, special attention is paid to protection).
Coal Mining in Kemerovo
The Kuznetsk Coal Basin (Kuzbass) in southern western Siberia is one of the largest coal deposits in the world. An expedition to examine and expand local deposits was first organized under Peter the Great in the early eighteenth century.
Today, the Kedrovsky coal mine is in operation in the city of Kemerovo. The mining company intended to expand the coal deposits through open-pit mining. Industrial tourists can appreciate the stretch, take selfies in front of the vast coal “horizons” as they get the nickname, and climb into the 220-ton “BELAZ” vending truck, which has transported more than 8 million cubic meters of rock since 2011. You will also be able to stop at the miners’ rooms.
Have you noticed the snail farming?
Crimeans see it as a beach hotel with old wine cellars. And in Sevastopol there is a submarine repair shop.
But there are also unusual sectors. For example, a giant snail farm. It was opened thanks to the locals and has temporarily become the mecca of gastronomic hiking on the peninsula. During an excursion to the farm, stopping at a snail farm, a terrarium for raising snails, you will be able to find out interesting facts about them (for example, did you know that they contain more protein than bird eggs?) and give them the taste of the “Crimean snail”. At the “Mama Dyoma” farm, the snails are not cooked according to the old French recipe, but in a new way. to maintain, as far as possible, the favorable nutrients and insinuating elements of these ecologically empty molluscs.
You can find data on dozens of other corporate trips in 36 regions of Russia in the new consultant “Everyone – to the factory!”. You can download it here (available in Russian only).
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