Explore 7 volcanoes in Russia — their history, geology, eruptions and how to visit them.
Explore Avachinsky, the 'Home Volcano' of Kamchatka. Discover its dramatic history, the explosive 1945 eruption, the lava dome of 1991, and why it is a hiking paradise on the edge of civilization.
Discover Bezymianny, the 'Nameless' volcano of Kamchatka. Explore its miraculous 1956 awakening, the catastrophic sector collapse that mirrored Mt. St. Helens, and its ongoing cycle of dome growth.
Rising perfectly symmetrically from the Kamchatka wilderness, Klyuchevskoy is the highest active volcano in Eurasia. A relentless engine of fire that dominates the Russian Far East.
A perfect stratovolcano often compared to Mount Fuji, located in the pristine Kronotsky Nature Reserve of Kamchatka.
The highest mountain in Europe and one of the Seven Summits. A dormant twin-peaked volcano in the Caucasus Mountains with a dramatic WWII history.
One of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Islands, Russia, famous for a spectacular International Space Station (ISS) photograph of its 2009 eruption.
A complex basaltic volcano in Kamchatka famous for the "Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption" (1975-76), vast lava fields, and unique diamond formation.