TripAdvisor, the travel planning and booking site, announced the winners of its Travelers' Choice awards for destinations, recognizing travelers' favorite places around the world. In Russia, the first place for the third year in a row won St. Petersburg. Top 10 tourist destinations in Russia - in this gallery by TASS
Top 10 tourist destinations in Russia
The first place for the third year in a row won St. Petersburg
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In TripAdvisor ranking St. Petersburg named the most popular destination for tourists in 2016
© Sergei Konkov/TASS Kryukov Canal in St. Petersburg
© Alexandr Demyanchuk/TASS Tourists in St. Petersburg
© Sergei Konkov/TASS Sochi took the second place in the ranking
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS People in Sochi's swimming pool
© Sergei Fadeichev/TASS Moscow went from second to third place in the 2016 ranking
© Nikolai Galkin/TASS A view of Moscow International Business Centre skyscrapers from across the Moskva River
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Kazan took the fourth place
© Egor Aleev/TASS Zilant dragon, the official symbol of Kazan
© Egor Aleev/TASS Yekaterinburg took the fifth place
© Donat Sorokin/TASS A view of an embankment of the Iset River, Yekaterinburg
© Sergei Fadeichev/TASS Novosibirsk is the sixth. Photo: Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre
© Yevgeny Kurskov/TASS Kaliningrad ranked seventh
© Ruslan Shamukov/TASS Krasnodar took the eighth place in the ranking
© Ivan Zhuravlev/ITAR-TASS Kirov ranked ninth. Photo: St.Seraphim Cathedral in Kirov
© Grigory Sysoyev/ITAR-TASS Anapa, located on the northern coast of the Black Sea took the tenth place
© Vladimir Smirnov/ITAR-TASS