How to recognise Russia in Street View
Drives on the right
Russia is enormous and much of it looks similar, so lean on regional details, but the script and landscape confirm the country fast.
At a glance
- Driving side: Right.
- Language: Russian, written in Cyrillic.
- Plates: White with a blue flag stripe on the right-hand end.
On the road
- Long, straight roads with plain concrete utility poles.
- Domestic cars such as Lada are common in traffic and parked.
Landscape & architecture
- Birch and pine forest over flat terrain.
- Frequent grey skies or snow cover.
- Soviet-era apartment blocks on the edges of towns.