Russia has 33 World Heritage properties, 22 of them cultural
Background
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre lists 33 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List for the Russian Federation.
Of these, 22 are cultural properties and 11 are natural properties.
The country is grouped under the Europe and North America region of the Convention.
Its natural properties include Lake Baikal, Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Golden Mountains of Altai, Virgin Komi Forests, Putorana Plateau and Lena Pillars Nature Park.
Its cultural properties include Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow, the Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments, and Kizhi Pogost.
A further 32 sites stand on the Tentative List, the inventory of properties a State Party intends to consider for nomination.
The Russian Federation has held three mandates on the World Heritage Committee.
In plain words
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — It is the United Nations agency that administers the World Heritage Convention.
Tentative List Tentative List of a State Party — It is the inventory of properties a country intends to consider for nomination to the World Heritage List.