Russia Metas

In Eastern Russia, most cars have the steering wheel on the right-hand side, contrasting with Western Russia and almost all of Europe, where steering wheels are on the left side of the car.

Driving direction

The Russian language uses the Cyrillic script.

Language

One of the best ways to identify Russia is via its license plates. Russian plates are elongated and completely white- a rarity in Europe.

License Plate

This is a Russian bollard.

Bollards

The Russian term for street is улица.

Street Sign

Russian Federal Highways have either an M, A or P/R prefixing the road number. M surrounds Moscow. Look for signs like this in Russia. This one says road M-7 in smallish writing.

Street Sign

Russian directional signs are blue with white lettering, most commonly displaying only Cyrillic words, though sometimes they include both Latin and Cyrillic.

Street Sign

In Russia, small blue road markers indicate the distance a road has extended in kilometers.

Milestone Markers

Russian poles are often white with a distinctive black base, a feature rarely seen in other countries.

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