The following pictures were captured during Bryansk oblast travel showing us several nice landscapes of the region and the architecture of abandoned Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery. The photos were captured by Shtish (all the photos are clickable).

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Nice picture of famous Russian partisans and their bear cavalry :)

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Here are several posters that “showed” Soviet people the difference between socialism and capitalism.

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Tags: Capitalism · posters · propaganda · Socialism

The following pictures were captured during the fireworks festival “Silver Boat” that took place in Kostroma city August 14, 2010. The photos were taken by Petr Ushanov.

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Circum-Baikal Railway is a historic railroad located in Irkutsk oblast of Russia. In the past the railroad was the part of famous Trans-Siberian Railway. The railway is a monument of engineering and is one of the attractions of the region. The photos were captured by Stepanov Slava.

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The future is here :)

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Mikhail Mikhailov singing song “Horse-drawn sleigh dashing”

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Taganrog is the second largest city of Rostov oblast; the city was the first Russian sea port and Navy base.

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Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works plant or Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Kombinat (MMK) is the largest plant in Russia of such kind located in Magnitogorsk city. Here is a nice video of the plant in the production process.

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The second part of photos captured in several villages of Kich-Gorodetsky district of Vologda oblast by Olya Ivanova (Part 1)

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Tags: Russian village · Vologda oblast