Naryan-Mar city is the capital of Nenets Autonomous Okrug located behind the Arctic Circle (permafrost zone, polar night during December and January). The city is the main base of exploring Timano-Pechorskaya gas and oil province. The following photos were captured by Russian photo blogger Frederick Taer during his journey to Naryan-Mar.

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These days are the days of snowfalls in various parts of the world and Russia is not the exception.

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You can take horseback rides and trips near Staritsa village of Tver oblast, between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg (authentic, free aged horse manure). You will have famous Russian dacha experience, rafting, caving, banya etc.

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The bridges along Baikal-Amur railway of Siberia, Russia. No comments…

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The best way to explore Russian Siberia is to use the vehicle like on the following video

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The following photos were captured in the Northern Urals region of Russia on the river Zhigalan.

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According to All-Russian contest the following artificial and natural objects were voted to be Seven Wonders of Russia. The photos are clickable.

Baikal lake located at Irkutsk oblast and Buryat republic of Russia

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The sceneries like the following are common for numerous bays of Russian North. After the collapse of Soviet Union military based economy a lot of ships were just left in such places and abandoned.

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Tags: Abandoned · sea · ships · Soviet past