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Uspenskaya church constructed in 1694 and located in Nelazskoye village of Vologda oblast is known as a masterpiece of Russian wooden architecture (photos by av_otus, clickable).

Vologda oblast Uspenskaya church

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Mar/10

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Abandoned Russian rocket forces base photos

Today while Russia and USA are working on new treaty about reduction of strategic offensive systems we can offer you the sceneries of one of the Russian rocket forces base already abandoned during the previous years.

The remains of the base located on the territory of Kaluga oblast were captured by Denis Frantsouzov.

Russian rocket forces abandoned base

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Russia is becoming known not only for its glorious past remains like churches and fortresses but for newly built masterpieces like the following one – the church constructed in 2000-2001 in Nadovrazhino village, Istrinsky district of Moskovskaya oblast.

It was built on the place where the church of the 18th century had been standing before being destroyed in the 1930th (the photos were captured by av_otus)

Russian church modern style

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Mar/10

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Tobolsk city beautiful Kremlin photos

Tobolsk city, located about 250 km from Tyumen city of Russia, had the status of the capital of Siberia in the 16-19th centuries. Today the city is known for its unique and the only in Siberia stone  Kremlin. Here are several photos of the Kremlin captured by padunskiy (all the photos are clickable).

Tobolsk city of Russia Kremlin

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Several days ago the heaviest snowfall of all the history of Russian capital happened. Here are several photos of snowy Moscow by Ilya Varlamov.

Moscow city snowfall

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Kaliningrad oblast was the part of German province East Prussia before the World War II. The province was partitioned between the USSR and Poland after the World War II.

Kaliningrad oblast architecture remains

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The following photos of the church with the foundations laid in 1780  were captured by Vitaliy Raskalov near the village Yaropolets, Volokolamsky district, Moskovskaya oblast (all the photos are clickable).

Moskovskaya oblast church view

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Feb/10

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Abandoned summer camp for kids photos

The following photos were captured by Denis Frantsouzov at abandoned from the Soviet times summer camp (young pioneers camp) for kids located somewhere in Moskovskaya oblast.

Abandoned summer camp for kids

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The following settlement of scientists was founded in 1935 as a biological station of zoological institute. In 1950s, the biological station was functioning as scientific organization and in 1958 it was reorganized into Murmansk Sea Biological Institute. In 1989, the institute was moved to Murmansk city.

Today the station is almost abandoned and the population of the settlement is about 20 people. The future of the settlement is probably connected with the building of recreation center for divers. The following photos of the settlement were captured by russos (the photos are clickable).

Murmansk oblast Dalniye Zelentsy settlement

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Jan/10

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Russian traffic cops wooden sculptures photos

The following sculptures of Russian traffic cops captured by darkcjc are one of the places of interest of Khabarovsk city.

Russian traffic cops wooden sculptures (Khabarovsk city)

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