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Top 10 posts of our blog in 2010

The year of 2010 is coming to its end and here is the list of most popular topics of our blog as for 2010. Great variety of different themes but still Russia in its uniqueness and beauty (the posts are sorted in chronological order).

1. Two parts post devoted to Soviet propaganda during the World War II. Really interesting pieces of art (part 1, part 2)

Soviet World War 2 propaganda poster 1

Soviet World War 2 propaganda poster 2

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Dec/10

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The rescue of minibus and its driver

Russian roads can’t stop Russian people :)

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Dec/10

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Cleaning snow in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is having permanent problems with cleaning snow and may be this video shows one of the reasons. Really Russia is rich in lazy but crafty people :)

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Wrangel Island is Russian island located in Arctic Ocean between East-Siberian and Chukotskoye Seas (Chukotka autonomous okrug). The island is the part of Wrangel natural reserve and has the status of UNESCO World Heritage from 2004.

Unfortunately like a lot of other territories of Russian Arctic the region was used as Soviet military outpost and here is the result. The photos were captured by Gorshkov Sergey.

Wrangel Island, Russia pollution view 1

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The photos were captured somewhere on the territory of Lipetsk oblast by Stas Korniyenko.

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Dec/10

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The landscapes of Bryansk oblast

The following sceneries were captured during the trip to Bryansk oblast by Viktor Borisov (all the photos are clickable).

Bryansk oblast, Russia life scenery 1

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Dec/10

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Moscow is ready for winter!

In Soviet Russia the bus goes by you?

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Dec/10

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Uzury area of Olkhon Island, Baikal Lake

Olkhon is the largest island of Baikal Lake, Irkutsk oblast with the land area of about 730 sq. km. And Uzury is a very little settlement (about 10 people) located on the eastern side of Olkhon which main purpose is to maintain the weather station. The photos were captured by Dmitry Yurlagin (all the pictures are clickable).

Uzury area, Olkhon Island, Baikal Lake, Russia view 1

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Dec/10

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Russian Spitsbergen winter sceneries

Spitsbergen is a vast polar archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean. It is the northernmost part of Norway. Also there is significant Russian economic activity in the archipelago according to its special status.

There is Russian settlement on West Spitsbergen Island – Barentsburg, as well as abandoned villages Pyramid and Grumant. And here are the sceneries of these settlements and surroundings captured by Frederick Taer (all the photos are clickable).

Russian Shpitsbergen winter landscape 1

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Dec/10

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The stadiums of World Cup 2018

Here are the pictures of Russian stadiums that will host FIFA World Cup 2018. Almost all of them are to be constructed next years together with new hotels and other infrastructure objects.

Kazan city stadium

Russia World Cup 2018 Kazan stadium

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