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Ekaterinburg (from 1942 till 1991 – Sverdlovsk) is the fourth largest city in Russia (after MoscowSaint-Petersburg and Novosibirsk), an administrative center of Sverdlovsk oblast.

The city is one of the largest financial and business centers in Russia, offices of transnational corporations are located here as well as representations of foreign companies, a great number of federal and regional financial institutions.

Lately tourism has been rapidly developed. Eekaterinburg has a lot of tourist attractions as well as its outskirts. There are over 600 monuments of history and culture in Ekaterinburg, 43 of which are of federal importance. Photos by Stepanov Slava.

Ekaterinburg city, Russia view 1

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Ekaterinburg is the fourth largest city of Russia with the population over 1,3 million people; the city located in Sverdlovsk oblast is known as the “Capital of Ural”. The following photos of Ekaterinburg were taken by dedmaxopka in March, 2011.

Ekaterinburg city, Russia aerial view 1

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May/11

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The flight over Yoshkar-Ola in HD

Nice video showing the bird’s eye views of Yoshkar-Ola, the capital city of Mari El Republic. The video was shot in the beginning of April, 2011 so don’t be scared of the plenty of snow and ice :)

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Feb/11

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Bird’s eye views of Samara city

Samara is one of the largest Russian cities of Volga region. The following pictures were captured by Stepanov Slava (all the photos are clickable).

Samara city, Russia birds eye view 1

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The following nice photos of Novosibirsk oblast (region) of Russia nature were captured by Slava Stepanov (all the photos are clickable).

Novosibirsk oblast, Russia bird's eye view

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Here are the amazing photos captured by Vitaliy Raskalov from the highest radio tower (about 270 meters) located in Moskovskaya oblast of Russia (the photos are clickable).

Moscow oblast, Russia 270 meters tower view

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The following photos of Vladimir oblast were captured by Ilya Varlamov with the help of little unmanned helicopter (the photos are clickable).

Vladimir oblast, Russia bird's eye view

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