Archive for February 2014
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Cold Coast of the White Sea near Solovki
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
The White Sea is an inland sea located in the north of the European part of Russia. The Solovetsky Islands (also known as Solovki) is the largest archipelago of the White Sea, part of Arkhangelsk region.
The Solovetsky Islands, as well as the five-kilometer area of the White Sea, are included in the protected area – Solovki State Historical and Nature Museum-Reserve. Photos by borh_84
Tags: Arkhangelsk oblast · landscapes
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The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2014
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Photos, Sports
Olympic Games in Sochi have been very successful for the Russian team – the total number of medals won (33) is a national team record. The same number of gold medals (13), the Russian national team (at that time the Soviet Union team) won only one time in 1976.
Our congratulations to all the athletes with this result! Some photos of the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi by drugoi
Tags: Sochi city · Sochi2014
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Abandoned shelter-base for Soviet submarines
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Photos
Scenic view of abandoned anti-nuclear shelter-base for submarines of the Pacific Fleet located at Pavlovsk submarine base in Primorye krai. Photo by hajoff
Tags: Abandoned · Primorye krai
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The world’s only five-turret Soviet tank T-35A
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Technology, Video
February 12, 2014, the only surviving tank T-35A drove under its own power for the restoration from the pavilion of Heavy armored vehicles of the Central Museum of Armored Vehicles.
T-35 is a Soviet heavy five-turret tank developed in 1931-1932 – the first Soviet heavy tank launched into mass production before the beginning of the Second World War.
Tags: tanks
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St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in autumn
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Travel
Wonderful autumn view of St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral – large Orthodox church standing on St. Nicholas Square in St. Petersburg. Photo by Ivan Turukhano
Tags: Saint Petersburg city
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The Mountain Cluster of the Sochi Olympics at night
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Sports, Travel
There are a lot of jokes about holding Winter Olympic Games 2014 in subtropical city but sports disciplines that require snowy slopes are carried out in the mountains where there is snow in abundance. Photos: © RIA NOVOSTI/Anton Denisov published in drugoi
Hotel complex “Grand Hotel Polyana”
the main places of the Mountain Cluster
Tags: landscapes · Sochi city · Sochi2014
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Sochi Olympic Park and surroundings from space
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Photos, Sports
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What happens when Putin is not watching the Games
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Funny, Politics
It is a very cool series of photos. Look at the picture on the TV screen and how it is changing while Vladimir Putin is turning to it.
Even if the photos are photoshopped, there is some symbolism in them. Also, it should be noted that viewers at least in Russia saw this part of the ceremony this way.
Tags: Sochi2014
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Photo report from the opening ceremony of the Olympics
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Sports
The opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games took place at the Olympic Stadium “Fisht” in Sochi on February 7, 2014. The history of the Russian state was shown in the theatrical part of the ceremony.
Over three thousand dancers, acrobats, actors, aerialists, ballet dancers and singers took part in this show. About three billion people watched the broadcast of the ceremony. Source: drugoi
Tags: Sochi2014
Let’s look at the major sports venues of the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi. The following panoramas made a few months ago are still interesting to explore.
The Coastal Cluster
Olympic Stadium “Fisht”. The place of the opening and closing ceremonies, ceremonies of awarding medals.
Tags: Sochi2014