Archive for December 2024
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The Northernmost Railway in the World
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Regions, Technology, Travel
This railway is located on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Western Siberia, in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia. Some of the world’s largest natural gas deposits are found here.
It consists of 5 stations and 70 bridges starting from Obskaya Station (Labytnangi) and going to Karskaya Station (the Bovanenkovo natural gas deposit). The length of the railway is 572 km, and it is located entirely beyond the Arctic Circle. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
the railway at the edge of the world
Tags: Salekhard city · Yamalo-Nenets okrug
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The Pashkov House – One of the Best Buildings in Moscow
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Travel
The Pashkov House is one of the most famous neoclassical buildings in Moscow. Today, it belongs to the Russian State Library. The building is located on a hill overlooking the western wall of the Moscow Kremlin, at Vozdvizhenka Street, 3/5, building 1.
This architectural monument, built by order of the captain of Semyonovsky life-guards regiment Peter Pashkov in 1784-1786, was designed presumably by the architect Vasily Bazhenov. The Pashkov House on Google Maps. Photos by: Vladimir d’Ar.
Tags: Moscow city