Archive for October 2025
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The Granite Kingdom of the Ulakhan-Sis Range
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
A lot of people know about the picturesque remnant cliffs on the Manpupuner Plateau in the Northern Urals in the Republic of Komi.
However, in Russia, there is a number of similar places and one of them is the mountain range of the Ulakhan-Sis – a geological complex located in the polar part of Yakutia between the Indigirka and Alazeya rivers. The Ulakhan-Sis on Google Maps. Photos by: Sergei Karpukhin.
Tags: Sakha Republic · Yakutsk city
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The Chuya Highway – the Most Picturesque Road in Russia
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Travel
The federal highway R256 “Chuysky Trakt” (963 km), the oldest route from Siberia to Asia, starts in Novosibirsk and ends at the Russian border with Mongolia, passing through the territory of Novosibirsk Oblast, Altai Krai and the Altai Republic.
In 2014, National Geographic magazine included the Chuya Highway in its list of the 10 most beautiful highways in the world. Photos by: Alexey Zhirukhin.
Tags: Altai krai · Altay Republic · Biysk city · Novosibirsk oblast
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Gorely – One of the Most Popular Volcanoes in Kamchatka
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
Gorely Volcano is an active volcano located about 70 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in southern Kamchatka. This volcanic complex consists of 11 cones and 30 craters, some filled with lakes of acidic or fresh water. The volcano formed approximately 38-40 thousand years ago.
About 6,000 years ago, explosive eruptions with violent lava flows occurred here, but since the 15th century, the eruptions have become more moderate. The last recorded volcanic activity was in the summer of 2010. Gorely Volcano on Google Maps. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
Tags: Kamchatka krai · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city
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The Last Years of the Russian Empire in Unique Photographs
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, People, Photos
Carl Oswald Bulla or Karl Karlovich Bulla (1855-1929), a portraitist and master of documentary photography, was the owner of a photo studio in St. Petersburg. He became known as “the father of Russian photo reporting.”
In 1886, he received from the Ministry of Internal Affairs “permission to carry out all kinds of photographic work outside his home, such as: on the streets, apartments and in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.” In 1897, Karl Bulla’s photographs began to be published in the popular magazine “Niva”. Since that time, his name became known throughout the Russian Empire.
In total, his legacy is about 230 thousand photographs of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. Let’s take a look at some of them.
Tsarskoselsky (Vitebsky) Railway Station in St. Petersburg.
unique photos of the Russian Empire
Tags: Russian Empire · Saint Petersburg city