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Berezniki – the City of Sinkholes
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Ecology, Photos
Berezniki is the second largest city in the Perm region with a population of about 145,000 people, a large industrial center located 191 km north of Perm.
The city stands on a large deposit of potassium and magnesium salts that have been mine-produced for decades. Berezniki on Google Maps. Photos by: Lana Sator.
Administrative and household building in the zone of one of the sinkholes.
sinkholes of Berezniki from above
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Bizarre Sheremetev Castle in Yurino
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Sheremetev Castle is a picturesque palace and park ensemble and an architectural monument of federal significance located in the village of Yurino in the Republic of Mari El, on the bank of the Volga River.
In 1812, Yurino was bought by the landowner Vasili Sheremetev. The construction of the castle, which lasted from 1874 to 1915, involved three generations of Sheremetevs and seven architects. Sheremetev Castle on Google Maps. Photos by: Dmitry Gazin.
Tags: Cheboksary city · Mari El Republic · Yoshkar-Ola city
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St. Petersburg from the Highest Observation Deck in Europe
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Entertainment, Photos
The Lakhta Center, being built in the historical part of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg, is a public and business complex that will house the headquarters of Gazprom, one of the world’s largest energy companies.
It is planned to finish the construction in Q3 2018. This skyscraper has already become the most northern in the world, the highest in Russia and Europe (462 meters). The Lakhta Center on Google Maps. Photos by: Valery Gikavy.
Tags: Saint Petersburg city
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Torzhok – one of the oldest towns in Russia
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Torzhok, founded at the turn of the 10th-11th centuries, is a town with a population of about 46 thousand people located in the Tver region, 65 km north-west of Tver.
In the past, it was an important center of trade on the way to Novgorod and St. Petersburg from the southern regions of Russia. The very name of the town means “trading place”. Torzhok on Google Maps. Photos by: Alexander Lipilin.
Tags: Torzhok city · Tver oblast
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Bolshiye Pritesy Cliff in the Chelyabinsk Region
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
The cliff of Bolshiye Pritesy, located in the west of the Chelyabinsk region, is one of the most famous and popular sights of the Ay River. The height of this steep rocky wall is up to 100 meters.
The Ay River is one of the most beautiful rivers in the Urals. In the Bashkir language its name means “Moon” or “Moon River”. It flows through the territory of the Chelyabinsk region and the Republic of Bashkiria. The length of the river is 549 kilometers. It has a lot of picturesque cliffs, rocks, caves.
Tags: Chelyabinsk oblast
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Scarlet Sails 2018 in St. Petersburg
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Holidays, Photos
On the night of June 23-24, the annual show “Scarlet Sails” was held in St. Petersburg – the main graduation ceremony of Russia, a holiday dedicated to all school graduates.
For the first time “Scarlet Sails” was held in Leningrad in 1968. In that year, 25 thousand graduates of Soviet schools and technical schools gathered for the holiday. In 2018, this celebration turned 50, there were about 80 thousand graduates on the streets and embankments of the city. Photos by: Petr Ushanov.
Tags: Saint Petersburg city
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Holy Trinity Convent in Murom – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
The Holy Trinity Convent in Murom, one of the oldest cities in Russia located in the Vladimir region, 129 km southeast of Vladimir, is known for preserving the relics of St. Peter and Fevronia, who are revered in the country as patrons of the family and marriage.
It was founded in the second quarter of the 17th century (1643) by the Murom merchant Tarasy Borisovich Tsvetnov. Holy Trinity Convent in Murom on Google Maps. Photos by: Vadim Razumov.
Tags: Murom city · Vladimir oblast
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Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
The Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery is located in the western part of Kostroma on the bank of the river of the same name near its confluence in the Volga. It is considered one of the symbols of the city.
The monastery was first mentioned in written sources in 1432. Although, it was founded about 100 years earlier. The compositional center of the monastery is the monumental five-domed Trinity Cathedral (1650-1652). Ipatiev Monastery on Google Maps. Photos by: Eduard Skvortsov.
Tags: Kostroma city
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Beauty of Mountainous Digoria in North Ossetia
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
In the Caucasus there are a lot of interesting and beautiful places and one of them is Digoria located in the western part of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania, on the northern slope of the Main Caucasian ridge.
Digoria, named after the local ethnic group of Ossetians-Digorians, is located on the territory of the Digorsky and Irafsky districts of North Ossetia. The mountainous part of Digoria is the most popular among travelers. Photos by: Andrei Kireev.
Tags: North Ossetia Republic
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Photos of Tobolsk in 1912 and 2018
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, History, Photos
Tobolsk is a city with a population of about 100 thousand people located in the north of the Tyumen region. It was founded as a center for the development of Siberia in 1587.
Since 1708, Tobolsk was the center of the Siberian province stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean. In the 19th century, Tobolsk lost its economic importance. Today, it is one of the most important center of cognitive tourism in Siberia.
Tags: Tobolsk city · Tyumen oblast