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Oct/10

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Signs of the Zodiac park of Moscow city

The following public garden called “Signs of the Zodiac”  is located near Sviblovo metro station of  Moscow city. The park is known for unique and original sculptures of every Zodiac sign made by Andrey Aseryants.

Moscow city, Russia Signs of the Zodiac park view 1

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Pereslavl-Zalessky is a small Russian town (the population is about 42,000) situated in the southern part of Yaroslavl oblast. The following photos were captured by Lipilin Alexander at the local Museum of Flat Iron located on the central street of the town (the pictures are clickable).

Pereslavl-Zalessky city, Russia museum of flat iron view 1

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Sep/10

3

Solovki Islands monastery views

Solovki monastery founded in 1420-1430 on Solovetsky Islands (Arkhangelsk oblast) is among the main historical monuments of Russia included in UNESCO World Heritage list. The following photos of the monastery were captured by Maxim Yashin.

Solovki monastery, Russia view

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Aug/10

27

Kostroma city fireworks festival views

The following pictures were captured during the fireworks festival “Silver Boat” that took place in Kostroma city August 14, 2010. The photos were taken by Petr Ushanov.

Kostroma city, Russia fireworks festival view

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Aug/10

20

Beautiful old Russian song music video

Mikhail Mikhailov singing song “Horse-drawn sleigh dashing”.

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The following pictures were captured during the annual summer festival of the Middle Ages “The first capital of Rus” that took place in Staraya Ladoga town of Leningrad oblast.  The photos were captured by S.Chernov.

Staraya Ladoga, Russia Middle Ages Festival

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Aug/10

10

Kostroma city open air museum

The following scenic pictures were captured by Padunskiy one summer evening on the territory of open air museum located in Kostroma city.

Kostroma city, Russia open air museum

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Aug/10

4

The House of Masters of Kaluga city

The following wooden building constructed in the beginning of the 20th century hosts the municipal House of Masters and the Museum of local people handicrafts and art. There are nice exhibits of national costumes and fancywork.

Also there is a large collection of Khludnevskaya traditional clay toys. The address of the House of Masters is Kaluga city, Grigorovsky pereulok (side street), 9. The photos of the house were captured by ehidnazevaka (all the pictures are clickable).

Kaluga city, Russia House of Masters view

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Jun/10

9

Russian pagan metal group Arkona

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The 15th International competition of the magazine The World of Art and The Gallery of Young People’s Art Works of the authors up to the age of 20 on the subject of “Ethnological dresses and folklore dances of my people?” is finished.

More than 10.000 art works from 46 countries arrived for the competition, which were reviewed by an expert jury. Here are the works of the winners from Russia.

Savitskaya Alain, age 13

Savitskaya Alain, age 13, Russia

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