Every year, in September, the Grand Cascade of fountains in Peterhof is used as a venue for the Festival of Fountains. In recent years, you can see the show within 2-3 days from Friday to Sunday.

Everyone can attend this show after buying a ticket at the ticket office of the museum-reserve. Also, this service is provided by numerous travel agencies in St. Petersburg.

colorful show

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Tsarskoye Selo, the former country residence of Russian emperors, is a museum-reserve located in the town of Pushkin (part of St. Petersburg).

The museum includes the palace and park ensemble of the 18th-19th centuries and the former country residence of the Russian imperial family, converted into a museum after nationalization in March 1918. Photos by: Eduard Gordeev.

riot of colors

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Tolbachik is a volcanic massif with a height of over 3,000 meters located in the east of Kamchatka, in the southwestern part of the Klyuchevskoy volcano group.

Five settlements with a total population of about 8 thousand people are situated at distances of 50-68 km from the foot of the volcano. The distance to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of the region, is 343 km. Let’s look at the last volcanic eruption of Tolbachik that occurred in 2012-2013. Tolbachik on Google Maps. Photos by: lusika33.

night of fire

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The State Nature Reserve “Stolby” (“Pillars”) is located in the north-western spurs of the Eastern Sayan. From the northeast it borders the city of Krasnoyarsk. There is a city bus running to the reserve (the bus stop “Turbaza”).

The reserve was founded in 1925 on the initiative of Krasnoyarsk residents to preserve this beautiful natural complex. Today, the total area of the reserve ​​is 47219 hectares.

enjoy the beauty of the reserve

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Alexander Park is a small, but very cozy park located between the Gorky Metro Station and the zoo in Saint Petersburg.

In this park, you can find an interesting exhibition “St. Petersburg in miniature” – a collection of mini-copies of famous historical buildings of the city. Photos by: Yuri Yuhanson.

Kazan Cathedral.

St. Petersburg in miniature

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Chulyshman is a river in the Altai Republic flowing from the mountain lake Dzhulukul. There is a road running along the river.

The main attraction and, at the same time, the most difficult and dangerous place of this road is Katu-Yaryk passage, an incredibly spectacular place. The difference in height is about 800 meters. Katu-Yaryk passage on Google Maps. Photos by: Anton Petrus.

amazing natural monument

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The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula with the total area of about 100 thousand square km located in the northwest of the European part of Russia, in the Murmansk region.

Almost the whole territory of the peninsula, washed by the Barents and White seas, is located above the Arctic Circle. This place in the far north of Russia has surprisingly beautiful landscapes. Photos by: Sergey Dolya.

beautiful Russian nature

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Blagoveshchenye is a small village located near Sergiev Posad in the Moscow region. It is famous for its wooden church that gave its name to the village.

Church of the Annunciation was built in the center of the village at the end of the 17th century. This church is an interesting example of Russian wooden architecture, an important monument of culture and history. It is the oldest monument of wooden architecture of the 17th century in the region. Photos by: Alexander Maretsky.

frosty autumn

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The building of the Admiralty is a complex of buildings located on the 2nd Admiralty Island in St. Petersburg, on the banks of the Neva River. It is an important architectural monument, built in the Empire style.

Originally built as a shipyard, it was reconstructed in the 18th-19th centuries. Since 2012, it houses the High Command of the Russian Navy. Photos by: Yuri Yuhanson.

one of the symbols of St. Petersburg

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Nizhny Novgorod (often called simply Nizhny) is a city with a population of more than 1 million people located 400 km east of Moscow, the administrative center of the Volga Federal District and Nizhny Novgorod region.

The city, founded in 1221, is located in the center of the East European Plain, at the confluence of the Oka and Volga rivers. It is one of the largest centers of river tourism in Russia. The historical part of Nizhny Novgorod is rich in tourist attractions, it is an important tourist center. Photos by: Stepanov Slava.

explore the city

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