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Leningrad pioneers are ready for future war (1937)
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos
Leningrad (present Saint Petersburg) pioneers after the announcement of the alarm. 1937. Photographer Viktor Bulla.
There is something sinister and prophetic in this photo. Over the next years, they had a lot to go through and probably only a few survived.
Tags: Saint Petersburg city
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Real window into hell in Kamchatka
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
In this photo made not far from Udina volcano (Kamchatka krai), you can see the lava tube window. If you look into this truly hellish pit, you can watch the lava river. Photo by Denis Budkov
Tags: Kamchatka krai
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Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos
This beautiful photo was taken in Sestroretsk, a small town which is a part of Saint Petersburg city.
Sestroretsk is a seaside health resort with its mineral waters and curative mud located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Photo by Sergey Degtyarev
Tags: Saint Petersburg city
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Russian winter forest from a fairy tale
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
Snow is almost gone in many Russian cities and soon nothing will remind of winter.
Goodbye winter frosts! Let’s enjoy these beautiful winter photos taken in the forest somewhere in Chelyabinsk region by marateaman
Tags: Chelyabinsk oblast · landscapes
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The Bridge to the Russky Island in Vladivostok
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Technology
Russky Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge to the Russky Island across the Eastern Bosphorus Strait in Vladivostok. Construction of the bridge began September 3, 2008. It was the part of the city’s preparations for the APEC summit in 2012.
This bridge has the world’s largest span of cable-stayed bridges, length 1104 meters. Photos by Sergey Orlov
Tags: Vladivostok city
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Beautiful photo of Tula – historic Russian city
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos
Tula is a historic Russian city first mentioned in 1146. It is located 170 km south of Moscow. Photo by Pavel Minaev
Tags: Tula city
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Crystal clear ice of the frozen Baikal Lake
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos
Lake Baikal is the lake of tectonic origin located in the southern part of Eastern Siberia (Irkutsk oblast and Buryat Republic). It is the deepest lake on the planet, the largest natural fresh water reservoir. Photos by Petr Ushanov
Tags: Irkutsk oblast
Impressive photo of Novotroitsk, Russian industrial city located in Orenburg oblast, taken by Kachurin Aleksey
Tags: Orenburg oblast
It is much better to make cool snow tanks than drive real ones on foreign territory
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Cold Coast of the White Sea near Solovki
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
The White Sea is an inland sea located in the north of the European part of Russia. The Solovetsky Islands (also known as Solovki) is the largest archipelago of the White Sea, part of Arkhangelsk region.
The Solovetsky Islands, as well as the five-kilometer area of the White Sea, are included in the protected area – Solovki State Historical and Nature Museum-Reserve. Photos by borh_84
Tags: Arkhangelsk oblast · landscapes