The following photos were captured in the Northern Urals region of Russia on the river Zhigalan.

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The following  awesome jump is in the hall of fame of Saint Petersburg city parkour now.

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The juvenile delinquency is one of the problems of modern Russia. The following photos were captured in one of the youth prisons located in Saratov oblast of Russia.

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The real Russia has something common with the following picture by Sergey Elkin :) Almost every Russian city has at least one monument to Lenin and a church like here in Bryansk, Blagoveschensk or Ufa.

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While being in Singapore the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev had a video conference with the situational center of Russian Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters  about the explosion of ammunition depot in Ulianovsk city. The President was using the new system of visual communication.

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The following photo was made in Moscow city metro yesterday.

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According to All-Russian contest the following artificial and natural objects were voted to be Seven Wonders of Russia. The photos are clickable.

Baikal lake located at Irkutsk oblast and Buryat republic of Russia

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The sceneries like the following are common for numerous bays of Russian North. After the collapse of Soviet Union military based economy a lot of ships were just left in such places and abandoned.

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Here are several Soviet posters of 1970th. The unusual, interesting and sometimes strange design of Soviet artists.

“To strengthen the friendship of Socialist countries youth!”

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Some people in Russia (generally young) prefer to travel without buying a ticket on local railway runs. The photos are clickable.

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