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Abandoned military base of Russian North
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Photos, Regions
The following pictures show the remains of Soviet military base located on Kolskiy peninsula (Murmansk oblast). Photos by miph.
Tags: Abandoned · Murmansk oblast
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The eruption of volcano Kluchevskaya Sopka
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
Kluchevskaya Sopka is the most active and highest volcano in Eurasia region (4,750 meters) located in Kamchatka krai of Russia. The following photos were captured during one of the numerous eruptions by Dementievskiy Ivan (the photos are clickable).
Tags: Kamchatka krai
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The views of provincial Russian town Poshekhonye
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos, Regions
Poshekhonye is a small town with the population of about 6,500 (2010) located in Yaroslavl oblast of Russia. The town is situated 151 km to the northwest of Yaroslavl city. The settlement was first time mentioned in 1680 and from 1777 has the status of the town. Here are the photos of Poshekhonye town captured by Maxim Yashin in April 2009.
Tags: Yaroslavl oblast
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The people of Russian villages photos Part 2
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in People, Photos, Regions
The second part of photos captured in several villages of Kich-Gorodetsky district of Vologda oblast by Olya Ivanova (Part 1)
Tags: Vologda oblast
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The museum of Russian wooden architecture
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions, Travel
The following museum “Vitoslavlitsy” located near Veliky Novgorod city offers unique exhibit of Novgorod land wooden architecture. The photos were captured by Petr Ushanov.
Tags: museum · Novgorod oblast
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The flooded bell tower of Kalyazin town
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions, Religion
One of the main attractions of small town of Kalyazin, located in Tverskaya oblast of Russia, is the flooded bell tower of Nikolsky cathedral (1800). Here are several views of the bell tower during winter time. The photos were captured by shtish.
Tags: churches · Tver oblast
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The people of Russian villages photos
3 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in People, Photos, Regions
The following photos were captured in several villages of Kich-Gorodetsky district of Vologda oblast by Olya Ivanova
Tags: Vologda oblast
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The flooded church of Vologda oblast photos
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Religion
The following church built in 1790 is located in the former village of Krokhino (Vologda oblast) flooded in the beginning of 1960th with the construction of Volga-Baltic Canal.
The church was standing on the upland and survived the flooding but was abandoned. And here are the views of the present state of the church by shtish. The last picture is the photo of the church captured in the year of 1910.
Tags: Abandoned · churches · Vologda oblast
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Novosibirsk oblast nature bird’s eye views
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
The following nice photos of Novosibirsk oblast (region) of Russia nature were captured by Slava Stepanov (all the photos are clickable).
Tags: bird's eye views · Novosibirsk oblast
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The beauty of Karelia Republic nature
5 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
Karelia Republic located on the Russian northwest on the border with Finland is one of the most beautiful places of Russia and may be called a large national park of the country. The following photos captured by nub1an can be one of the proofs of this statement (all the pictures are clickable).
Tags: Karelia Republic