Naryan-Mar city is the capital of Nenets Autonomous Okrug located behind the Arctic Circle (permafrost zone, polar night during December and January).

The city is the main base of exploring Timano-Pechorskaya gas and oil province. The following photos were captured by Russian photo blogger Frederick Taer during his journey to Naryan-Mar.

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A lot of villages of Russia have the remains of beautiful churches abandoned during the Soviet times like the following ones captured by Viktor Borisov in Tula oblast (the photos are clickable).

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According to the legend Russian hussar colonel Vladimir Khrapovitsky had a bet with his friends that he would build a castle comparable to Louvre (Paris, France) with the park better than the Park of Versailles.

The colonel was a successful merchant and had all the resources to win the bet. The castle was built by Moscow architect P.S.Boytsov.

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The beautiful views of Zabaikalsky krai of Russia and the beautiful singing of Lidia Ruslanova (the song is “On Baikal’s Wild Steppes”)

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Kolomenskoye is a historical place of Russia located on the south of Moscow city, It was an ancient residence of Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Kolomenskoye was the place where first Russian Emperor Peter the Great spent his childhood.

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Russia is not only Moscow and Saint Petersburg cities but a numerous small towns and villages where the sceneries like on the following photos are common.

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The vast territory of Russia has numerous abandoned military objects of all types. The following photos of former cantonment of Soviet army were captured by Viktor Borisov somewhere in Moscow oblast (the photos are clickable).

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You can take horseback rides and trips near Staritsa village of Tver oblast, between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg (authentic, free aged horse manure). You will have famous Russian dacha experience, rafting, caving, banya etc.

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The bridges along Baikal-Amur railway of Siberia, Russia. No comments…

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The vast territories of Russia are in great need of transport infrastructure objects of all kinds. The following video was captured on the Ussuri River located in Primorye (Primorsky) krai of Russian Far East.

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