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The most beautiful church of Moscow region
3 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions, Travel
Dubrovitsy is a small village located near Podolsk city of Moskovskaya oblast. The main attractions of the village are the mansion of Golytsins and the following remarkable Znamensky church constructed more than 300 year ago, in 1704. The pictures were captured by retromoscow (the photos are clickable).
Tags: churches · Moskovskaya oblast
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The night views of Vladivostok city
5 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Vladivostok is one of the major centers of Russian Far East. In November 2012 the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will take place there. The following pictures of the city were captured by Stepanov Slava (all the photos are clickable).
Tags: Vladivostok city
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Wooden architecture of Yaroslavl city
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos, Travel
The views of several wooden buildings of Yaroslavl preserved from the past of the city. The pictures were captured by Yulia Makarkina.
Tags: Yaroslavl city
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The sceneries of Russian North
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions, Travel
The following snowy views of Komi Republic and Nenets autonomous okrug were captured by Frederick Taer (all the photos are clickable).
Tags: Komi Republic · Nenets okrug
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Uzury area of Olkhon Island, Baikal Lake
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions, Travel
Olkhon is the largest island of Baikal Lake, Irkutsk oblast with the land area of about 730 sq. km. And Uzury is a very little settlement (about 10 people) located on the eastern side of Olkhon which main purpose is to maintain the weather station. The photos were captured by Dmitry Yurlagin (all the pictures are clickable).
Tags: Irkutsk oblast
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Russian Spitsbergen winter sceneries
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
Spitsbergen is a vast polar archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean. It is the northernmost part of Norway. Also there is significant Russian economic activity in the archipelago according to its special status.
There is Russian settlement on West Spitsbergen Island – Barentsburg, as well as abandoned villages Pyramid and Grumant. And here are the sceneries of these settlements and surroundings captured by Frederick Taer (all the photos are clickable).
Tags: landscapes
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Yessentuki – famous Russian balneological resort city
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos, Travel
Yessentuki is a city located in Stavropol krai of Russia and is known all over the country for its curing watering places. The following photos of Yessentuki were captured by Maxim Yashin (all pictures are clickable).
Tags: Stavropol krai
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Ivolginsky Datsan – Russian Buddhism center
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Religion, Travel
Ivolginsky datsan is the center of Buddhism in Russia attracting hundreds of pilgrims and tourists from all over the world.
The datsan is located in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga, about 30 km from Ulan-Ude. Photos by: Viktor Borisov.
Tags: Ulan-Ude city
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Flyonovo village architectural complex
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Culture, Photos, Travel
Flyonovo is a very small village (27 people in 2007) located in Smolensk oblast of Russia (about 14 km from Smolensk city). The village has the only street – Museum Street. Here are the pictures of Flyonovo village places of interest captured by vj-jjic.
Tags: smolensk oblast
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The trip to Olkhon Island, Baikal Lake
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions, Travel
Olkhon is the largest island of Baikal Lake, Irkutsk oblast with the land area of about 730 sq. km. Here is the photo report of the trip to the island (base camp map location). The photos were captured by shtish (all the pictures are clickable).
Tags: Irkutsk oblast