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Beautiful scenery of Bryansk oblast
4 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Nature, Photos, Travel
The following pictures were captured during Bryansk oblast travel showing us several nice landscapes of the region and the architecture of abandoned Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery. The photos were captured by Shtish (all the photos are clickable).
Tags: Bryansk oblast · monastery
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Circum-Baikal Railway Sceneries
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
Circum-Baikal Railway is a historic railroad located in Irkutsk oblast of Russia. In the past the railroad was the part of famous Trans-Siberian Railway. The railway is a monument of engineering and is one of the attractions of the region. The photos were captured by Stepanov Slava.
Tags: Irkutsk oblast
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The beauty of Totma town churches
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion, Travel
Totma is a small town located in Vologda oblast of Russia, about 215 km northeast of Vologda city. The settlement was first time mentioned in the year of 1137. Totma is known for several unique and unusual churches. The following beautiful winter views of Totma town were captured by Petr Ushanov.
Tags: churches · 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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Ferapontov monastery of Vologda oblast views
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion, Travel
Ferapontov monastery located in Kirillovsky district of Vologda oblast is Russian historical and cultural monument of state importance. The monastery is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage and is one of the main places of interest of the region. The following photos of Ferapontov monastery were captured by av_otus.
Tags: monastery · Vologda oblast
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The expedition to Russian Far North
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Nature, Regions, Travel, Video
In addition to the previous post about the travel to Karskoye Sea coast of Russian North here is an interesting video of this travel by ashotog.
Tags: Yamalo-Nenets okrug
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The expedition to Russian Far North photos
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions, Travel
The following photos were captured during the expedition to the coast of Karskoye Sea on the territory of Yamal peninsula of Russia (Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrug).
The region is extremely rich in natural gas (about 20% of all known natural gas deposits of Russia). The pictures were taken by nub1an and frederick-taer. And here is the video report.
Tags: Yamalo-Nenets okrug
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Ancient monastery of Vologda oblast photos
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion, Travel
Kirillo-Belozersky monastery of Russian Orthodox church was founded in the year of 1397 on the north of Russia near the present town of Kirillov (Vologda oblast). The photos were captured by Polina Dorofeeva.
Tags: monastery · Vologda oblast
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The mighty bears of Kamchatka region photos
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
The following photos were captured by Igor Shpilenok at the Valley of Geysers and Kurilskoye Lake of Kamchatka krai (region) of Russia. Both places are the part of Kronotsky natural reserve and Igor was working as one of the inspectors of the reserve.
Tags: Kamchatka krai
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The unique machinery museum of main Russian auto factory
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Technology, Travel
The following museum of machinery is the property of well known and largest in Russia and Eastern Europe auto factory “AvtoVAZ” (Tolyatti city, Samara oblast) and is located just near the plant.
There are more than 460 various machines on the territory of about 32 hectares. The photos were captured by Viktor Borisov (all the pictures are clickable).
Tags: museum · Samara oblast · Tolyatti city