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Ancient Russian town of Uglich
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos, Travel
Uglich is one of the towns of famous Russian Golden Ring tourist route located in Yaroslavl oblast. A lot of monuments of Russian architecture remained in the town. The pictures were captured by Maxim Yashin (the photos are clickable).
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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).
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Uzhginskoye village is located in Cherdynsky district of Perm krai. Like a lot of other villages of Russia it was abandoned. The village had favorable location at the crossroads, near the river and the reason why it was abandoned is unknown. The pictures were captured by Andrey Senyushkin (all the photos are clickable).
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Kursk Magnetic Anomaly
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Economics, Photos, Technology
Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (Kursk oblast) is the most massive in the world iron ore basin. There are deposits of about 200-210 billion tons, accounting for about 50% of iron ore reserves on the planet. The following pictures were captured at Mikhailovskoye deposit by Viktor Borisov (the photos are clickable).
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Russian roads accident involving military equipment
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Video
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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).
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The sky views during space rockets launches
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Overview, Photos, Science
The people of Russia living near the space ships launching facilities usually enjoy the following nice sceneries. And here is more information about outer space travelling.
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Closer to the nature :)
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Kaliningrad Christmas Fair – The assault of Izborsk fortress
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, History, People, Photos
One of the most interesting events of recent Kaliningrad city Christmas fair was the reconstruction of assault of ancient Russian fortress Izborsk happened in 1349. The photos were captured by Andrey Rumyantsev.
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