Jan/11

Abandoned colony for criminals of Perm krai

No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Society

Russian penitentiary system is far from being perfect and here is one example. The following colony for criminals located somewhere on the territory of Perm krai was abandoned recently, in 2005, but as you can see the conditions of living there are rather extreme. The pictures were taken by Alexander Belenkiy (all the photos are clickable).

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Tags: Abandoned · Perm krai

Jan/11

Siberian tiger walking the highway

1 Comment · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Nature, People, Regions, Video

Russia is rich not only in bears. This video was captured on the highway from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk, near the town of Bikin (Khabarovsk krai). Attention! Russian offensive language.

Tags: Khabarovsk krai · Siberia

Jan/11

This is Russia!

No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Funny

Nothing to add :)

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Jan/11

Picturesque Catholic Cathedral of Moscow city

No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion

The address of the following Catholic cathedral of Immaculate Conception is Moscow city, Malaya Gruzinskaya Str., 27/13. The photos were captured by Frantsouzov Denis (all the pictures are clickable).

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Tags: churches · Moscow city

Jan/11

The most beautiful staircase of Rostov-on-Don city

3 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, People, Photos

If you are visiting Rostov-on-Don one of the places of interest of the city is the following beautiful staircase (the address is Dobrovolskogo Str., 8/3). All the work is made by one man, the artist Konstantin Nikolaev, living in one of the apartments.