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Smolensk city ancient kremlin sceneries
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos, Travel
Smolensk fortified wall also known as Smolensk kremlin is the fortification constructed in 1595-1602. The fortress played extremely important role in the defense line of Russian state. Today it is an architectural monument and one of the main attractions of Smolensk city. The photos were captured by ctulhuftagn (photos are clickable).
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Beautiful and someway mystical sceneries of the dawn captured in Moskovskaya oblast by Petr Ushanov (the photos are clickable).
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The museum of flat iron of Pereslavl-Zalessky town
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, Photos, Society
Pereslavl-Zalessky is a small Russian town (the population is about 42,000) situated in the southern part of Yaroslavl oblast. The following photos were captured by Lipilin Alexander at the local Museum of Flat Iron located on the central street of the town (the pictures are clickable).
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Abandoned military base of Russian North
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Photos, Regions
The following pictures show the remains of Soviet military base located on Kolskiy peninsula (Murmansk oblast). Photos by miph.
Tags: Abandoned · Murmansk oblast
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The inflatable power of Russian army
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Photos, Technology
According to one of the aspects of modernization of Russian army it will receive numerous inflatable dummy war machines of all types to confuse the possible enemy. The officials say it is almost impossible to find the difference even at the distance of about 100 meters.
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Spas-Buraky village cathedral autumn sceneries
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion
Spas-Buraky is a small village located in Kostroma oblast and the following nice pictures will put you in Russian province autumn mood. The photos were captured by av-otus.
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Must be a heavy one :)
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The largest lake of Western Siberia views
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
Chany Lake is the largest lake in Western Siberia region and is among the largest in the world. The lake is located in Chanovsky district of Novosibirsk oblast of Russia.
Chany lake has the length of about 91 km and the width of 88 km. The following beautiful pictures of the lake were captured by Stepanov Slava (the photos are clickable).
Tags: Novosibirsk oblast
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Borodino battle reconstruction – battlefield sceneries
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, People, Photos
The first post about Borodino battle reconstruction was devoted mainly to the preparations for the re-enactment. The following pictures were captured during the “battle” itself (photos by Frederick Taer, clickable).
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Evening and night views of Novosibirsk city
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos
Novosibirsk city is the third largest city of Russia after Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, the largest city and the capital of Siberia Federal District. The following photos were captured during evening and night time by Stepanov Slava (all the pictures are clickable).
Tags: Novosibirsk city