Borodino battle or Moscow river battle was the largest battle of Patriotic war of 1812 between Russia and France. The battle took place September 7, 1812 near Borodino village about 125 km to the west of Moscow city. Borodino battle is supposed to be one of the bloodiest one-day battles in history with Russian casualties of about 45,000 and French – 30,000.

The following nice photos were captured during the recent reconstruction of the great battle by Frederick Taer (all the photos are clickable). The second part of the photos – Borodino battlefield sceneries.

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The following video was captured on the most difficult part of the trip called “110 zimnik”.

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We are receiving a lot of questions about sending flowers to Russia, delivery features, etc. To answer the issues asked we have published the following article devoted to sending flowers to Russia peculiarities, frequently asked questions about flowers delivery and other features of sending flowers to a loved one living in Russia.

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Kluchevskaya Sopka is the most active and highest volcano in Eurasia region (4,750 meters) located in Kamchatka krai of Russia. The following photos were captured during one of the numerous eruptions by Dementievskiy Ivan (the photos are clickable).

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The following nice photos of Omsk city were captured during the night time by Stepanov Slava (all the pictures are clickable).

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Poshekhonye is a small town with the population of about 6,500 (2010) located in Yaroslavl oblast of Russia. The town is situated 151 km to the northwest of Yaroslavl city. The settlement was first time mentioned in 1680 and from 1777 has the status of the town. Here are the photos of Poshekhonye town captured by Maxim Yashin in April 2009.

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The following pictures were captured at Nizhny Novgorod museum of city electric transport located on Ivliyeva Str., 1, Tram depot #1, contact phone: +7 831 468 98 88.

The museum has the trams and trolleybuses of the city’s past. The photos were captured by antares_610 (the photos are clickable).

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Kostroma is one of the cities of famous “Golden Ring of Russia” tourist route offering numerous monuments of Russian culture, history and architecture. The following photos of Kostroma were captured by Padunskiy (the pictures are clickable).

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Ivangorod is a small town located in Leningrad region of Russia with the population of about 11,000 (2010). The town is standing on Narva river bank opposite to Estonian town of Narva.

The settlement was founded in 1492 as a fortress. The fortress of Ivangorod played an important role during numerous wars of 16th-17th centuries. The following photos of Ivangorod fortress were captured by Andrey Rumyantsev.

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Solovki monastery founded in 1420-1430 on Solovetsky Islands (Arkhangelsk oblast) is among the main historical monuments of Russia included in UNESCO World Heritage list. The following photos of the monastery were captured by Maxim Yashin.

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