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Aug/10

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Kostroma city fireworks festival views

The following pictures were captured during the fireworks festival “Silver Boat” that took place in Kostroma city August 14, 2010. The photos were taken by Petr Ushanov.

Kostroma city, Russia fireworks festival view

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Aug/10

25

Circum-Baikal Railway Sceneries

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.

Circum-Baikal Railway, Russia view

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Aug/10

21

Russian futuristic peat harvesters

The future is here :)

Russian futuristic peat harvesters

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Aug/10

20

Beautiful old Russian song music video

Mikhail Mikhailov singing song “Horse-drawn sleigh dashing”.

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Aug/10

19

Taganrog city page was added

Taganrog is the second largest city of Rostov oblast; the city was the first Russian sea port and Navy base.

Taganrog city, Russia view

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Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works plant or Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Kombinat (MMK) is the largest plant in Russia of such kind located in Magnitogorsk city. Here is a nice video of the plant in the production process.

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The second part of photos captured in several villages of Kich-Gorodetsky district of Vologda oblast by Olya Ivanova (Part 1)

Russian country people

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The following pictures were captured during the annual summer festival of the Middle Ages “The first capital of Rus” that took place in Staraya Ladoga town of Leningrad oblast.  The photos were captured by S.Chernov.

Staraya Ladoga, Russia Middle Ages Festival

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Aug/10

13

Surgut city page was added

Surgut city is an unofficial “oil-extracting capital” of Russia. The city is located in the northern part of Western Siberia (Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug), in the middle of the river Ob on its right bank.

Surgut city, Russia general view

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Aug/10

11

The beauty of Totma town churches

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.

Totma town, Vologda, Russia view

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