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Kostroma city beautiful architecture
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos
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).
Tags: Kostroma city
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Ivangorod town fortress pictures
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, History, Photos, Travel
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.
Tags: Leningrad oblast
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Solovki Islands monastery views
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, Photos, Travel
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.
Tags: Arkhangelsk oblast · churches · monastery
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Beautiful scenery of Bryansk oblast
4 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Nature, Photos, Travel
The following pictures were captured during Bryansk oblast travel showing us several nice landscapes of the region and the architecture of abandoned Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery. The photos were captured by Shtish (all the photos are clickable).
Tags: Bryansk oblast · monastery
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Socialism vs Capitalism propaganda posters
12 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, History, Photos
Here are several posters that “showed” Soviet people the difference between socialism and capitalism.
Tags: posters · propaganda
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Kostroma city fireworks festival views
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, Holidays, Photos
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.
Tags: Kostroma city
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Circum-Baikal Railway Sceneries
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
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.
Tags: Irkutsk oblast
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Russian futuristic peat harvesters
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Funny, Technology
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Beautiful old Russian song music video
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Culture, Music, Video
Mikhail Mikhailov singing song “Horse-drawn sleigh dashing”.
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