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Aug/10

10

Kostroma city open air museum

The following scenic pictures were captured by Padunskiy one summer evening on the territory of open air museum located in Kostroma city.

Kostroma city, Russia open air museum

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Aug/10

9

Sterlitamak city page was added

Sterlitamak is the second largest city of Bashkortostan Republic of Russia.

Sterlitamak city, Russia scenery

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The following museum “Vitoslavlitsy” located near Veliky Novgorod city offers unique exhibit of Novgorod land wooden architecture. The photos were captured by Petr Ushanov.

Russian wooden architecture museum view

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One of the main attractions of small town of Kalyazin, located in Tverskaya oblast of Russia, is the flooded bell tower of Nikolsky cathedral (1800). Here are several views of the bell tower during winter time. The photos were captured by shtish.

Kalyazin town, Russia flooded bell tower view

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Aug/10

5

Stary Oskol city page was added

Stary Oskol city, located in Belgorod oblast of Russia, is known as the city with one of the youngest population in Russia.

Stary Oskol city, Russia monument view

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Aug/10

4

The House of Masters of Kaluga city

The following wooden building constructed in the beginning of the 20th century hosts the municipal House of Masters and the Museum of local people handicrafts and art. There are nice exhibits of national costumes and fancywork.

Also there is a large collection of Khludnevskaya traditional clay toys. The address of the House of Masters is Kaluga city, Grigorovsky pereulok (side street), 9. The photos of the house were captured by ehidnazevaka (all the pictures are clickable).

Kaluga city, Russia House of Masters view

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Spaso-Prilutsky monastery is an Orthodox monastery located in Vologda oblast of Russia. The monastery was founded in the year of 1371. It is one of the most ancient and largest monasteries of Russian North. The photos of the monastery were captured by John Sinterson.

Spaso-Prilutsky monastery, Vologda oblast, Russia

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Aug/10

2

Orsk city page was added

Orsk is the second largest city of Orenburg oblast having the status of historical city of Russia.

Orsk city, Russia street view

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Jul/10

30

Escaping the forest fire

Several Russian regions suffer heavy forest fires because of the extremely hot weather. Here is the video of escaping from the village of Tamboles by the only available road.

The village is located in Nizhegorodskaya oblast. Attention! The video is full of offensive Russian language.

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