Ferapontov monastery located in Kirillovsky district of Vologda oblast is Russian historical and cultural monument of state importance. The monastery is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage and is one of the main places of interest of the region. The following photos of Ferapontov monastery were captured by av_otus.

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Komsomolsk-on-Amur city, located in Khabarovsk krai (region) of Russia is the largest industrial center of Russian Far East.

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The following photos were captured in several villages of Kich-Gorodetsky district of Vologda oblast by Olya Ivanova

The second part of the photos

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Zlatoust is the third largest city of Chelyabinsk oblast and the most alpine city of the Urals.

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The following church built in 1790 is located in the former village of Krokhino (Vologda oblast) flooded in the beginning of 1960th with the construction of Volga-Baltic Canal.

The church was standing on the upland and survived the flooding but was abandoned. And here are the views of the present state of the church by shtish. The last picture is the photo of the church captured in the year of 1910.

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Dzerzhinsk is the second largest city of Nizhegorodskaya oblast of Russia located about 30 km to the west of Nizhny Novgorod city. The city was named after Soviet revolutionary leader Feliks Dzerzhinsky in 1929.

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The following nice photos of Novosibirsk oblast (region) of Russia nature were captured by Slava Stepanov (all the photos are clickable).

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Volzhsky is the second largest city of Volgograd oblast of Russia, important industrial center of the region. The city is located on the left bank of Akhtuba River, about 20 km northeast of Volgograd city central part.

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Karelia Republic located on the Russian northwest on the border with Finland is one of the most beautiful places of Russia and may be called a large national park of the country. The following photos captured by nub1an can be one of the proofs of this statement (all the pictures are clickable).

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Bratsk is the city of Bratsk hydro power station and is the largest industrial center of Irkutsk oblast (region) of Russia.

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