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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The following beautiful photos were captured on the territory of Ryazan oblast (region) by kamienczanka. The pictures once again make us think of what a number of beautiful architectural monuments are located on the territory of Russia.

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Naberezhnye Chelny is the second largest city of Tatarstan Republic and is known first of all as the home city of “KamAZ” company (Kamsky automobile plant).

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Tver city located about 170 km from Moscow is one of the ancient cities of Russian state known from the year of 1164. Here are several photos of present day Tver city streets architecture, places of interest captured by macwrangler.

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