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Novokuznetsk city page was added
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in RussiaTrek.org News
Novokuznetsk is the largest city of Kemerovo oblast (region) of Russia. Novokuznetsk is the largest city after Tolyatti that hasn’t the status of administrative center of the region.
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Russian bears hunting tasty fishes photos
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
The following photos were captured near Kurilskoye Lake of Kamchtka krai (region) of Russia. The pictures were taken by Igor Shpilenok during the spawning season of salmon (“nerka” fish). Easily hunted and tasty fish attract numerous bears from the surrounding territories.
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The sceneries of disappearing Russian village
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Overview, Photos, Regions
In addition to the recent post about Classical Russian village views here are the sceneries of life of another disappearing Russian village.
The village is called Zenkovo and is located in Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug (region). The pictures were captured by padunskiy (all the photos are clickable).
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Tolyatti is the second largest city of Samara oblast and is known first of all as the home town of the largest Russian auto factory “AVTOVAZ”.
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The color photos of Russia before World War I
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in History, People, Video
The following video presents a small number of color photos captured by Russian photographer Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky in the beginning of 20th century. Unique photos give us the opportunity to see the life of Russian Empire in color just before its end.
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The Gothic style cathedral of Lipetsk oblast photos
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions, Religion
The following cathedral is located near the village of Veshalovka of Lipetsk oblast and unlike the great number of other beautiful and original churches of Russia is under the process of restoration now. The photos were captured by muph (all the pictures are clickable).
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We have added the information about Ufa city features, places of interest, transport system.
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The expedition to Russian Far North
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Nature, Regions, Travel, Video
In addition to the previous post about the travel to Karskoye Sea coast of Russian North here is an interesting video of this travel by ashotog.
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Saratov city page was updated
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in RussiaTrek.org News
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The expedition to Russian Far North photos
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions, Travel
The following photos were captured during the expedition to the coast of Karskoye Sea on the territory of Yamal peninsula of Russia (Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrug).
The region is extremely rich in natural gas (about 20% of all known natural gas deposits of Russia). The pictures were taken by nub1an and frederick-taer. And here is the video report.
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