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Polish president plane Tu-154 en route from Warsaw to Smolensk on Saturday crashed during landing in Smolensk Oblast killing all 132 passengers on board, including President of Poland Lech Kaczynski and his wife.

The airplane was landing in heavy fog. The government of Smolensk region said that nobody survived the plane crash. They clarified that during the landing approach Tu-154 touched the treetops and hit the ground, and then split up and caught fire.

Kaczynski was flying today in Smolensk, to visit the memorial “Katyn”. Today there are ceremonies in regard to the 70th anniversary of the massacre of Polish officers.

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“According to preliminary information, there were 18 German tourists and flight crew on board of the MI-8,” a spokesman for the Far East Emergencies Ministry Sergei Viktorov said.

Mi-8 helicopter

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Orenburg oblast page was updated

The information about Orenburg oblast history, economics, climate was added.

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Aleksandrovsky monastery of Suzdal city (Vladimirskaya oblast) was founded in 1240 but the buildings we can see today were constructed in 1695 (photos by Padunskiy).

Suzdal city Russia Aleksandrovsky monastery

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Omsk oblast page was updated

The info about Omsk oblast history, economics, climate was added.

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The explosion of an oil reservoir

Russia is known as an important exporter of oil, so there are a lot of oil industry infrastructure objects all over the country, sometimes something goes wrong and…

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Novosibirsk oblast page was updated

The information about history, natural resources, economics of Novosibirsk oblast was added.

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The following photos were captured during the military exercise of Kantemirovskaya tank division somewhere in Moskovskaya oblast by Chistoprudov Dmitriy. The division is armed with tanks T-80 and infantry fighting vehicles BMP-2 (the photos are clickable).

Russian army armoured division military exercise

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Novgorod oblast page was updated

The information about climate, resources, history, economics of Novgorod oblast of Russia was added.

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Russian submarine museum excursion photos

The following diesel-electric submarine (project 641 “B-440”, NATO classification “Foxtrot”) is located in a small town Vytegra of Vologda oblast and is a museum now (the photos captured by Russos, clickable).

Russian submarine museum view

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