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A trip to Naryan-Mar by winter road
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions, Travel
Naryan-Mar city is the capital of Nenets Autonomous Okrug located behind the Arctic Circle (permafrost zone, polar night during December and January).
The city is the main base of exploring Timano-Pechorskaya gas and oil province. The following photos were captured by Russian photo blogger Frederick Taer during his journey to Naryan-Mar.
Tags: Naryan-Mar city · Nenets okrug · Russian road
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Vladimir city page was added
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in RussiaTrek.org News
Vladimir city, the capital of Vladimirskaya oblast of Russia, is one of the cities on the famous route “Golden Rind of Russia”. There are a lot of various architectural and historical monuments on the territory of the city.
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Soviet people of 1925-1930th photos
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos, Society
The following photos of Soviet people life of 1925-1930th were captured by Russian photographer and journalist Boris Ignatovich.
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Ulyanovsk city page was added
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in RussiaTrek.org News
Ulyanovsk is the capital of Ulyanovskaya oblast of Russia named after the leader of Russian October Revolution of 1917 Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin). The former name of the city – Simbirsk.
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Saint Petersburg city rainy weather views
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Saint Petersburg is known for its rainy weather and with the help of the following animated photos you have a chance to feel the true spirit of this beautiful Russian city.
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Izhevsk city is the capital of Udmurtia Republic of Russia. The city is well known for its military industries and especially as a center of submachine guns and rifles production. By the way the post #100 of our blog :)
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North Caucasian Federal District page was added
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in RussiaTrek.org News
Yesterday, the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree of creating new federal district of Russia – North Caucasian Federal District. The district was split from Southern Federal District and includes the republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia and Stavropolsky krai.
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Information about Kazan city history, transport system was added. Kazan, the capital city of Tatarstan Republic, is one of the largest and important Russian financial and cultural centers.
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The churches of Tula oblast photos
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
A lot of villages of Russia have the remains of beautiful churches abandoned during the Soviet times like the following ones captured by Viktor Borisov in Tula oblast (the photos are clickable).
Tags: churches · Tula oblast
The beautiful views of Russian churches and the beautiful music of great Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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