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Strange self-made outdoor toys in Russia
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Funny, Regions
In the vast expanses of Russia, you can find almost everything – amazingly beautiful natural sites and diverse works of human hands.
Probably the strangest of these creations are bizarre and often creepy self-made toys standing in the open air almost anywhere where people live.
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Majestic churches of Tambov in spring
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Travel
Late spring is one of the best times of the year to visit Russia – the weather is already warm, streets has been cleaned after winter, and you are surrounded by greenery and flowers.
For example, let’s visit Tambov, a city with a population of about 300 thousand people located 460 kilometers south-east of Moscow, and enjoy the views of the local places of worship in spring. Photos by: Pavel Labutin.
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The amazing beauty of Lake Akkem
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
Akkem is a lake situated in Altai mountains, at the foot of the northern slope of Mount Belukha, in the territory of Ust-Koksinsky district of the Altai Republic. Ak-kem means “white water” in the Altai language.
The lake, elongated from north to south, is fed by melt water of Akkem glacier. The length of the lake is 1,350 meters, the width – 610 m., the average depth – 7.8 m. Lake Akkem is a natural monument and part of the National Park “Belukha” created in 1997. Lake Akkem on Google Maps. Photos by: Anton Petrus.
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Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug or simply Yugra is located in the heart of Russia – in the north of Western Siberia. It is the main oil and natural gas region of the country and one of the largest oil producing regions in the world (about 60% of Russian oil).
Yugra climate is equivalent to the climate of the Far North. This region is the native place of indigenous peoples of the Khanty and Mansi. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
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The Museum-Reserve Peterhof at the time of flowering tulips
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Travel
The Museum-Reserve Peterhof is a monument of world architecture and palace-park art located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland in the town of Peterhof in Petrodvorets district of St. Petersburg.
Peterhof includes several palace and park ensembles, formed in the 18th – the beginning of the 20th centuries. It looks especially colorful in late spring when the tulips bloom. Photos by: Yuri Yuhanson.
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Frosty January on Murinskiy Stream in St. Petersburg
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos
Murinskiy Park is located in the Kalinin district of St. Petersburg between Grazhdansky Avenue and Kultury Avenue, in the floodplain of Murinskiy Stream, the right tributary of the Okhta River.
On the bank of the stream, there is an Orthodox church – Church of the Presentation of the Lord built in the 2000s. Murinskiy Park on Google Maps. Photos by: Eduard Gordeev.
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Nilov Monastery on Lake Seliger
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Religion
Nilov Monastery is an Orthodox monastery located on Stolobny Island and partly on Svetlitsa Peninsula, 10 km north of the town of Ostashkov, on Lake Seliger in the Tver region.
The monastery was named after Reverend Nilus Stolobensky born at the end of the 15th century. The magnificent monastery complex that you can see today was erected in the 18th-19th centuries. At that time it was one of the largest monasteries in the Russian Empire and the most visited Russian shrine. Nilov Monastery on Google Maps. Photos by: Denis Spirin.
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The festival of nature “Undisturbed Russia”
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
“Undisturbed Russia” is one of the most ambitious and interesting festivals attracting a lot of lovers of the beauty of Russian nature. The festival is held annually since 2014.
Within one month unique works of nature photographers are exhibited in Moscow, and then the people living in other cities in Russia will also get a chance to see them.
Nikolai Sokolov – “Fairy Tale”
beautiful photos of amazing Russian nature
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St. Petersburg, the capital of the Russian state in 1712-1918, is located in the north-west of the country. The climate in the city is temperate, transitional from temperate continental to temperate maritime.
Winters are usually fairly warm with an average temperature of about -5 degrees Celsius. However, sometimes there are days, when the temperature drops to -20 degrees Celsius and the following series of photos was taken in one of these cold days. Photos by: Anna Anikina.
frosty and sunny St. Petersburg
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Holy Cross Cathedral on the White Mountain in the Perm region
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Travel
Belogorsky St. Nicholas Orthodox monastery is a monastery located on the edge of the Ural White Mountain, 120 kilometers south of the city of Perm.
Holy Cross Cathedral of the monastery, built in the neo-Byzantine style on the model of St. Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev, is particularly picturesque in winter when the building and everything around it is covered with snow. Belogorsky monastery on Google Maps. Photos by: Mikhail Turkeev.
