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Your Russian holiday: Choosing between Moscow and St. Petersburg
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Travel
If you’ve never been to Russia and you’re planning your first trip, you’re almost certainly considering a visit to either Moscow or St. Petersburg. Maybe you even plan to see both. But as they are roughly 400 miles apart, perhaps it’s wise to visit only one of these great cities – especially as there is so much to see and do in each place.
Anyone who has been to both will testify how different the cities are to each other. Since the time of Peter the Great, Moscow has been described as “the heart of Russia”, and St. Petersburg “the head”. Let’s take a quick look at what each city has to offer tourists, so that you can choose the best city for your next holiday.
Differences in architecture
Lukoil Building, Moscow (Source – Licence)
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Chara Sands – one of the smallest deserts in the world
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
Chara Sands, a tract in Kalarsky district of the Zabaikalsky region, is a sandy area (10×5 kilometers) located in Chara valley, in the foothills of Kodar ridge, 9 km from the village of Char, between the valleys of the rivers Chara, Middle Sakukan, and Upper Sakukan.
It is a geological monument of nature surrounded by larch taiga and swamps. Novaya Chara, a station on the Baikal-Amur railway, is located 10 km from this place.
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Snowy winter on Lake Teletskoye
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
Lake Teletskoye is a lake located in the south of Western Siberia, in the Altai Republic, to the south-east of Gorno-Altaisk. It is the largest lake in the Altai Mountains.
Indigenous peoples call it Altyn Kol (Golden Lake). The length of the lake is 77.7 km, the width – 2-3 km, the depth – up to 325 meters.
Lake Teletskoye during snowfall
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St. Petersburg at night – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
St. Petersburg (Petrograd in 1914-1924, Leningrad in 1924-1991), located in the northwest of Russia on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of the Neva River, was the capital of the country for more than 300 years, from 1712 to 1918.
It is the northernmost city in the world with a population of over one million people and one of the most important centers of tourism in Russia. The historic center of St. Petersburg is included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO. Photos by: Stanislav Zaburdaev.
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May the new year bring you greater heights of success and prosperity. Have a happy New Year!
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The center of Moscow decorated for New Year holidays
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Holidays, Photos, Travel
This year, the center of Moscow was completely transformed to celebrate the Christmas holidays. All together it is called a festival “Journey to Christmas.” Everything looks pretty nice and cozy.
In Red Square, for example, a large fair and skating rink were opened. Here you can taste Russian pancakes, hot Christmas drinks. Let’s walk through the streets of the city and see how Moscow prepared to welcome the new year. Photos by: Dmitriy Chistoprudov for VOSTOK agency.
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Top 10 posts about Russia in 2015
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, RussiaTrek.org News
Traditionally, summing up the year, let’s take a look at some blog posts about Russia that were the most popular in 2015.
1. Propaganda posters of Soviet space program (1958-1963) – Part 1. It is also the most popular post in our blog of all time.
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Winter in Ufa – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Ufa, a city with a population of over one million people, is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The city stands on the banks of the Belaya River, 1340 km east of Moscow.
Ufa is the third longest city in Russia after Sochi and Volgograd. Let’s fly over Ufa and look at the city in winter time. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
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Winter fairytale of the Kola Peninsula
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula with a total area of about 100,000 sq. km located in the northwest of the European part of Russia, in the Murmansk region.
Almost the whole area is located above the Arctic Circle. On the north, it is washed by the waters of the Barents Sea, in the south and east – by the waters of the White Sea.
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The Magic of the Russian North – Polar Lights near Novy Urengoy
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
Novy Urengoy is a city located in the northern part of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region. It is the unofficial “natural gas production capital” of Russia.
This city, located on the boundary of the subarctic climate, is a great place for watching the Northern Lights. Here is an example. If you visited the territory around the city in the first half of November 2015, you would see the following beautiful scenery. Photos by: Kamil Nureev.
night landscape in shades of green
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