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The beauty of the mountainous Adygea
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
Adygea is a republic within the Russian Federation, a part of the Southern Federal District. The territory of the republic is entirely surrounded by another region of Russia – Krasnodar krai.
The mountainous part of Adygea is included in the UNESCO list of World Natural Heritage. There are plenty of waterfalls, caves, rocks for climbing, gorges, canyons, rivers, alpine meadows, pine and fir forests.
Tags: Adygeya Republic · landscapes
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Two castles of Yoshkar-Ola
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Travel
Anyone coming to Yoshkar-Ola, the capital of Mari-El Republic, will definitely experience cognitive dissonance. The architecture of the city includes Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Islam; European and Asian motifs; skill and carelessness.
Let’s look at just two interesting new buildings. These two castles were built over the past four years in the center of the city, on the bank of the Malaya Kokshaga River. The new Republican Puppet Theater and the office complex “12 Apostles”. Photos by Dmitry Gazin
unusual urban landscape for Russia
Tags: Yoshkar-Ola city
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Just an attempt to hijack a train in Moscow region
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Society
This news is from the series “This is possible only in Russia.”
October 22, at 03:32 in the morning, an unknown person entered the territory of the train depot Lobnya (about 15 km from Moscow), climbed into the cabin of one of the trains, started the engine and escaped.
Tags: Moscow city · Moskovskaya oblast
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Concrete-and-glass symbols of the 21st century Moscow
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities
Moscow International Business Center “Moscow City” is a business district being built on Presnenskaya waterfront in Moscow. This place brings together business, apartments, and leisure.
Construction is carried out on the site of a former quarry, on a total area of about 100 hectares. In 2014, the volume of investments reached $ 12 billion. Photos by Sergey Anashkevitch
a couple of sunset views of Moscow
Tags: Moscow city
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Let’s fly a helicopter over Lake Baikal
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world located in eastern Siberia (on the territory of the Republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk region). It is the largest reservoir of fresh water on our planet.
Because of the large size (more than 23 thousand square km), Baikal is often called the sea. The greatest depth of the lake is 1642 meters. Photos by Stepanov Slava
Tags: Buryat Republic · Irkutsk oblast
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The tale about a Russian soldier rescuing a cat
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Funny, Video
It’s just a perfect illustration of the phrase that has become a cruise in today’s Russia – “We wanted the best, it turned out as always.” (turn on the subtitles)
Tags: Nizhny Novgorod city
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Early morning at the Staritskiy Holy Dormition Monastery
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Religion, Travel
The Staritskiy Holy Dormition Monastery is an Orthodox Monastery located in the town of Staritsa in Tver region.
The monastery was founded in the first half of the 16th century. In 1919, the monastery was closed, and, in 1930, the wall with corner towers, that surrounded the monastery, was demolished. By 2013, the monastery was restored in its original form. Photo by Ilya Melikhov
Tags: Tver oblast
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South Kamchatka Reserve – the most bearish place in Russia
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
South Kamchatka Reserve, located in the south of the Kamchatka Peninsula, is a part of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve.
According to the author of these photos Igor Shpilenok: “Kamchatka is the most bearish place in Russia. And South Kamchatka Reserve is the most bearish place of Kamchatka.” It’s easy to believe in it looking at these beautiful pictures.
Tags: Kamchatka krai
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Scenic views of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is a city with a population of about 180,000 people located in the Far East of Russia, the administrative center of Kamchatka region.
This city, founded in 1740, is located in the southeastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula on the shores of the Avachinskaya Bay of the Pacific Ocean. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky cityscape is dominated by a pair of active volcanoes. It is the naval base the Russian Pacific Fleet. Photos by Denis Mukimov
most eastern large Russian city
Tags: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city
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Kul-Sharif Mosque – one of the main sights of Kazan
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Kul Sharif Mosque is standing on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin. It is the main mosque of the Republic of Tatarstan and Kazan.
Construction of the mosque began in 1996. It was a re-creation of the legendary mosque of the capital of the Kazan Khanate that was destroyed during the storming of Kazan by the troops of Ivan the Terrible in October 1552.
Tags: Kazan city · Tatarstan Republic