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The carnival-parade at the festival GrelkaFest in Sheregesh
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Funny, People
If you love skiing, you should definitely visit the annual festival GrelkaFest held in April in Sheregesh – the most popular ski resort in Russia, located in the south of the Kemerovo region.
This time of year the weather is already warm enough. One of the main features of the festival is a massive ski descent of the participants wearing bikinis. From 2015, the participants also take part in a special ski descent wearing bright carnival costumes.
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“BelAZ 75600” – the biggest truck in the former USSR
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Business, Economics, Photos, Technology
Bachatskiy coal open-cast mine, located in Belovo city (Kemerovo oblast) is one of the largest mines of the Kuzbass (total area is about 20 square kilometers, depth – 300 meters). Annual production amounts to more than 8 million 700 thousand tons.
The mine produces fuel for energy and metallurgical industries of Russia and other countries around the world.
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The ship-house in Kemerovo oblast
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
The following unusual house was constructed by Nikolay Orekhov living in Borovoy settlement of Kemerovo oblast, Russia. Among the neighbors of Nikolay the house is also known as Nikolay’s Ark. The photos were captured by Viktor Borisov (all pictures are clickable).
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