2013-07-19

Tajin, Mexico

El Tajín is a pre-Columbian archeological site and one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica. The site is located in the highlands of the municipality of Papantla in modern day Veracruz, not far from the city of Poza Rica, which lies northwest of the port and city of Veracruz.The site was known to the local Totonac, whose ancestors may also have built the city, as El Tajín, which was said to mean “of thunder or lightning bolt”.



2013-04-12

Angarsk, Russia

Angarsk is a city and the administrative center of Angarsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kitoy River, 51 kilometers (32 mi) from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.





2013-02-08

Arkhangelsk, Russia

Arkhangelsk is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea, in the north of European Russia. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (25 mi) along the banks of the river and numerous islands of its delta. Arkhangelsk was the chief seaport of medieval Russia, until 1703. It is served by the Talagi Airport and a smaller Vaskovo Airport. The city is located at the northern end of a 1,133-kilometer (704 mi) long railway, connecting it to Moscow via Vologda and Yaroslavl.

 

2013-02-05

Petrozavodsk, Russia

Петрозаводск  — город на северо-западе России, столица и самый крупный город Республики Карелия, административный центр Прионежского района. Образует муниципальное образование Петрозаводский городской округ.
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Краеведческий музей, Памятник Петру I, Ротонда, Онежская набережная




2013-01-22

Ulyanovsk, Russia

Ulyanovsk is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 893 kilometers (555 mi) east from Moscow. The city, originally founded as Simbirsk , is the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (originally named Ulyanov), for whom it was renamed in 1924.