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2014-10-29

Malye Korely, Russia

Malye Korely (Russian: Малые Корелы) is a village in Primorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, in the north of Russia. The main sight of the village is an open-air museum, featuring the traditional wooden architecture of Arkhangelsk area. The museum is located on the right bank of the Northern Dvina River close to the mouth of the Korelka River, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast from the city of Arkhangelsk.

2014-03-22

Kemerovo, Russia

Kemerovo is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River, east-northeast of Novosibirsk, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Basin.


Kizhi Pogost, Russia

Kizhi Pogost is a historical site dating from the 17th century on Kizhi island. The island is located on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia (Medvezhyegorsky District), Russia. The pogost is the area inside a fence which includes two large wooden churches (the 22-dome Transfiguration Church and the 9-dome Intercession Church) and a bell-tower. The pogost is famous for its beauty and longevity, despite that it is built exclusively of wood. In 1990, it was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites and in 1993 listed as a Russian Cultural Heritage site.


2014-03-21

Tver, Russia

Tver is a city and the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia. Located north of Moscow, Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian Empire. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa Rivers. The city was known as Kalinin from 1931 to 1990.


2014-03-19

Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia

Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia; it is located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga.


2014-03-18

Kaliningrad, Russia

Kaliningrad, formerly called Königsberg is a seaport city and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and European Union members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia.


2014-03-16

Yoshkar-Ola. Kremlin., Mari El Republic

Yoshkar-Ola  is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari. The current name is the third to have been given to the city. The city was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk  before 1919 and as Krasnokokshaysk  between 1919 and 1927. These names were derived from the name of the Malaya Kokshaga River, which runs through the city. The city's old Mari name was Charla.

Samara, Samara Oblast

Samara, known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev, is the sixth largest[5] city in Russia and the administrative center of Samara Oblast. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers on the east bank of the Volga.


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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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.