Tag: “Russia”
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Lake Baikal
Located in Siberian Russia, Lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake, containing 1/5 of the world's fresh water. It is home to numerous species which live only in the waters of Baikal.
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Vsekhsvyatsky Cathedral
Located just up the hill from downtown Tula, Vsekhsvyatsky Cathedral is worth seeing - as is its accompanying cemetery.
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Golden Gates
The Golden Gates were constructed in 1158, as the fortified western entrance to the city of Vladimir. It remains a central landmark of the city, and houses a small museum.
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Angara River
The Angara River flows through the city of Irkutsk in Siberian Russia. The banks of the river are an ideal spot for strolling with your friends.
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Gorky Park
Gorky Park has been described as the Russian Disneyland, although anyone visiting the park with those expectations will be sorely disappointed. I would describe it as more of the Russian equivalent to a county fair.
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Beslan School Number 1
From Wikipedia:
The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan massacre) began when a group of armed terrorists, demanding an end to the Second Chechen War, took more than 1,100 schoolchildren and adults hostage on September 1, 2004, at School Number One (SNO) in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania, an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. On the third day of the standoff, Russian security forces stormed the building using tanks, thermobaric rockets and other heavy weapons. -
St, Isaac's Cathedral
St. Isaac's in St.
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Angels
A detail from the large and ornately carved front doors of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St.
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Surreal Siberia
In May of 2006, I traveled to a remote part of Siberian Russia: Olkhon Island, located on Lake Baikal. This is my story.
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Beslan School Number One
On September 1 2004, terrorists stormed School Number One and took over 1,100 hostages. In all, more than 330 died, most were children.
