Tag: “Russia”

43 places found.

  1. 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.

  2. Bogolyubovo

    Bogolyubovo, a small yet historic settlement on Russia's famed Golden Ring, was founded in approximately 1158 by Prince Andrei Bogolyubski. It is currently the location of the Bogolyubski Monastery and the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl.

  3. Assumption Cathedral

    The Assumption Cathedral (Usspensky Sobor in Russian), located in Cathedral Square, Vladimir, Russia, dates from 1158.

  4. Downtown Irkutsk

    Located along the Angara River, Irkutsk is often called "the Paris of Siberia" because of its wide boulevards and its commitment to the arts.

  5. Knyaginin Monastery

    The Knyaginin Monastery is actually a convent (the Russian word monastyr is used for both monasteries and convents), founded in Vladimir in the 17th century.

  6. Knyaz-Vladimirskaya Church

    The bright yellow Knyaz-Vladimirskaya Church dates from 1785. It's located near the eastern edge of the center of Vladimir, in the midst of a large cemetery.

  7. Tula Kremlin

    Despite the Western view that "kremlin" is a word solely associated with Moscow, the word translates as fortresss. Centuries ago, all Russian cities had a central, walled kremlin.

  8. Moscow Kremlin

    The Moscow Kremlin is the historic heart of Moscow, home to Tsars, Soviet bureaucrats and modern Russian politicians alike, the Kremlin contains not only government buildings but museums, monuments, and historic cathedrals.

  9. Bogoyavlensky Church

    Located along the bank of the Angara River in downtown Irkutsk, the vibrant colors of this church make it definitely worth seeing.

  10. American Home

    The American Home, located at ul. Letneperevozinskaya 3 in Vladimir, Russia opened in 1992.

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