Russia in pictures

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Memorial to Medieval Russian prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky opened in Pskov region.

 

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Alexander Nevsky cathedral opened in Volgograd.

 

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Ryazan' (Рязань)

 

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Kolomna, small town in Moscow region. Local Kremlin was one of the largest Russian fortresses of early 16 ct.

 

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Russian Cossacks Flanking Saber

 

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Memorial to Medieval Russian prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky opened in Pskov region.
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Was Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg named after him?

 

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Was Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg named after him?

Yes.
New embankment in Tyumen (Syberia).

 

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Russian architecture and public monuments are awesome. Russian climate, particularly in Russian heartland is horrid which rather cramps everything.

 

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Bronze monument "The Millennium of Russia" (Russian: Тысячелетие России, romanized: Tysyacheletiye Rossii) in the Novgorod Kremlin, opened in 1862.

 

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Yamal peninsula, Russian Far North

 

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Maikop, the capital of the small Caucasian republic of Adygea

 

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Barnaul, the capital of Altai

 

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Cheboksary, the capital city of Chuvashia

 

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New historical complex "Chersonesos Tauride" to be built in Sevastopol, Crimea. Construction have been started recently.