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Media in category "Featured pictures of Russia" The following 56 files are in this category, out of 56 total. 2020-09-16 165855 Soviet submarine B-515.jpg 7,296 × 3,648; 20.1 MB
At a depth of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft), Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and contains about 20% of world's unfrozen fresh water. It is also the oldest lake in the world, with an age of 25 million years. Due to its characteristics, it is home to a unique combination of freshwater flora and fauna, with many endemic species. [15]
Media in category "Images of Russia" The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total. Badge "25 years victory in the war 1941-1945".jpg 600 × 800; 118 KB
Although Severnaya Zemlya lies not far off the northern coast of Siberia, cartographers did not formally record it until the 20th century. Earlier explorers deemed that there was a land mass in the general area - note for example the report by Matvei Gedenschtrom and Yakov Sannikov made in 1810 at the time of their exploration of the New Siberian Islands.
The Most Beautiful Villages in Russia (Russian: Самые красивые деревни России) is an association established in Russia in 2014 to promote rural tourism. It is part of an international network including Les Plus Beaux Villages de France and The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan . [ 1 ]
The English explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith, sighted Alexandra Land in 1880, but did not land.He named the area for Alexandra, then Princess of Wales. [6] An alternative account states that the name "Alexandra Land" commemorates Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783–1801), who became Archduchess of Austria in 1799 upon her marriage to Archduke Joseph of Austria, Palatine of Hungary ...
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The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, [1] have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2] [3] The patrimony embraces eight medieval limestone monuments of Zalesye [citation needed] from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. [2] They include Russian Orthodox churches and a monastery, [1] as well as a ...