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Poklonnaya Hill is a gentle rise in the Dorogomilovo district of western Moscow, by Kutuzovsky Prospekt. From the 14th century until the present memorial was built, the old Smolensk road ran across it, the route by which foreign envoys entered the city and Russian troops returned from their campaign
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Shaman Rock, also known as Cape Burkhan, is a twin-peaked rock on Olkhon Island in the Olkhon district of Irkutsk Oblast, about 1 km from the village of Khuzhir and roughly 285 km from Irkutsk. It is one of the nine sacred shrines of Asia and the only one located in Russia: for centuries Buryat sham
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The Blue Stone, or Siny Kamen, lies on the northeastern shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo in the Yaroslavl region, a few kilometers from Pereslavl-Zalessky, next to Alexandrova Hill and the remains of the ancient settlement of Kleshchin. It is a huge boulder about 3 meters long, 2.2 to 2.5 meters wide, and
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The Cascade Staircase in Kislovodsk forms the grand northern entrance to Kislovodsk National Park. It serves as a direct link between the city center and the park above, extending from Dzerzhinsky Prospekt and climbing to the Middle Park without the winding alleys. The structure rises approximately
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Seydozero is a sacred lake of the Sami people in the Lovozero tundra on the Kola Peninsula, in Russia's Murmansk region. It lies in the Lovozersky municipal district; the nearest settlements are the village of Lovozero and the settlement of Revda. The lake is about 8 km long and 1.5-2.5 km wide, at
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Большой земляной крест высотой 3 метра. Использовался для тренировки авиации для сброса бомб. 51.880806, 55.351778
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The Family Center "Kazan" (known locally as "the Bowl") is the main wedding palace (ZAGS) of Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, built in the shape of a giant kazan — a traditional cast cauldron. It stands on the right bank of the Kazanka River, near the northern end of the Kremlin dam in t
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In the historical center of Orenburg, at the intersection of Pobeda Avenue and Zhukov Street, there is an unusual building - a water tower. Its history begins at the beginning of the 20th century, when a city square arose on the site of a once empty space. As the city grew, the need for water source
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The ancient stone gazebo-rotunda, located in the center of Orenburg city in Lenin Square, on Lenin Street, is a 19th-century architectural monument. It was created during the governorship of Peter Kirillovich Essen (1817-1830) and was originally situated in the Zaural Grove of the city. In the 1890s
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Открыт 8 ноября 2016 года. Ранее - Димитриевская церковь
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The Museum of the History of Orenburg is a significant cultural center that represents the rich local history heritage of the city and its environs. Located in a historic building of the 19th century, the museum has become a symbol of the preservation and transmission of historical memory. The main
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The Orenburg Assumption Convent is a historical Orthodox convent located in the city of Orenburg. It was founded in 1872 and closed in 1923, but was reestablished in 2013. The full name of the convent is the Orenburg Holy Assumption Women's Monastery of the Orenburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox
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The Caravanserai in Orenburg is a historical and architectural complex at 6 Parkovy Prospekt, built between 1837 and 1846 to a design by architect Alexander Bryullov, to house the office of the commander of the Bashkir-Meshcheryak army, a hostel, and schools for Bashkirs and Mishars. History Th
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Главная водонапорная башня ЖД станции Оренбург,была построена в начале 20 века. Как раз тогда ЖД Москва - Ташкент добралась до Оренбурга.Сегодна башня не используется,но железнодорожники содержат её в идеальном состоянии... Подробнее смотрите в моей группе ТАИНСТВЕННЫЕ МЕСТА ОРЕНБУРЖЬЯ !
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In the historical part of Orenburg, a unique heritage is preserved - the estate of lawyer Yevsey Gorodissky, which has become the object of many urban legends. The brick mansion, known as the "House with Lions", was erected in 1906 on Neplyuevskaya Street, now known as Leninskaya Street, in the hist
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Когда на Оренбургских Каргалинских медных рудниках стало нечем плавить медь т.к. сожгли все окрестные деревья,промышленники Твердышев и Мясников решили строить медеплавильные заводы в Башкирии... Вот один из них - в селе Верхотор,сюда на подводах возили медную руду из Каргалинских рудников. Здесь за
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Izumrudnoye recreation center is an abandoned Young Pioneer camp in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in northern Ukraine, on the shore of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's cooling pond, near the former village of Lelev, amid a pine forest. Before the 1986 accident, the camp was a popular holiday spot
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Bald Mountain is the peak of the Sokolyi Mountains closest to Samara, on the right bank of the Volga in the city's Krasnoglinsky District. Locals sometimes call it "Lyska": the name comes from its bare summit, devoid of vegetation, which contrasts with the dense forest on its slopes. Bald Mountain s
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Kul Sharif Mosque is the main cathedral mosque of Tatarstan and a symbol of Kazan, located within the Kazan Kremlin — a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed on the list in 2000. It opened on 24 June 2005, for the city's 1000th anniversary celebrations. Its snow-white marble walls, turquoise domes an
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Yanov Station is a real, not fictional, railway station in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, near the city of Pripyat in Ukraine, on the Chernihiv-Ovruch line of the South-Western Railway. It was built long before the Chernobyl accident and remains part of the zone's infrastructure, even though it has l
