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Lake Sinara is a large lake of tectonic origin in the Kasli district of Chelyabinsk Oblast, on the border with the Snezhinsk urban district, a few kilometers from the city of Snezhinsk. The lake stretches from northwest to southeast for about 8 kilometers, its width ranges from 1 to 5.5 kilometers (
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Dimitrova Bay is the largest bay on the Pacific coast of Shikotan Island, the southernmost of the Kuril Islands, in Sakhalin Oblast. It lies in the Yuzhno-Kurilsky municipal district, on the island's southeastern shore, about 2.5 nautical miles southwest of Mayachnaya Bay. What it is The bay has
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Ekarma Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the northern Kuril chain, in the Sea of Okhotsk. Administratively it belongs to the North Kuril municipal district of Sakhalin Oblast and lies between the islands of Chirinkotan and Shiashkotan. The whole island is occupied by an active volcano and
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The Monument to the Letter "O" is a wrought-metal monument in Vologda, Vologda Oblast, Russia, erected in 2012 in honor of local "okanye" — a feature of the Russian North dialect in which unstressed "o" is pronounced clearly instead of turning into an "a" sound. It stands in a small park on Soborna
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One of the most unusual sights in northern Russia, where you can see the so-called "Underground Geyser". Despite its name, this is not a genuine geyser in the geological sense, but a self-flowing artesian borehole drilled back in the 20th century. Over time it became a local landmark and a popular s
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The Karpov spring is a unique source of clean drinking water, located in a dacha area in the village of Aleksandrovka, not far from the city of Penza. This spring has become a real attraction thanks to the efforts of the Honored Artist of Russia German Trifonovich Karpov. Independently and at his o
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The Tourist Monument, also called the Tired Tourist, is a bronze genre sculpture in Veliky Novgorod. It sits on the granite parapet of the Volkhov embankment on the Trade Side, by the Kremlin pedestrian bridge, next to Yaroslav's Court and facing the Novgorod Kremlin. It is one of the city's most po
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The Gostiny Dvor arcade in Veliky Novgorod is a significant historical structure that embodies the architectural heritage of the city. Initially, Gostiny Dvor was built at the end of the 17th century and had a fortification function, representing a square with two towers. At the end of the 18th cen
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The Church of St Philip the Apostle and St Nicholas the Wonderworker is a working Orthodox church on the Trade Side of Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, at 34 Nikolskaya Street; historically the site belonged to Nutnaya Street. It is a double church: two churches, St Philip's and St Nicholas's, stan
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This stretch of stone masonry on Pankratova Street in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, is a surviving fragment of an ancient town defensive rampart, part of the medieval fortification system of Novgorod. Defenses of medieval Novgorod Novgorod was ringed by several lines of fortifications. The largest w
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The Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour on Ilyina Street is a stone church of 1374 on the Trade Side of Veliky Novgorod, close to Yaroslav's Court. It is known for its frescoes by Theophanes the Greek, painted in 1378. No services are held here: the church is a museum of the Novgorod Museum
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The Transfiguration Church in Kovalyovo (Church of the Savior's Transfiguration on Kovalyovo) is an inactive Orthodox church near Veliky Novgorod, the former cathedral of the Kovalyovo (Spassky) Monastery, one of the small suburban monasteries founded with funds from noble Novgorodians. The church w
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Ilmen (Old Russian name Ilmer) is a large lake in the western part of the Novgorod region. It is part of the drainage basin of the Baltic Sea and is a post-glacial reservoir with picturesque shores and a rich history. The area of the lake is 982 km², but depending on the water level it can vary fro
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The Sorochinskoye Reservoir, located near Sorochinsk in the Orenburg region, is a significant artificial reservoir. It was created in 1997 and is located 402 km from the mouth of the Samara River. Its length along the Samara River is 28 km, and along the Bolshoi Uran River - 18 km. At a normal retai
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The Nugush reservoir is the largest artificial reservoir, formed in 1967 on the channel of the Belaya River - the Nugush River. Its formation is associated with the construction of the Nugush hydroelectric power station, the total capacity of which is about 11 MW. The reservoir has a length of about
