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The Pripyat Ferris wheel is the most recognizable symbol of the abandoned city of Pripyat and the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine's Kyiv Oblast. The 26-metre-tall ride stands in the city's amusement park, next to the Energetik Palace of Culture and the Polissya Hotel, right in the center
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The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was once the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, located on the bank of the Pripyat River, 16 km from the border with Belarus and about 100 km north of Kyiv. The plant's address is the city of Pripyat, Kyiv Oblast, within the Exclusion Zone. Its coordinates are
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The "Vostok-6" children's summer camp is abandoned and no longer in operation, located on the outskirts of Orenburg next to other children's camps that are still active. Abandoned "Vostok-6" belongs to a group of Orenburg children's camps known as "Dubki". All of these camps lie in a forested area n
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The Claw of Death, also known as the Vise of Death, is one of the most radioactive and well-known objects in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, located in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine. It is a West German-made grapple bucket that was used in the clean-up after the explosion at Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuc
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On the territory of the Saraktash district, adjacent to Bashkiria, there is a natural object - a natural monument "Andreevskie cones". This name is given to a chain of five hills that attract attention with their shape and uniqueness. The hills got their name from their shape and in honor of the vil
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The village of Krasno (Krasne in Ukrainian) is located 6 kilometers directly from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This is a very short distance, but the village and the station are separated by the huge lake “Starik” (a tributary of the Pripyat River). To get to Krasno, we need to drive about 30
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The kaolin quarry, known as the Ural "Bali", is located in the Chelyabinsk region, near the city of Kyshtym. This unique landscape is striking in its beauty: the azure water washing the white beaches gives it a resemblance to the tropical beaches of Bali in the Malay Archipelago. The quarry was use
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Blue Lake (Bashkir: Zängär kül) is a small spring-fed lake in the Karmaskalinsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, by the village of Podlubovo, about 40 km south of Ufa as the crow flies. Since 2003 it has been protected as a hydrological natural monument of regional significanc
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The sculpture "Barge Haulers on the Volga" stands in Samara, on the embankment of the Volga River. The bronze composition, based on Ilya Repin's famous painting, was unveiled in 2014 to mark the 170th anniversary of the artist's birth. The author of the sculpture is Samara artist Nikolai Kuklev. ##
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Gagarin Field, located at the landing site of Yuri Gagarin after his historic flight into space, is a memorial complex that was recognized as a “landmark site of federal significance” in 2012. This complex is included in the “Park of Space Conquerors”, the first stage of which was opened in April 20
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Lazurny is an indoor swimming pool in the abandoned city of Pripyat, which has become one of the symbols of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. Located in the Exclusion Zone of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on Sportivnaya Street, Lazurny was an important sports facility in the city. Hav
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SKAS (the North Caucasus Astronomical Station) is an observatory of Kazan Federal University (KFU) in the Zelenchuksky District of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. The station observes comets, asteroids and other Solar System objects, and also carries out astrometry and astrophotography. History
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The singing fountains in Yekaterinburg on Plotinka are a wonderful landmark of the city, which gives it a special charm and atmosphere. These fountains create an incredible experience for locals and visitors alike. The technical component of the structure includes more than 100 nozzles and about 20
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The sculptural composition called “Three Screws” was installed in the Lenin Square in Ufa in the fall of 2013. This monument is an architectural composition in the form of a stylized name of the city in the Bashkir language. The monument project was discussed at various meetings on city identity and
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The Eral-Simskaya train crash happened on 11 August 2011 on the Kropachyovo-Iglino section of the Kuibyshev Railway, in the Ashinsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Freight train No. 2707 lost its brakes on a steep downgrade and collided with freight train No. 1933 running ahead of it. Both
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The Claw of Death, also known as the Vise of Death, is one of the most radioactive and well-known objects in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, located in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine. It is a West German-made grapple bucket that was used in the clean-up after the explosion at Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuc
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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
