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Photos of Mass death of Fish in Russia

A few photos of recent mass death of fish near Yekaterinburg, Russia. There is a video too. It can be seen that thickness of

fish layer is very thick - people on the video say its a few meters of fish floating on the surface of a lake.

Pripyat River in spring

Interesting Facts, Photos, Russian Nature

We all know about Pripyat thanks to Chernobyl accident. However Pripyat it's not only the town where the nuclear power plant was. Pripyat is a name for the river too. It goes all the way from Ukraine to

Belarus and especially nice looking in spring when it gets overflown by melting snow water and becomes huge. Belarus photographer Sergei went there and made some photos, let's take a look.

Foreigner in Russia travels Volga River in 1958

History, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Travel

Yet another American photographer went to see USSR in 1958. His focus of interest was the Volga river and

cities on its shores. After he returned he made an album called "Volga River Essay", and here it is:

Thousands of Tulips Got Under Snow

Interesting Facts, Photos, Russian Nature

Thousands of tulips got under snow on the biggest tulip farm in Moldova. In the middle of April tens thousands tulips started blooming and next day an

anomalous April snow fell out. So tulips turned into snowdrops. Weird landscapes appeared of bright flowers and snow. Let's take a look:

Winter Oceanic Crabs Fishing in Chukotka Russia

Interesting Facts, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People

You probably didn't know but Russian fishermen catch crabs during winter too. The process is pretty simple - just go to the ice covered sea surface, make a hole and put a string with a bait. After a short while crabs

start arriving and you can just pull them out. Then you can freshly cook it. This is sort of Russian Northern people barbecue - but you don't need to take meats with you, just catch it. Let's take a look:

Travelling Across Russian Tundra on Japanese All-terrain Vehicle

Interesting Facts, Photos, Russian Nature, Travel

This Japanese all-terain vehicle is manufactured since 1970s. And it's very popular at Russian Far North. It can go wherever all other vehicles can't. Inside they are always decorated with carpets and

other decor - pretty authentic to Russian North. Russian blogger Sergey travelled on one of those and let's see how it's to travel on such a vehicle across Russian Northern Tundra (forest).

Shamrock: Russian most northern military base, exterior and interior photos

Interesting Facts, Photos, Russian army, Russian Nature, Russian People, Technology

"Shamrock" is Russian newest and most Northern military base in the world. It has most permanent Northern building ever built. It can host over 150 people autonomously for over 18th month without resupply. It's located on Frantz Joseph Land, it's one of the most Northernmost parts of Russia -

192 small islands in a Northern Ocean, just 500 miles from the North Pole! Before we had some photos of the place, but now Russian ministry of defense declassified more photos and also for the first time ever showed interiors of the base so lets see them fresh and hot!

Bear Wrestling, Bear Feeding and more fun of Soviet Oil Capital

Funny, History, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People

Ukhta was an oil capital of one of the Northern Russian regions. It's a home to one time Russian most rich man Roman Abramovich who also earned his fortune selling

oil assets. However besides oil it was a pretty traditional Russian place - kids were enjoying watching bears wrestle and more on those photos of Ukhta.