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Categories Culture, History, Photos, Society

Lvov- is one of the most beautiful cities in Ukraine with a historical part that is comparable to an open air museum. No wonder the Ministry of Culture and Tourism gave the city the title of the Cultural Capital of Ukraine. The historical center is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage list. It is not surprising that the

city has the largest number of monuments in Ukraine, counting from the sublime "Royal City" to the strange "Bandershtadt". It is a wonderful city where anyone can find something interesting for himself. Here are a few things one must do or take part in when visiting Lvov - The City of Lions.

Categories Automotive, Culture, Photos

Lately considerable sums have been appropriated for roads repair in many Russian cities. However it seems

things haven't got forward an inch... The roads of the city of Pskov after 20-minute rain...

Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian Art

You have already seen the photos of the Moscow of 1931. And now it's time to show you the pictures of St. Petersburg that were shot by

the same traveller in the same year. Later they were colored with acrylic paints. Check out, the result is really beautiful!

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Categories Other, Photos, Russian Nature

Pictures of one of the frostiest Russian

cities taken from its highest buildings.

Categories Other, Photos, Russian Nature

Welcome to Murmansk - one of the major Russian seaports and the

world's biggest city situated north of the Arctic circle.

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Categories Culture, Exclusive, Funny, Photos, Russian People

The following portion of interesting and

strange things from the wonderland called

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Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Nature

Flooding Europe means flooding Russia too, as there is a significant part of Russia lays in Europe, so we had some water shots

from the Russian cities and they keep coming - meet Rostov-on-Don - the capital of Russian south as some call it.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Nature, Society

This is Norilsk city. Located in Russian Siberia this city hosts the biggest in Russia factory producing "rare" metals. It is even can be called a world leader when speaking about the worldwide production share it contributes. That's like 35% of palladium production, 25% of platinum, 20% of nickel, 10% of cobalt that are being made in modern world come from Norilsk, which makes it having number one of such kind factories in Russia. The price they pay for this is that 2% of total world CO2 production is coming from this city too. The area of 100 000 hectares (50,000 acres) around the city is

consists of burned down forests. It was widely recognized one of the worst ecology city in the world and the average life expectancy is ten years less than the average values across the Russia. Those photos were made there this May, and as you can see that's not a warmest place in the world too. It's common to have the snow in May out there. But life is still going on. More than 160,000 people live there today, and children of the city still think that their place is the best place in the world, as we all someday thought back in our childhood.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People

Strange situation was caught up on Russian analogue of Google street view. On one of the streets of St. Petersburg city there are clearly visible people with guns in the middle of the bright day, looking like just got those guns

from some office. Taking in consideration that most types of guns are illegal to own for a common person in Russia, and clearly not legal to carry it openly except while on hunting makes this bit puzzling.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Art, Russian Nature, Society

This how some Russian artists see Moscow after 2012. Those can go as

wallpapers I guess, the big images are available on click.

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