🤩 In Russia there is a cartoon that literally everyone knows — Nu, Pogodi! (Just You Wait!). It came out back in the Soviet era and still remains one of the greatest animation legends. The Wolf and the Hare, their eternal chase and comical situations are familiar to everyone from childhood.

🤩 The secret of its popularity lies in the simple and sincere humour that is understandable without words. The Wolf constantly gets into absurd scrapes, while the resourceful Hare always gets away unscathed. For many generations this cartoon has become a symbol of comfort, nostalgia and a cheerful mood.

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🪨 Shaman Rock at the source of the Angara River is one of the most recognisable cliffs of Lake Baikal. An ancient Buryat legend about a rebellious love is connected with this place.

🌝 Baikal had a daughter, Angara. She fell in love with the Yenisei, but her father wanted to marry her off to the Irkut, and to break her will he kept his daughter imprisoned, preventing her from meeting her beloved. Yet Angara still managed to escape to the Yenisei. The enraged Baikal hurled a huge rock after her, trying to block her way — and so Shaman Rock appeared.

👁️ Today it stands at the place where the Angara, the only river that flows out of Lake Baikal, bursts forth from the lake in a mighty torrent. The rock has remained a silent witness to her love of freedom; it is here that the spirit of Baikal — wayward and majestic — is felt most strongly.

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🤡 Yuri Nikulin is a unique figure who managed to conquer two completely different worlds: the circus and the cinema. He began his journey in 1948 on the ring of the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, where he became one of the country's most beloved clowns. His performance brought him worldwide fame, and later, as director, he headed his native circus and put his soul into its development.

🙈 He also won nationwide love thanks to his film roles — just recall his legendary performances in The Diamond Arm and The Twelve Chairs. Moreover, Nikulin was not merely a comedian: he also shone in deeply dramatic films, demonstrating the incredible depth of his talent. Yuri Vladimirovich will forever be remembered as a great artist whose work has become an integral part of the culture of an entire era.

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🤩 August is the peak of lotus blooming in Russia. It can be seen in the Volga delta in the Astrakhan Region, the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain near Volgograd and the lakes of Primorsky Krai. This year, because of the abnormal heat in the Far East, the lotuses bloomed almost a month earlier, but now the season is in full swing across the whole country.

✨ The lotus is a rare plant listed in the Red Data Book, so picking it is strictly forbidden. In Primorye an endemic species grows — the Komarov lotus, whose age is estimated at 100 million years. In Astrakhan a festival called "Lotus Blooming" is traditionally held at this time.

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📖 The Church of the Transfiguration is the main church of the Zakharovo and Bolshiye Vyazyomy estate complex, which is part of the State Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin. It was here that the poet spent his childhood, and this snow-white church with a graceful bell tower became one of the first churches he saw in his life.

☦️ Today the church is active and is organically integrated into the museum ensemble. Boris Godunov and Peter the Great once visited here, and in 1812 the troops of Kutuzov and Napoleon passed through these places.

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