🌏🇷🇺 Blue abyss. Gelendzhik

Gelendzhik is a gorgeous Russian resort town on the Black Sea. It's known for Safari Park, with lions, bears and a cable car. The town’s water parks feature water slides and wave pools. Overlooking Gelendzhik Bay, the mountaintop Olympus Park includes an amphitheater and a large Ferris wheel.

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4️⃣ Ice Cold Victory in Yakutsk

A team from Yakutia has taken top honors at an international ice and snow sculpture contest! This year's themes were "Legends of the Wild" (ice), "Arctic Fauna" (snow), and "World Folk Tales" (blitz tournament). Competing against 20 teams from China, Mongolia, Peru, and across Russia, the Yakutian artists' winning creations now adorn the winter streets of Yakutsk, transforming the city into a magnificent open-air ice museum.

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5⃣ Mountain Range of Sunduki

The Sunduki are several mountain outcrops formed by the erosion of surrounding rocks. The name of this range comes from one of the peaks, which features a summit resembling a chest, earning it the nickname "Sunduk," meaning "a chest." It is also known as the Red Rock, due to the red sandstone from which the outcrop is composed. The scene somewhat resembles the Grand Canyon in the USA, if it were surrounded by green-steppe plains.

Sunduki is not only a natural wonder but also a historical monument, as traces of human settlements have been found here. On the rocks, one can still see ancient drawings of animals and humans created several thousand years ago. Some researchers speculate that the tribes inhabiting this area considered the rocky outcrops sacred and that their carvings embodied their views of the universe's structure.

Coordinates: 54.678947, 89.708136

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