❄️ Real Russian winter in the Arkhangelsk region.
Moscow actually looks similar now, except that the buidlings and transport are different 😉

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The longest ice slide
in Russia.

You can ride there at a speed
up to 65km/hour. The slide is 400 meters long.

It starts in a pine forest, ends at the
Gorkoe Lake in the village of Novoegoryevskoye, Altai Krai.

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"Beryozka": Russia's Fluid Step

🤩The "Beryozka" Ensemble was founded by Nadejda Nadejdina, a student of the renowned Russian ballerina Agrippina Vaganova.
By the age of 17, she was already performing on the Bolshoi Theatre stage, and by 23, she was creating her own choreography.
During the Great Patriotic War, Nadejda participated in artistic brigades on the front lines to boost the morale of soldiers.

🤩 In 1948, "Beryozka" made its debut in Moscow with a group of sixteen young women from the Tver region. They performed an ancient Russian women's round dance, astonishing audiences with their unique technique of silent, gliding steps and perfectly synchronized movements.

🤩The Ministry of Culture then entrusted Nadejda with the creation of a program for international tours. From the 1950s onward, the ensemble captured the European, Asian, and American audiences with its distinctive fluid step and its embodiment of Russian traditions.

🤩"Beryozka" has been acclaimed on the world’s greatest stages, including Paris Opera and London's Royal Opera House.

🤩The ensemble has received prestigious international awards, and in 1959, it was awarded the Joliot-Curie Gold Medal of Peace in recognition of its contribution to fostering understanding among peoples.

🤩Nadejda led the ensemble until her death in 1979. Her successor was then her student, Mirra Koltsova.

🤩To this day, "Beryozka" continues to perform internationally, carrying a poetic image of Russia around the world.

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