• Останкинская (теле)башня [as-tan-kin-ska-ya (te-li)bash-nya]
🔻One of the symbols of Moscow was first named 'All-Union radio and television broadcasting station named after the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution.'
🔻The tower got its name 'Ostankinskaya' (Ostankino is the district in Moscow where the tower is located) only in 1991.
🔻The construction of the 540-meter tower was completed in November 1967.
🔻There's a evolving restaurant and observation deck in Ostankinskaya Tower.
🔻The forty-five floors of the tower correspond to a typical building of one hundred and eighty floors.
🔻The elevators in Ostankino move at a speed of seven meters per second.
🔻Every year, up to 50 lightning strikes a building.
🔻The strength of the tower will allow it to maintain its integrity in wind gusts of up to 42.6 m/s.
📍Geoposition: Moscow, Russia
Photo: Nikitinskiy Vasiliy
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🔻One of the symbols of Moscow was first named 'All-Union radio and television broadcasting station named after the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution.'
🔻The tower got its name 'Ostankinskaya' (Ostankino is the district in Moscow where the tower is located) only in 1991.
🔻The construction of the 540-meter tower was completed in November 1967.
🔻There's a evolving restaurant and observation deck in Ostankinskaya Tower.
🔻The forty-five floors of the tower correspond to a typical building of one hundred and eighty floors.
🔻The elevators in Ostankino move at a speed of seven meters per second.
🔻Every year, up to 50 lightning strikes a building.
🔻The strength of the tower will allow it to maintain its integrity in wind gusts of up to 42.6 m/s.
📍Geoposition: Moscow, Russia
Photo: Nikitinskiy Vasiliy
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• Ночной Питер
[nach-noy Pi-ter]
Night Peter(sburg)
🔻Питер (Peter) is a short modern name for Санкт-Петербург (St Petersburg).
🔻It was formerly known as Петроград (Petrograd) and later Ленинград (Leningrad).
Video by: infotimelabpro
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[nach-noy Pi-ter]
Night Peter(sburg)
🔻Питер (Peter) is a short modern name for Санкт-Петербург (St Petersburg).
🔻It was formerly known as Петроград (Petrograd) and later Ленинград (Leningrad).
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• Музей Königsberg
🔻This is a contemporary museum with working miniatures and installations to know the history of the city Kaliningrad in 55 minutes.
🔻Königsberg belonged to East Prussia. The history of German East Prussia ended with the Second World War. In October 1944, Soviet troops entered the territory of East Prussia. Fierce fighting continued until the surrender of Königsberg on April 9, 1945.
🔻As a result, a third of East Prussia ended up in the possession of the USSR. The decision was made at the Potsdam Conference. On April 7, 1946, these lands were given the status of the Königsberg region, which on July 4 of the same year was renamed Kaliningrad.
Video by: kaliningrad_tur
📍 Geoposition: Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad region, Russia
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🔻This is a contemporary museum with working miniatures and installations to know the history of the city Kaliningrad in 55 minutes.
🔻Königsberg belonged to East Prussia. The history of German East Prussia ended with the Second World War. In October 1944, Soviet troops entered the territory of East Prussia. Fierce fighting continued until the surrender of Königsberg on April 9, 1945.
🔻As a result, a third of East Prussia ended up in the possession of the USSR. The decision was made at the Potsdam Conference. On April 7, 1946, these lands were given the status of the Königsberg region, which on July 4 of the same year was renamed Kaliningrad.
Video by: kaliningrad_tur
📍 Geoposition: Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad region, Russia
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• Красота Камчатки
[kra-sa-ta kam-chat-ki]
The beauty of Kamchatka
Photographer: Андрей Грачев™️
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[kra-sa-ta kam-chat-ki]
The beauty of Kamchatka
Photographer: Андрей Грачев
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• Белые ночи (plural)
[be-ly-ye no-chi]
White nights
🔻This wonderful period is the most favorite time to travel to St. Petersburg.
🔻White nights in St. Petersburg officially begin from June 11 to July 2.
🔻But in reality, this unique natural phenomenon delights residents and guests of the Northern capital for almost two months - from May 26 to July 16.
📍Geoposition: St Peterburg, Russia
Video by:📷 natalia_krasnova_
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[be-ly-ye no-chi]
White nights
🔻This wonderful period is the most favorite time to travel to St. Petersburg.
🔻White nights in St. Petersburg officially begin from June 11 to July 2.
🔻But in reality, this unique natural phenomenon delights residents and guests of the Northern capital for almost two months - from May 26 to July 16.
📍Geoposition: St Peterburg, Russia
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• Сочи Парк
[so-chi park]
🔻The first visitors to the park were participants and spectators of the Olympic Games in Sochi. During the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sochi Park hosted 140,000 guests.
🔻The official opening of the park took place on June 28, 2014. It was accompanied by the performance of the Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil “Futuristic Tale”, created specifically for Sochi Park and ended with fireworks.
🔻The idea of the park is based on the cultural and historical richness of Russia. On an area of 25 hectares there is a theme park and the Bogatyr Hotel, stylized as a medieval castle.
🔻The park has 22 modern attractions.
🔻In 2016 Sochi Park entered the top 25 best parks in Europe.
🔻According to the project, the park is located adjacent to 13 Olympic facilities, which after the Olympic Games became part of it.
📍Geoposition: Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia
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[so-chi park]
🔻The first visitors to the park were participants and spectators of the Olympic Games in Sochi. During the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sochi Park hosted 140,000 guests.
🔻The official opening of the park took place on June 28, 2014. It was accompanied by the performance of the Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil “Futuristic Tale”, created specifically for Sochi Park and ended with fireworks.
🔻The idea of the park is based on the cultural and historical richness of Russia. On an area of 25 hectares there is a theme park and the Bogatyr Hotel, stylized as a medieval castle.
🔻The park has 22 modern attractions.
🔻In 2016 Sochi Park entered the top 25 best parks in Europe.
🔻According to the project, the park is located adjacent to 13 Olympic facilities, which after the Olympic Games became part of it.
📍Geoposition: Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia
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• Гусли
[ɡus-lɪ]
🔻Gusli is the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument.
🔻The word 'гусли' has been found in written sources since the 11th century.
🔻Etymologically, it is related to the word 'гусла' - from Old Russian (a string), and 'гудеть' (to buzz) - to sound, to play on stringed musical instruments.
📍Geoposition: A museum in the open air in the Republic of Mariy-El, Russia.
Video by: Eleni1793 (YouTube)
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[ɡus-lɪ]
🔻Gusli is the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument.
🔻The word 'гусли' has been found in written sources since the 11th century.
🔻Etymologically, it is related to the word 'гусла' - from Old Russian (a string), and 'гудеть' (to buzz) - to sound, to play on stringed musical instruments.
📍Geoposition: A museum in the open air in the Republic of Mariy-El, Russia.
Video by: Eleni1793 (YouTube)
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• Музей янтаря
[mu-zey yan-ta-rya]
🔻The Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum is a museum located in the Russian city of Kaliningrad devoted to housing and displaying amber artworks.
🔻The museum opened in 1979 and houses about 14,000 individual pieces.
🔻The museum occupies part of a reconstructed fortification, originally built by Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten in the Napoleonic wars.
🔻Among the exhibits are the world's second-largest piece of amber, a 1.2 m vase named The Abundance, and a collection of over 3,000 amber inclusions.
📍Geoposition: Kaliningrad, Russia
Official Site The Amber Museum (English)
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[mu-zey yan-ta-rya]
🔻The Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum is a museum located in the Russian city of Kaliningrad devoted to housing and displaying amber artworks.
🔻The museum opened in 1979 and houses about 14,000 individual pieces.
🔻The museum occupies part of a reconstructed fortification, originally built by Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten in the Napoleonic wars.
🔻Among the exhibits are the world's second-largest piece of amber, a 1.2 m vase named The Abundance, and a collection of over 3,000 amber inclusions.
📍Geoposition: Kaliningrad, Russia
Official Site The Amber Museum (English)
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• Курильские острова (or just Курилы)
[ku-ril'ski-ye as-tra-va]
The Kuril Islands
🔻These are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East.
🔻There are 56 islands and many minor islets.
🔻They cover an area of around 10,503.2 square kilometres (4,055.3 sq mi), with a population of roughly 20,000.
🔻The Kuril Islands are a unique wildlife reserve, rich in volcanoes and waterfalls. If you're fond of nature, this gorgeous place is definitely worth visiting!
📍Geoposition: Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Photos: Андрей Грачёв™️
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[ku-ril'ski-ye as-tra-va]
The Kuril Islands
🔻These are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East.
🔻There are 56 islands and many minor islets.
🔻They cover an area of around 10,503.2 square kilometres (4,055.3 sq mi), with a population of roughly 20,000.
🔻The Kuril Islands are a unique wildlife reserve, rich in volcanoes and waterfalls. If you're fond of nature, this gorgeous place is definitely worth visiting!
📍Geoposition: Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Photos: Андрей Грачёв
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• Святая Екатерина
[svyi-ta-ya ye-ka-ti-ri-na]
🔻The mural looks like a 3D illusion: a three-dimensional female figure is placed in a painted niche on the wall of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of UrFU in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
🔻The artists made their drawing monochrome: it uses only natural shades of white and gray to convey the feeling of a real sculpture.
🔻Saint Catherine is depicted wearing a crown with a palm branch and a scroll. When darkness falls, letters and a halo are projected onto the mural.
🔻The image of St. Catherine was created by the artists of the Spektr team together with the production team of Stenka.
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[svyi-ta-ya ye-ka-ti-ri-na]
🔻The mural looks like a 3D illusion: a three-dimensional female figure is placed in a painted niche on the wall of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of UrFU in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
🔻The artists made their drawing monochrome: it uses only natural shades of white and gray to convey the feeling of a real sculpture.
🔻Saint Catherine is depicted wearing a crown with a palm branch and a scroll. When darkness falls, letters and a halo are projected onto the mural.
🔻The image of St. Catherine was created by the artists of the Spektr team together with the production team of Stenka.
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