Wooden lace of Russian architecture. Natural building material in Russia has long served wood and clay. But if the bricks from clay appeared only in the middle of X century,…
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Ice Russia
Ice Russia. Russia, being the coldest country of the world, is naturally the place where the first known ice palace (20 meters tall and 50 meters wide) appeared. Russia had…
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Russian bikers Night Wolves
Russian bikers Night Wolves is a motor club founded May 31, 1989 in Moscow. Since 1992 Night Wolves Motor Club has been a member of the international bike movement. Motor…
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Made in USSR cameras
Made in USSR cameras. Having appeared in the Soviet Union cameras won the hearts of all, rare person didn’t want to get his own photo-camera. Technological advances made a great…
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Last Ball of Imperial Russia
The last Ball of Imperial Russia was on February 11, 1903 in the Winter Palace where the evening party took place, and on February 13 – a grand costume ball.…
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Favorite daughter of Grigori Rasputin Maria
Favorite daughter of Grigori Rasputin Maria Rasputin was born Matryona Grigorievna Rasputina, March 29, 1899, in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk Governorate. Her mother Praskovia Fyodorovna Dubrovina was the…
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