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Mount Crocodile, Republic of Crimea
🌄 Crocodile sits on the border of the Karalez and Belbek valleys, not far from the Belbek River—one of Crimea's most full-flowing rivers.
🌄 Legend has it that an observation post of the ancient Principality of Theodoro once stood here. And indeed, from Crocodile, you get a panoramic view of the surrounding area.
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🐻 In Kamchatka, there is a lake hidden within the ring of an ancient volcanic crater. This is the "Bear's Cup" maar – a remnant of a distant explosion, when magma, coming into contact with underground water, erupted to the surface.
⚡️ Surrounding the site are fields of wild berries, where the brown bears of Kamchatka come to feed. On clear days, you can also see the volcanoes in the south of the peninsula.
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Zarya Bay, Primorsky Krai
🌿This stunning spot, steeped in ancient pirate legends, lies within the Lazovsky Nature Reserve—which can only be visited with a guide.
🌿The bay stretches for about a mile. Here you'll find incredible landscapes, turquoise seawater, waterfalls, and deserted beaches.
🌿Next to the bay is a lake of the same name, and the coastline is a favorite haunt of the Amur tiger, sika deer, and other wildlife.
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🌿This stunning spot, steeped in ancient pirate legends, lies within the Lazovsky Nature Reserve—which can only be visited with a guide.
🌿The bay stretches for about a mile. Here you'll find incredible landscapes, turquoise seawater, waterfalls, and deserted beaches.
🌿Next to the bay is a lake of the same name, and the coastline is a favorite haunt of the Amur tiger, sika deer, and other wildlife.
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Lake of Love, Karachay-Cherkess Republic 🌿🌿🌿
This body of water is located in the Teberda Nature Reserve and became famous for its unusual shape, which resembles a heart.
In the local mountain language, its name translates as "cold heart." According to legend, a highland woman tore it from her chest and threw it at the feet of a prince who had killed her fiancé out of jealousy.
There's a belief that if you swim in the Lake of Love or drink its water, your love will never fade. An ideal stop on a honeymoon trip.
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This body of water is located in the Teberda Nature Reserve and became famous for its unusual shape, which resembles a heart.
In the local mountain language, its name translates as "cold heart." According to legend, a highland woman tore it from her chest and threw it at the feet of a prince who had killed her fiancé out of jealousy.
There's a belief that if you swim in the Lake of Love or drink its water, your love will never fade. An ideal stop on a honeymoon trip.
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Railway Station, Yekaterinburg 🚂
The Yekaterinburg Railway Station ensemble is a historic complex of buildings dating from 1878. Today, the old Russian-style structure has been restored and turned into a museum, and a unique complex of several generations of railway stations has taken shape alongside it.
The ensemble consists of the old station building (now housing the Museum of History, Science, and Technology of the Sverdlovsk Railway), sculptures (bronze figures of passengers, conductors, and the stationmaster stand in front of the museum), and the modern main building of the Yekaterinburg-Passazhirsky station.
The first railway station holds historical value for the city—it's the one captured in one of the earliest photographic images of Yekaterinburg in the late 1880s.
This is also where the retro tourist train "Ural Express" departs.
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The Yekaterinburg Railway Station ensemble is a historic complex of buildings dating from 1878. Today, the old Russian-style structure has been restored and turned into a museum, and a unique complex of several generations of railway stations has taken shape alongside it.
The ensemble consists of the old station building (now housing the Museum of History, Science, and Technology of the Sverdlovsk Railway), sculptures (bronze figures of passengers, conductors, and the stationmaster stand in front of the museum), and the modern main building of the Yekaterinburg-Passazhirsky station.
The first railway station holds historical value for the city—it's the one captured in one of the earliest photographic images of Yekaterinburg in the late 1880s.
This is also where the retro tourist train "Ural Express" departs.
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"The Path of Ancestors," Republic of Khakassia 🏞️
The trail runs along the slope of a mountain range in the spurs of the Kuznetsk Alatau, following the banks of the Bely Iyus River.
Along with cliffs, taiga forest, and the river, the route also features about forty grottos and caves.
There's an old belief that if you find the strength within yourself and overcome all the challenges of the Path, then life's difficulties will also be within your reach.
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The trail runs along the slope of a mountain range in the spurs of the Kuznetsk Alatau, following the banks of the Bely Iyus River.
Along with cliffs, taiga forest, and the river, the route also features about forty grottos and caves.
There's an old belief that if you find the strength within yourself and overcome all the challenges of the Path, then life's difficulties will also be within your reach.
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Long Canyon, Rostov Region
🍀 Stone quarrying used to take place here, but in the 1970s, the site was flooded. A beautiful lake with crystal-clear spring water formed in the canyon's place.
🍀 Nowadays, people come here to admire the rock scenery, which resembles the Wild West. Swimming is only possible in hot weather due to the icy underground springs.
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🍀 Stone quarrying used to take place here, but in the 1970s, the site was flooded. A beautiful lake with crystal-clear spring water formed in the canyon's place.
🍀 Nowadays, people come here to admire the rock scenery, which resembles the Wild West. Swimming is only possible in hot weather due to the icy underground springs.
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Orda Cave, Perm Territory
🏞️ Orda Cave is a system of underwater tunnels for experienced divers. It stretches about 4,400 meters in length, 4,000 of which are submerged.
🏞️ You can enter through a sinkhole equipped with a ladder. Inside, there are two grottos with lakes, where the temperature of the pristine water is around 5°C.
🏞️ The lakes open up to an underwater system of cave chambers with gypsum vaults and other beautiful formations.
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🏞️ Orda Cave is a system of underwater tunnels for experienced divers. It stretches about 4,400 meters in length, 4,000 of which are submerged.
🏞️ You can enter through a sinkhole equipped with a ladder. Inside, there are two grottos with lakes, where the temperature of the pristine water is around 5°C.
🏞️ The lakes open up to an underwater system of cave chambers with gypsum vaults and other beautiful formations.
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Yalutorovsky Ostrog (fortress), Tyumen Region
🛡️A colorful open-air museum. Inside the grounds, enclosed by wooden walls with towers, you'll find craft workshops, an event square, and traditional log houses.
🛡️Visitors to the ostrog can expect traditional treats, guided tours with stories about the region's history and local way of life.
🛡️Regular workshops on sewing, pottery, and other crafts are also held here, along with various themed festivals.
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🛡️A colorful open-air museum. Inside the grounds, enclosed by wooden walls with towers, you'll find craft workshops, an event square, and traditional log houses.
🛡️Visitors to the ostrog can expect traditional treats, guided tours with stories about the region's history and local way of life.
🛡️Regular workshops on sewing, pottery, and other crafts are also held here, along with various themed festivals.
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Tunkinsky National Park, Republic of Buryatia 🌿🌿🌿
Tunkinsky National Park lies within the Eastern Sayan Mountains, along the slopes of the mountain range.
People come here to admire the peaks of the exposed Tunkinsky Goltsy, visit the valley of extinct volcanoes, and hike the Trail of Genghis Khan. Along the last one, you can also see shamanic monuments.
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Tunkinsky National Park lies within the Eastern Sayan Mountains, along the slopes of the mountain range.
People come here to admire the peaks of the exposed Tunkinsky Goltsy, visit the valley of extinct volcanoes, and hike the Trail of Genghis Khan. Along the last one, you can also see shamanic monuments.
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Oak Bay, Primorsky Territory 🌿
Towering stone pillars, arches, caves—here, you feel like a grain of sand against the rosy cliffs that reach into the sky.
Over time, water wears away the rock like a sculptor, creating uniquely shaped statues.
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Towering stone pillars, arches, caves—here, you feel like a grain of sand against the rosy cliffs that reach into the sky.
Over time, water wears away the rock like a sculptor, creating uniquely shaped statues.
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🇷🇺🇸🇪 Swedes contact Russian embassy almost weekly about moving to Russia - ambassador
The embassy has been receiving a steady stream of inquiries from Swedish citizens interested in the possibility of moving to Russia using the “traditional values” visa scheme, Russian Ambassador to Stockholm Sergey Belyaev says.
The mechanism was introduced by President Vladimir Putin in August 2024, allowing eligible foreigners to obtain temporary residence in Russia through a simplified procedure.
🗣 “Since then, the embassy’s consular section has been receiving inquiries almost every week from Swedish citizens interested in the possibility of moving to Russia using the mechanisms for obtaining visas and, later, residence permits provided for in this document,” the ambassador says.
And the interest is not limited to native-born Swedes.
The embassy is also hearing from naturalized Swedish citizens originally from countries including Australia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Germany, Iraq, Syria, the US, France, Finland, Switzerland and the Baltic states, he notes.
The potential newcomers are hardly a single demographic either.
The diplomat says they are predominantly university-educated professionals from technical, economic and humanities fields, along with students and recent graduates.
🗣 “They ask what documents they would need to prepare and what conditions might be available to them in Russia,” Belyaev notes.
The visas are granted under President Putin’s executive order, "On Providing Humanitarian Support to Persons Sharing Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values”.
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The embassy has been receiving a steady stream of inquiries from Swedish citizens interested in the possibility of moving to Russia using the “traditional values” visa scheme, Russian Ambassador to Stockholm Sergey Belyaev says.
The mechanism was introduced by President Vladimir Putin in August 2024, allowing eligible foreigners to obtain temporary residence in Russia through a simplified procedure.
And the interest is not limited to native-born Swedes.
The embassy is also hearing from naturalized Swedish citizens originally from countries including Australia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Germany, Iraq, Syria, the US, France, Finland, Switzerland and the Baltic states, he notes.
The potential newcomers are hardly a single demographic either.
The diplomat says they are predominantly university-educated professionals from technical, economic and humanities fields, along with students and recent graduates.
The visas are granted under President Putin’s executive order, "On Providing Humanitarian Support to Persons Sharing Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values”.
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Oreshek Fortress, Leningrad Region ⚔️
A wooden fortress was founded by Novgorodians at the source of the Neva River in 1323 to defend their lands from the Swedes. The first peace treaty was signed here.
Over its 700-year history, the fortress has had many names: the Swedes called it Notenburg, it was known as Orekhov Town, Peter the Great renamed it Shlisselburg—"Key City"—and today it's known as Oreshek.
After touring the fortress, its bastions, and towers, it's especially pleasant to gaze out at the endless expanse of Lake Ladoga.
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A wooden fortress was founded by Novgorodians at the source of the Neva River in 1323 to defend their lands from the Swedes. The first peace treaty was signed here.
Over its 700-year history, the fortress has had many names: the Swedes called it Notenburg, it was known as Orekhov Town, Peter the Great renamed it Shlisselburg—"Key City"—and today it's known as Oreshek.
After touring the fortress, its bastions, and towers, it's especially pleasant to gaze out at the endless expanse of Lake Ladoga.
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"The Singing Sands," Republic of Kalmykia
🏜️ Located within the "Black Lands" nature reserve is Europe's only anthropogenic desert, formed by overgrazing of livestock.
🏜️ Here you'll find the unique "singing sands": on windy days, the dunes emit a low hum reminiscent of a playing organ.
🏜️ One legend says it's the voices of mysterious desert spirits, while another claims it's the voice of Genghis Khan himself, buried somewhere in the local lands.
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🏜️ Located within the "Black Lands" nature reserve is Europe's only anthropogenic desert, formed by overgrazing of livestock.
🏜️ Here you'll find the unique "singing sands": on windy days, the dunes emit a low hum reminiscent of a playing organ.
🏜️ One legend says it's the voices of mysterious desert spirits, while another claims it's the voice of Genghis Khan himself, buried somewhere in the local lands.
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Russia's First Underwater Eco-Trail, Primorsky Territory
🐠 The underwater trail is located in the Far Eastern Marine Reserve near the Rimsky-Korsakov Islands. In the terms of beauty and diversity, it has no equal in Russia. Divers who venture onto the eco-trail will see caves and grottoes, Kamchatka crabs and giant octopuses, starfish, seals—the list is long and astonishing.
🐠 This underwater journey is only available to those with specialized training. In total, you can spend about five hours on the trail accompanied by an instructor.
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Muradymovskoye Gorge, Republic of Bashkortostan
✨ What makes Muradymovskoye Gorge special is its high concentration of caves — there are 46 of them here, and each one is of historical significance.
✨ The gorge has rich flora and fauna thanks to its location at the junction of forest-steppe and mountain taiga, along with plenty of scenic overlooks offering beautiful panoramas.
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✨ What makes Muradymovskoye Gorge special is its high concentration of caves — there are 46 of them here, and each one is of historical significance.
✨ The gorge has rich flora and fauna thanks to its location at the junction of forest-steppe and mountain taiga, along with plenty of scenic overlooks offering beautiful panoramas.
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"Nizhne-Arkhyzskoye Settlement" Museum-Reserve, Karachay-Cherkess Republic
🌿 The village of Nizhny Arkhyz is home to the "Nizhne-Arkhyzskoye Settlement" Museum-Reserve. Here you can see monuments and the ruins of ancient structures dating back to the 10th–12th centuries.
🌿 According to legend, this was once the city of Maas, the capital of the Alanian state, where the first Christian churches were built. A section of the Great Silk Road passed through it.
🌿 Today you can see an ancient sundial, pagan sanctuaries, and stone idols, as well as several early Christian churches.
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🌿 The village of Nizhny Arkhyz is home to the "Nizhne-Arkhyzskoye Settlement" Museum-Reserve. Here you can see monuments and the ruins of ancient structures dating back to the 10th–12th centuries.
🌿 According to legend, this was once the city of Maas, the capital of the Alanian state, where the first Christian churches were built. A section of the Great Silk Road passed through it.
🌿 Today you can see an ancient sundial, pagan sanctuaries, and stone idols, as well as several early Christian churches.
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Semyinsky Pass, Altai Republic 🗻🗻🗻
Semyinsky is the highest pass on the Chuysky Trakt, yet it's the easiest to climb: straight and gentle.
At the top, there's a scenic overlook, tourist camps, souvenir stalls, and the Semyinsky training camp.
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Semyinsky is the highest pass on the Chuysky Trakt, yet it's the easiest to climb: straight and gentle.
At the top, there's a scenic overlook, tourist camps, souvenir stalls, and the Semyinsky training camp.
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Sunni Mosque, Republic of North Ossetia
💠 This mosque was built in the early 20th century. White limestone from Azerbaijan was used in its construction, and the building is decorated with geometric paintings in the Arab style.
💠 Similar mosques are common in Cairo, Egypt, but for Russia it looks quite unusual.
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💠 This mosque was built in the early 20th century. White limestone from Azerbaijan was used in its construction, and the building is decorated with geometric paintings in the Arab style.
💠 Similar mosques are common in Cairo, Egypt, but for Russia it looks quite unusual.
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The "Leaning" Söyembikä Tower, Republic of Tatarstan
✨ Söyembikä was a significant figure in the history of the Kazan Khanate. During her reign, certain taxes were abolished.
✨ In recognition, not only is this tower named after her, but so are streets in other cities and villages.
✨ The tower stands on the grounds of the Kazan Kremlin, combines elements of Tatar and Russian architecture, and preserves 17th-century frescoes inside.
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✨ Söyembikä was a significant figure in the history of the Kazan Khanate. During her reign, certain taxes were abolished.
✨ In recognition, not only is this tower named after her, but so are streets in other cities and villages.
✨ The tower stands on the grounds of the Kazan Kremlin, combines elements of Tatar and Russian architecture, and preserves 17th-century frescoes inside.
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