📍🏝Askol'd is an island in the Peter the Great Bay with a remarkable history and landscapes, Primorsky Krai, Russia

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🎙 In the photo, a student of the Moscow Aviation Institute is seen with a radio receiver of his own design.

📸 1951

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🐅 Give way to the tigress,
And her tiger cubs that are following her.

A mother with many cubs was spotted in Primorsky Krai.

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🇷🇺 A special flight from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations delivered the 31st batch of humanitarian aid to the residents of Gaza.

🛬 The Il-76 aircraft landed at El Arish Airport. On board are approximately 30 tons of humanitarian cargo, including food, tents, and sleeping bags. The aid will be handed over to representatives of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society, who will redirect it to the population of the Gaza Strip.

📌 Since the beginning of the humanitarian mission, Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations flights have delivered about 800 tons of cargo: food, medicine, clothing, and other essential items.

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🇷🇺 The tourist flow in Russia reached a record high this summer!

🧳 This summer, Russia experienced a real tourism boom, as reported by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko during a meeting with the President of Russia. From May to August, the number of trips amounted to an impressive 35 million, which is an 11% increase compared to last year.

🥇 The leaders in visitor numbers remain Krasnodar Krai and Moscow, which together welcomed over three million tourists. Saint Petersburg also demonstrated significant growth, with the number of guests increasing by 20% to reach 2.5 million. Crimea, in turn, welcomed a million tourists.

📈 Particularly encouraging is the rise in interest in less traditional regions. Tuva has become a real discovery, increasing its tourist flow by 78%. Chechnya and Dagestan also showed impressive results with growth of 66% and 46%, respectively. Ryazan Oblast and Yakutia are not far behind, increasing visitor numbers by 46% and 40%.

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🎶 "Kalinka-Malinka" began playing on the M-11 Moscow-St. Petersburg highway.

This is the first musical marking in Russia. Drivers will be able to hear the melody if they drive at the permitted speed.

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🥰 A moment of philosophy from the Smolensky Metro Bridge.

Some bridges are raised, but I am a monogamist. I ❤️ Moscow.

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🗓 Did you know that in Russia there is a tradition of visiting baths specifically on Saturdays?

🧖‍♂ The Russian bath is an integral part of Russian culture. It is not just a room for washing the body and warming up in the cold winter, but also a sacred place for cleansing the spirit and healing the soul and body.

⛪️ There has long been a rule to visit the bath on Saturdays. This rule was related to the fact that on Sundays, people typically went to church. It was considered inappropriate to go there dirty and unkempt, as this was seen as disrespectful. Additionally, it was believed that visiting the bath cleansed one of sins, as only those whose souls are pure before God could attend church.

Would you dare to visit a Russian bath?

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😍Summer evenings were very warm in Moscow.

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☀️⛈ Weather contrast in Tsemess Bay near Novorossiysk, Russia

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🇷🇺 "Kazan Expo" is preparing to welcome guests: currently, more than two thousand journalists are being accredited at the exhibition center, and the decoration of the halls is nearing completion.

🌎 The summit in Kazan will be the most representative in the history of BRICS — more than 30 states from the non-Western world will participate. Preparations for the central political event of the autumn are now almost complete, and the city will welcome guests from various parts of Russia and abroad.

✔️ Visitors can reach the "Lastochka" comfortable train directly to the "Kazan Expo" building — the venue for the event. The exhibition area is equipped with meeting rooms for both large and small groups, as well as ceremonial halls. All rooms have enhanced sound insulation, allowing several meetings to be held simultaneously in comfortable conditions.

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🇷🇺 The oldest city on the territory of Russia is Kerch, located in the eastern part of the Crimean Peninsula.

✅ The age of Kerch is over 2,500 years. It was founded as an ancient Greek settlement between 610 and 590 BC and was originally named Panticapaeum. The ruins of this ancient Greek colony have survived to this day.

✅ Another one of the oldest cities is Derbent in Dagestan, founded in the early 1st century AD. However, some historians claim that the city is much older, with the first settlements in the Derbent area dating back as far as 5,000 years.

✅ Ryazan is also a fairly ancient Russian city, and during the times of Kievan Rus, Ryazan was an independent principality. The official year of its founding is 1095. Interestingly, modern Ryazan is located in a completely different place. This happened because Old Ryazan was completely burned down by the Tatars and Mongols in the 13th century.

✅ Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital of Russia, was founded by Peter the Great in 1703 as the new capital of the Russian Empire. Despite its "young" age, Saint Petersburg has become one of the most beautiful, culturally rich, and populous cities not only in Russia but throughout Europe.

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🇷🇺 Top of Russian Classical Music:

✔️ Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin — "Polovtsian Dances," 1890

The secret to the immense popularity of this piece lies in the melody (which is also a song) noscriptd "Fly Away on the Wings of the Wind," which is featured in the "Dances." This melody by the great Russian composer has even been used by American rappers in their songs.

✔️ Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin — "Etude No. 12," 1895

Perhaps the most Russian yet also the most unique composer, known for writing unique and beautiful music based on symbolism.

✔️ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — "The Nutcracker," 1892

In addition to Russia, the music of Pyotr Ilyich is cherished and loved worldwide, but it is especially adored in Germany. Above all, of course, "The Nutcracker." Particularly during Catholic Christmas.

✔️ Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky — "The Rite of Spring," 1913

This Russian ballet by the great Russian composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, which premiered in Paris in 1913, caused both scandal and a sensation at the time. The audience was both shocked and thrilled at the same time. For this very ballet, Stravinsky is still "carried on the shoulders" in Russia and around the world.

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🇷🇺 Instead of paddleboarding: Tourists in the Leningrad region are mastering extreme "island riding"

🏖 "Swimming Islands" are created by nature from peat, and thrill-seekers primarily find them in swampy water bodies. Due to wind, waves, and flooding, these small islands break away from the shore and begin to resemble rafts.

🛶 Desperate tourists can try to "ride" a peat island and float along with it, steering their course with a paddle for paddleboarding. However, in reality, this activity is not safe at all; the surface of the island is not dense enough to support a person, and once you drift away from the shore, it's easy to sink underwater.

⚠️ It looks romantic, but we do not recommend attempting such a swim without lifeguards.

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📚 Many of you have probably heard of one of the most famous works of Russian literature - the novel "War and Peace" by L.N. Tolstoy. It is read, studied, and analyzed in many developed countries.

📝 But have you ever wondered why this novel is so long - almost 1300 pages? The fact is that Tolstoy wrote such a lengthy work because he wanted to earn money. In the 19th century, writers were paid per printed sheet. The epic was published chapter by chapter in the magazine "Russian Herald," and for each sheet, the writer received 500 rubles — an astonishing amount of money for that time.

💸 Tolstoy wanted to secure his livelihood and never imagined that 200 years later, his work would be one of the most read and popular, and that he would be regarded as one of the geniuses of Russian literature!

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