😊🦢 Sweet family of swans on still warm September days, Moscow Region, Russia

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✨🇷🇺 Primorye, shrouded in enchanting beauty, is like a magical world where endless sea expanses meet majestic mountain peaks. Here, on the ocean shore, nature reveals its secrets.

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🇷🇺 Many cities have served as the capital of Russia.

Before the rise of the Moscow principality, which occurred after the Tatar-Mongol yoke, the center of Russia was the Vladimir principality with its capital in Vladimir. The princes of Vladimir began to be called "great," and their supremacy was recognized by the princes of all Russian lands. It was the great princes of Vladimir who were nominally recognized in the Horde as the eldest in all of Rus.

From 1564 to 1581, the actual capital of Russia was the city of Alexandrov, specifically Alexandrovskaya Sloboda, which became the "capital of the Oprichnina" due to the location of the residence of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.

From 1941 to 1943, during the Great Patriotic War, the role of the temporary actual "capital" of the USSR was fulfilled by Samara, then called Kuibyshev. The capital was evacuated from Moscow along with the main state bodies, ministries, and diplomatic missions of foreign states.

Ryazan, although it was a separate principality for a long time, has never been the capital of Russia.

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🇷🇺 In Russia, there is the Temple of the Armed Forces of Russia - an Orthodox church built in honor of those who served in the Armed Forces of Russia and has become a symbol of military valor and remembrance of the defenders of the Fatherland.

🏗 The construction of the temple lasted 5 years and was completed only in 2020. The temple is intended as a place where events dedicated to the memory of soldiers will be held, as well as a center for the spiritual education of military personnel.

⛪️ The Temple of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has become a significant site not only for military personnel but for society as a whole. It symbolizes respect for history, memory, and the spiritual traditions of Russia and serves as a place to find comfort and support in difficult times.

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😁 Vasya, who couldn't escape — after four days, the jet-propelled ostrich from Komi was finally caught.

The proud descendant of velociraptors, having exhausted all the volunteer searchers, ended up running out of the forest through the wrong door. Local cowboys with lassos were already waiting for him there — the wranglers tied up the restless Vasya and filled the unfortunate bird with tranquilizers, and soon he will be returned to his native ostrich farm.

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🐻 Despite being predators, bears may have a diet consisting of 75% plant-based food.

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🌳 Incredible morning in the village of Piyala, Russia, Arkhangelsk region

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🎭 Agitation Against Kulaks, Bourgeois, and Priests, 1926 - 1930

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🐐 A Battle of Mountain Rams Captured in Altai

The male argali have entered into combat, marking the beginning of a new season of their "fighting club." These majestic battles for the right to be the leader are currently at their peak.

At the end of the fight, one of the defeated males leaves the battlefield, while the triumphant one gains the right to a herd of several females that are grazing peacefully nearby.

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🎄 The first snow hasn't really fallen yet, but a New Year's tree has already been put up in Tёpliy Stan and Bibirevo.

What do you think, is it too early for a Christmas tree?

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🇷🇺📰 An open-air museum will appear in the center of Moscow. An exhibition will open on Red Square in honor of the 83rd anniversary of the military parade. This was announced by Sergey Sobyanin on.

On an area of 25,000 square meters, there will be five exhibitions. They will introduce Muscovites to the history of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

A reconstructed parade from 1941 will be shown on a large screen, and the "Khudozhestvenny" cinema, which continued to operate during the war years, will present historical films.

The museum can be visited for free from November 7 to 10 from 10 AM to 10 PM.

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😍 Night Kazan

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🦌 Russia, Primorsky Safari Park

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