⚡️ The Russian Emergency Ministry has dispatched two planes with rescuers to Myanmar.

🇷🇺 At the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin and on the instructions of the head of Russia’s Emergency Ministry, Alexander Kurenkov, a group of Russian rescuers has departed from Zhukovsky Airport.

The rescue team includes 120 specialists and doctors.

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😶‍🌫️ Foggy Trinity Bridge in Saint Petersburg

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😍 This is what Moscow becomes after a long winter

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🇷🇺🎶 Did you know that jazz concerts are held at the Moscow Planetarium in a unique cosmic atmosphere?

🌌 You can enjoy the music against a backdrop of thousands of stars and comets.

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🇷🇺♟️ Matfey Yurasov is a Russian world chess champion — and he’s only 12 years old!

🏆 The Moscow schoolboy clinched victory in the under-13 category at the World Chess Championship in Serbia, which saw 462 players from 43 countries compete.

As a reminder, in late January, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced that Russian and Belarusian chess players under 18 are now eligible to participate in team competitions.

🏳️ Previously, in 2022, the Federation had temporarily banned Russians from team tournaments but allowed individual participation under a neutral status.

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🇷🇺 The Khanty are an indigenous people of Russia, residing in Western Siberia, primarily in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

👩‍👩‍👦 Their population numbers approximately 31.5 thousand people. They belong to the Ob-Ugric group of the Finno-Ugric language family and share ethnic ties with the Mansi, with whom they are sometimes collectively referred to as Ostyaks (a historical term).

🦌 The traditional Khanty economy was based on hunting, fishing, and reindeer herding. Their lifestyle was semi-nomadic: in summer, they migrated toward rivers, and in winter, deeper into the taiga. They lived in chums (portable dwellings made of poles and reindeer hides) or log houses.
Their connection to nature was profound: the Khanty believed in guardian spirits of forests, rivers, and animals, with shamans serving as mediators between the spiritual and physical worlds. Traditional beliefs included animism and reverence for the bear.

📔 The Khanty language comprises three major dialects (eastern, western, southern), which differ significantly. Today, the language is endangered, with only about 30% of Khanty people fluent in it. Preservation efforts include educational programs and publications in their native language.

🛡 Despite challenges, the Khanty actively safeguard their heritage through festivals like Crow’s Day, open-air ethnographic museums, revitalized traditional crafts, and folk ensembles that promote ancestral music.

📌 The Khanty are a people with a rich cultural legacy, their lives inextricably linked to Siberia’s natural world. When visiting the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, take the opportunity to immerse yourself in their unique traditions.

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🇷🇺 On March 26, 1944, the Red Army troops reached the USSR border with Romania. This event marked the first step toward restoring the Soviet Union’s state borders, which had been violated by the Nazis in 1941, and toward victory over Nazism!

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⚡️ The statements by UN Secretary-General António Guterres regarding the legitimacy of Ukraine’s government are a double lie, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not deserve respect. This opinion was expressed by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council.

“There is a legitimate government in Ukraine, and it is obvious that it should be respected,” stated the UN Secretary-General. “This, alas, is a double lie. <...> There is nothing to respect him for. He has failed, his people are dying, and his country is disappearing,” wrote Medvedev.

📌 Earlier, Guterres asserted that the Ukrainian government is legitimate and should be respected.

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❤️ Incredible St. Petersburg, just don't forget to turn your phone horizontally!

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🇷🇺 Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM) rescuers have arrived and begun eliminating the consequences of the earthquake in Myanmar.

A meeting between EMERCOM representatives and Myanmar’s leadership was held in the capital, Naypyidaw, where a decision was made to deploy a joint unit to the most affected region — Mandalay Province.

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🌇 Such a beautiful sunset yesterday could be seen by residents of the Russian capital

Incredibly beautiful and at the same time quite ominous 😅

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🇷🇺🧊 Museum of Permafrost in Igarka, Krasnoyarsk Krai

In the heart of Igarka, beyond the Arctic Circle, lies the unique Museum of Permafrost, the only one of its kind in the world. It is situated directly within the layers of perennial ice, at a depth of 7–14 meters.

The museum’s tunnels are carved into ancient frozen rock formations over 50,000 years old! Inside, a stable temperature of around -5°C is maintained, with walls adorned by shimmering ice crystals.

The exhibitions explore how permafrost impacts human life, construction technologies, and natural processes. This rare site allows visitors to literally touch the ancient history of our planet.

📍 Museum on the map

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🇷🇺 Kryashens are a unique ethno-confessional group within the Volga and Ural Tatars, also known as baptized Tatars (Tatar: tatarlar). Their formation as a distinct community began in the 16th–17th centuries during the Christianization of the Volga Tatars following the annexation of the Kazan Khanate to Russia.

Although official scholarship classifies the Kryashens as a subgroup of Tatars, most members of this community insist on recognition as a separate ethnic group. This issue remains a subject of debate in academic and public circles.

📍 The majority of Kryashens live compactly in Tatarstan. Smaller communities are settled in Bashkortostan, Udmurtia, and in the Chelyabinsk, Kirov, and Samara regions. The population of Kryashens in Russia is 34,822.

☦ Kryashen culture developed under the influence of Turkic and Finno-Ugric traditions, but the wave of Christianization played a decisive role in their distinct identity:

- First stage (mid-16th–17th centuries): Mass baptism of Volga Tatars.
- Second stage (early 18th century): Missionary policies among non-Russian Volga peoples.

The lack of priests fluent in Tatar and Bible translations in their native language led to religious syncretism. Christian rituals of the Kryashens incorporated elements of Islamic practices (e.g., prayer postures) and pre-monotheistic beliefs (e.g., cult of guardian spirits).

🥟 The hallmark of their cuisine is Kryashen dumplings (peremyachi). They are filled with cottage cheese, eggs, and onions, seasoned with a mix of salty and sweet flavors—a unique trait distinguishing this dish from similar ones among neighboring peoples.

The Kryashens have preserved archaic rituals lost by other Tatar groups, such as:

- Nardugan (Yuletide): A day when costumed performers visit homes and practice divination.

- Sabantuy: Easter competitions involving collecting painted eggs from households.

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