Ivan IV Vasilyevich commonly known as Ivan the Terrible or Ivan the Fearsome, was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and ‘Tsar of All the Russias’ from 1547 until his death in 1584. Monument to Ivan the Terrible – the first in the history of Russia monument to Tsar Ivan the Terrible, […]
Severomuyskiy ridge
Severomuyskiy Ridge was one of the most difficult areas of BAM. Prior to the opening of the tunnel trains Severomuisk followed by bypass railway line, laid across the ridge. The first option to bypass length of 24.6 km was built in 1982 – 1983; during its construction to a maximum slope of 40 thousandth (ie, […]
Taurida Governorate
The Taurida Governorate or Government of Taurida was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire. It included the Crimean Peninsula and the mainland between the lower Dnieper River and the coasts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It was formed after the Taurida Oblast was abolished in 1802 in course of Paul I’s […]
Kronstadt
Kronshtadt , also spelled Kronstadt, Cronstadt (German: Krone for “crown” and Stadt for “city”; Finnish: Retusaari), is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, 30 kilometers (19 mi) west of St. Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population: 43,005 (2010 […]
Kamchatka snow cave
The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometre (780 mi) peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about 270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi). It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west. Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre (34,400 ft) […]
Orda Cave. Dive into underwater labyrinths
Orda – a cave in the south-western outskirts of the village of Orda Perm, on the left bank of the river Kungur. Embedded in gypsum and anhydrite of the Permian age. Consists of “dry” and the underwater part. The length of the dry part is 300 meters underwater – 4600 meters. To date, Orda Cave […]
Iran
Iran , officially te Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name “Iran” has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world Being of the kind which Persia Both “Perxia” and […]