“The Motherland Calls” statue on a hill overlooking Volgograd, Russia, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. It commemorates the Battle of Stalingrad.
Yulia Borovikova
Kluchevsky Bridge, a new bridge across the Kamchatka River, opened in late 2014.
Anastasia Plechova
A photo from the series, “Snow-Covered Dreams About the Young Pioneers,” Khabarovsk, Russian Far East.
Dmitriy Morgulis
The Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam on the Yenisei River at night.
Larisa Mikheeva
A fisherman’s village on the Chukchi Peninsula.
Vladimir Starovoitov
The 10th-century Shoana Church in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic is one of Russia’s most ancient temples.
Veronica Beletskaya
The view on the bridge across the Volga River, Saratov.
Vadim Fedotov
An ancient cemetery of the Alans, an Iranian nomadic people of antiquity that settled in the Caucasus region 2,000 years ago.
Georgy Golovin
The moon rises above the “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman” monument in VDNH exhibition center, Moscow.
Vladimir Astapkov
First snow in October 2014 at the Flooded Belfry of the Nikolsky Cathedral, Kalyazin (188 km from Moscow).
Yuryi Pritisk
Shadows on statues in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. / For more photos from 'Best of Russia' series follow the link.
Denis FedoseevSubscribe
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