The Russian Geographic Society announced the winners of its annual photo contest "The Most Beautiful Country". This year, almost 6,000 photographers, including photographers, amateurs and even kids, competed to win and the jury chose from almost 47,000 images. The adult winners will receive prize money, while the young winners will be given quadcopters for their success.
1. A bear from Kamchatka Krai. Winner in the category, "Wild Animals".
Konstantin Shatenev
2. This is one of Russia’s oldest monasteries, which still has 16th century frescoes by Dionisius who was a student of Andrey Rublev's school of icon painting. A photo from the Vologda Region won the category, "Russia From a Bird's Eye View".
Dmitry Arkhipov
3. Another photo from Kamchatka won for "Magic of the Element".
Evgeny Vladimirov
4. A photo of an owl with incredibly expressive eyes won in the category, "Birds".
Elena Pakhalyuk
5. What a tree! This photo won in the category, "Wildlife Art ( Art Photo)".
Alexander Razumov
6. A spider weaving its web won in the category, "Macromir".
Anatoly Plechisty
7. The photo was taken in the Altai Republic. Winner in the category, “Landscape”.
Nikolay Vasilyev
8. The photo of a jellyfish surrounded by mountains won in the category, "Underwater World".
Egor Nikiforov
9. The veteran's photo won in "Russia in Faces".
Yulia Borovikova
10. This is a special nomination in which photographers repeat archival images. This is a modern photo of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and this is how it looked at the end of the 19th century.
Alexander Maxin
Russian Geographic Society archive.
11. The photo won a special prize in "Reserved Russia".
Vladimir Ivanov
12. The photographer managed to capture the rarest Far Eastern leopard and won for"Rare animals in the wild".
Svetlana Gorbatykh
13. This photo won the People’s Choice Award.
Alexander Mikhailenko
14. A stunning photo that won in the children’s category, "Landscape". The photo was taken by a kid!
Georgy Lavrentyev
15. Another kid's photo. Birds on a tree were captured in the Kaluga Region and won in the category, "Animal World".
Ivan Gorshkov
16. Children's winner for "World from a bird's eye view". A herd of deer in the Orenburg Region.
Yaroslava Merkulova
17. The photo taken by the kid won in the category, "Natural Phenomena".
Xenia Marshalka