In 1982, 140 kilometers up from Yakutsk on the right bank of the Lena, geologists prepared for the arrival of guests of the next International Congress of INQUA, a demonstration of the deposits of the most ancient Lena terrace, Tabaginsk, in one of the pits, a human skull was discovered. Arrived at the site of […]
The Lena Pillars are a forty-kilometer-long series of sheer cliffs that stretch along the right bank of the Lena River. Two hundred kilometers downstream is the city of Yakutsk, about a hundred kilometers – the city of Pokrovsk. The length of the rocks is more than forty kilometers. Today it is a natural reserve of […]
Visa-free entry, free trains around the country and the opportunity to see the best teams of the world and 11 cities of Russia – foreign fans have heard about such opportunities. But several friends from abroad wrote to us at once, who do not understand how this will all work: “Now to get FAN-ID?” Como […]
The Russian Federation is the largest state in the world. Its expanses stretched more than 17 million km². This is not the only record. Here is the deepest lake Baikal and the lowest temperature is observed. The regions of the north of Russia deserve special attention primarily because they occupy almost half of the entire […]
The secluded ice-free lagoon of the Avacha Bay near the southeastern edge of Kamchatka is capable of taking any sea-going vessel even in the wildness of the severe northern winter. The violent disposition of the Pacific Ocean rarely reaches the coast, where the residential quarters of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vilyuchinsk stretch. The area of the water […]
This is a general article describing the nature of the nature reserves, such as vegetation, soil types, flora and fauna. The location on the map is also shown. Caucasian State Nature Biosphere Reserve link Subject of the Russian Federation: Krasnodar Region Karachay-Cherkess Republic of Adygea. republic Date of creation: May 12, 1924. International status: UNESCO […]
The land of ancient watchtowers and incredible untouched nature — all this picturesque Argun gorge. It is here today erected a state of the art ski resort Veduchi and here is the visiting card of Chechnya – the famous Ushkaloy Twin Towers. Having stretched almost 120 km from Khevsurety to the Black Mountains, the gorge […]
The city of Orel, which arose at the confluence of two rivers – Oka and Orlik – is similar to many other cities in Russia that grew up on the site of ancient fortresses. Now the city is associated with the names of famous figures of literature: Leskov, Turgenev, Bunin, Andreev. Founded in 1556, the […]
Caucasian state nature biosphere reserve is located on the southern and Northern slopes of the Western Caucasus. This protected area was declared on may 12, 1924, but the experience of preserving the unique nature of these places has its roots to the Grand “Kuban hunting”, organized in 1888. Caucasian biosphere reserve is the second largest […]
State nature reserve with the lyrical name of “Belogorie” was created in 1999 and consists of five separate parcels, so-called clusters that are located in Borisov, Gubkinsky and Novy Oskol district of the Belgorod region.The total area of the protected area is 2131 hectares. Created on the basis of the reserve “forest on the Vorskla”, […]