Nadezhda Dog Sledding Races in Chukotka, Russia
Nadezhda is one of the biggest dog sledding races in Russia’s Chukotka. Takes place annually in April. Lasts 2 weeks. Total distance is 1114 km across ice- and snow-hummocks. It is “the race on the edge of the Earth.”
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Norilsk is a wonder itself located in the midst of Russia’s Arctic tundra. Have you heard about the company “Norilsk Nickel,” the world’s leading producer of nickel and palladium? It’s the company that forms Norilsk City. Now look what conditions its workers live in. Wonder, isn’t it?
Full article →Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula is like Italia. It appears to be an expensive place, but worth definitely to visit and admire its magic mighty active volcanoes. Take a look at astonishing pictures, info, facts, gps coordinates.
Full article →Winter in Salekhard, North Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets. Pictures by Hannes Rada.
In January of 2011, Hannes Rada, an active Austrian traveler and photographer, visited North Russia’s city of Salekhard, the city located right on the Arctic Circle.
Full article →The world’s biggest stalagmite to be made in Yakutsk, Siberia/Russia
A famous Russian actor, Andrey I, and his creative studio “Navigator” started making the world’s biggest (tallest/highest) stalagmite in Yakutsk, Siberia/Russia
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What a great photo travel report Luba Suslyakova, the AskUral.com host, brought from her recent trip Yekaterinburg to the Siberian city of Tyumen, where she tried winter swimming in hot, really hot springs.
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