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Thirty two more pictures from the middle part of Russian leg of my trip around the world. This time I’m going to show you pictures taken in Yekaterinburg, Tobolsk’, Abalak, Tyumen, Omsk and Novosibirsk. (Please note that vertical pics can be stretched on Internet Explorer). If you like you can see also Volume I Slideshow.
Top ten places – June 10th->June 19th. From June 10th to June 19th I’ve travelled from Kazan in the Russian republic of Tatarstan to capital of Siberia Novosibirsk. Here is the ranking of the top ten things I liked the most, as usually in reverse order. By the way… have you lost other issues of …
Russia day 2017 in Yekaterinburg. Russia Day is the national holiday of the Russian Federation and it is held every year on June 12th. There are celebrations everywhere and of course bigger in main Russian towns. I had the pleasure to be in Yekaterinburg and I’ve tried to transmit the festive atmosphere with some pictures. …
A town with an important role in history. Yekaterinburg is one of the most modern towns in Russia and it owns some of the tallest skyscrapers in the country but it is also a place marking history. Here the Tsar family, Romanoff, was executed in 1918. Here is also born Boris Eltsin, the “white crow” …
Arrival and first walk in town. It was a long and uncomfortable night but in the end I’m in Yekaterinburg and I should say something more: I’m in Asia since few kilometres before the town it passes the border with Europe. Railway station is not too far from my guest house so, even if there …
Just another museum of Communism. For my third day in Kazan I’ve decided to plan only few things to see so I can take my time in the morning sleeping until late and having a long breakfast. Once I get out after leaving my huge luggage in the hotel I go to the Soviet Lifestyle …