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![[Russian football fans with a gigantic Go Russia! banner, featuring Russian Bear on the background of Russian flag]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RussianBear_s.jpg "Russian football fans with a gigantic Go Russia! banner, featuring Russian Bear on the background of Russian flag")
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![[The Baptism of Kievans, a painting by Klavdiy Lebedev.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lebedev_baptism_s.jpg "The Baptism of Kievans, a painting by Klavdiy Lebedev.")
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![[Sergius of Radonezh blessing Dmitri Donskoi in Troitse]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lissner_TroiceSergievaLavr_s.jpg "Sergius of Radonezh blessing Dmitri Donskoi in Troitse")
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![[Grand Cascade in Peterhof, nicknamed Russian Versaille, a popular tourist destination in Saint Petersburg]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PeterhofGrandCascade_s.jpg "Grand Cascade in Peterhof, nicknamed Russian Versaille, a popular tourist destination in Saint Petersburg")
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![[Russian banknote. 5 rubles. Version of 1997 year. Front]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Banknote_5_rubles_281997_29_front_s.jpg "Russian banknote. 5 rubles. Version of 1997 year. Front")
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![[A reindeer sled in Arkhangelsk]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Archangel_reindeer3_s.jpg "A reindeer sled in Arkhangelsk")
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![[Napoleon's withdrawal from Russia, a painting by Adolph Northen.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Napoleons_retreat_from_moscow_s.jpg "Napoleon's withdrawal from Russia, a painting by Adolph Northen.")
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![[Central Russian Upland near Zaraysk, Moscow Oblast.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D0_9E_D1_81_D0_B5_D1_82_D1_80_D1_80_D0_B5_D0_BA_D0_B0_s.jpg "Central Russian Upland near Zaraysk, Moscow Oblast.")
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![[A birch forest in Siberia, Novosibirsk Oblast]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Birches_near_Novosibirsk_in_Autumn_s.jpg "A birch forest in Siberia, Novosibirsk Oblast")
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![[Entrance to the Kremlin Senate, part of the Moscow Kremlin and the working residence of the Russian president]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kremlin_Senate_in_the_Moscow_Kremlin_s.jpg "Entrance to the Kremlin Senate, part of the Moscow Kremlin and the working residence of the Russian president")
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![[Rye Fields, by Ivan Shishkin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rozh_s.jpg "Rye Fields, by Ivan Shishkin")
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![[Bogatyrs by Viktor Vasnetsov]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Die_drei_Bogatyr_s.jpg "Bogatyrs by Viktor Vasnetsov")
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![[Rus': The Soul of the People by Mikhail Nesterov, symbolic of Russia's historical spiritual quest]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NesterovMV_NaRusi206x483GTG_s.jpg "Rus': The Soul of the People by Mikhail Nesterov, symbolic of Russia's historical spiritual quest")
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![[The Amber Room]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bernsteinzimmer02_s.jpg "The Amber Room")
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from jeanyfan |
![[Preparation of pelmeni, a common Russian dish of Tatar origin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PELMENY_s.jpg "Preparation of pelmeni, a common Russian dish of Tatar origin")
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![[Wooden churches of Kizhi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kizhi_churches_2_s.jpg "Wooden churches of Kizhi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.")
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![[A school in Moscow.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D0_A8_D0_BA_D0_BE_D0_BB_D0_B0_1118_28_D0_9C_D0_BE_D1_81_D0_BA_D0_B2_D0_B0_29_s.jpg "A school in Moscow.")
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![[The plains of Western Siberia, Vasyugan River, Tomsk Oblast.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vasyugan_s.jpg "The plains of Western Siberia, Vasyugan River, Tomsk Oblast.")
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![[Kuban Cossack Choir performing in the national costumes.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kuban_Cossack_Dance_2_s.jpg "Kuban Cossack Choir performing in the national costumes.")
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![[AK-47, the most widely used type of assault rifle in the world.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rifle_AK_47_2_s.jpg "AK-47, the most widely used type of assault rifle in the world.")
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![[Taiga forest in winter, Arkhangelsk Oblast.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Archangelsk_taiga_2_s.jpg "Taiga forest in winter, Arkhangelsk Oblast.")
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![[Yermak's Conquest of Siberia by Vasily Surikov.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Surikov_Pokoreniye_Sibiri_Yermakom_2_s.jpg "Yermak's Conquest of Siberia by Vasily Surikov.")
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![[Heavy metal band Aria is one of the leading Russian rock performers.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berkut_flies_s.jpg "Heavy metal band Aria is one of the leading Russian rock performers.")
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![[A mobile clinic used to provide health care to people at remote railway stations.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Terapevt_Mudrov_train_s.jpg "A mobile clinic used to provide health care to people at remote railway stations.")
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![[A Rosneft petrol station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rosneft_azs_s.jpg "A Rosneft petrol station")
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![[The original headquarters of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Kunstkamera building in St]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Magic_Sankt_Petersburg_Kunstkammer_at_White_Nights_28Weisse_N_C3_A4chte_29_s.jpg "The original headquarters of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Kunstkamera building in St")
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![[5 Russian rubles banknote of 1997, with Millennium of Russia monument and St]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rub5b_s.jpg "5 Russian rubles banknote of 1997, with Millennium of Russia monument and St")
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![[A sculpture in honor of Dmitry Mendeleev and his Periodic table in Slovakia.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Periodic_table_monument_s.jpg "A sculpture in honor of Dmitry Mendeleev and his Periodic table in Slovakia.")
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![[Scarlet Sails celebration on the Neva river in Saint Petersburg.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Alyye_parusa_s.jpg "Scarlet Sails celebration on the Neva river in Saint Petersburg.")
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![[Central Russian Upland near Zaraysk, Moscow Oblast.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Central_highlands_2_s.jpg "Central Russian Upland near Zaraysk, Moscow Oblast.")
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![[Anton Chekhov is famous for his plays and short stories]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChekhovGl_1_s.jpg "Anton Chekhov is famous for his plays and short stories")
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![[Portrait Of Dostoevsky.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dostoevskij_1872_s.jpg "Portrait Of Dostoevsky.")
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![[Astronaut Edward T]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Soyuz_TMA_2_launch_s.jpg "Astronaut Edward T")
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![[Seaside arbour in Sochi, a subtropical Russian resort city and the capital of 2014 Winter Olympics]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sochi_Beach_arbour_s.jpg "Seaside arbour in Sochi, a subtropical Russian resort city and the capital of 2014 Winter Olympics")
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![[Portrait of Ivan IV by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1897]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ivan_the_Terrible_28cropped_29_s.jpg "Portrait of Ivan IV by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1897")
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![[First human in space, Yuri Gagarin.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gagarin_space_suite_s.jpg "First human in space, Yuri Gagarin.")
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from Irpen |
![[Leo Tolstoy , novelist and philosopher]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/L_N_Tolstoy_Prokudin_Gorsky_s.jpg "Leo Tolstoy , novelist and philosopher")
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![[Alexander Pushkin , the greatest Russian poet and founder of modern Russian literature]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AleksandrPushkin_s.jpg "Alexander Pushkin , the greatest Russian poet and founder of modern Russian literature")
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from Mikko_Paananen |
![[The Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Andrej_Rubl_C3_ABv_001_s.jpg "The Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev.")
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![[The building of the Russian State Duma on Manege Square in Moscow.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Langman_sto_s.jpg "The building of the Russian State Duma on Manege Square in Moscow.")
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![[The Brown bear is a symbol of Russia.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Medved_mzoo_2_s.jpg "The Brown bear is a symbol of Russia.")
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![[Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolsheviks and founder of the USSR.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lenin_1920_2_s.jpg "Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolsheviks and founder of the USSR.")
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![[A scene from The Nutcracker ballet.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Snowdance_s.jpg "A scene from The Nutcracker ballet.")
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![[A symbol of Russia's religious renaissance, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, demolished in the Soviet times and...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Moscow_Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour_s.jpg "A symbol of Russia's religious renaissance, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, demolished in the Soviet times and...")
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![[Cathrine II the Great ruled Russia during the Age of Enlightenment]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Empress_Catherine_The_Great_circa_1770_28D_G_Levitsky_29_s.jpg "Cathrine II the Great ruled Russia during the Age of Enlightenment")
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![[Alexander Nevsky by Pavel Korin on the 1967 Soviet postage stamp.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NevskyKorinStamp_s.jpg "Alexander Nevsky by Pavel Korin on the 1967 Soviet postage stamp.")
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from The_Deceiver |
![[The Dormition Cathedral in Moscow Kremlin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dormition_28Kremlin_29_s.jpg "The Dormition Cathedral in Moscow Kremlin")
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