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Torzhok is one of the oldest Russian towns and it is located on the route from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. After a 1766 fire that destroyed the centre, the town was rebuilt in Neoclassical style. The reconstruction was headed by the architect Nikolay Lvov, who drew from the ideas of the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. One of his ...
The main aim of the park is to preserve and restore the population of the unique spotted cat - the Amur leopard, which number in Russia is now only about 50 individuals. Today, more than half of them lives in the "Land of the Leopard." In addition, there lives and another cat, listed in the Red Book - the Amur tiger. [24] Lena Pillars
On May 21, 2019, the Moscow Times cited a World Wildlife Fund report indicating that Russia now ranks first in the world for its amount of protected natural areas [3] with 63.3 million hectares of specially protected natural areas. However, the article did not contain a link to WWF's report and it may be based on previously gathered data.
The temperate rainforests of the Russian Far East are within the Russian federal subjects Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai and contains the Sikhote-Alin mountain range. Found within the Russian Federation , this area is one of the most productive and diverse forests in the world and also contains one of the highest endangered species ...
The wildlife of Russia inhabits terrain that extends across 12 time zones and from the tundra region in the far north to the Caucasus Mountains and prairies in the south, including temperate forests which cover 70% of the country. Russia's forests comprise 22% of the forest in the world [1] as well as 33% of all temperate forest. [2]
Media in category "Featured pictures of Russia" The following 56 files are in this category, out of 56 total. 2020-09-16 165855 Soviet submarine B-515.jpg 7,296 × 3,648; 20.1 MB
Zaryadye Park (Russian: Парк Зарядье) is a landscape urban park located adjacent to Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on the site of the former Zaryadye district. The park was inaugurated on 9 September 2017 by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
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