Russia

Russia, officially the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area (1,265,267 square kilometres (488,522 sq mi)) extending across eleven time zones. Russia shares land borders with Norway and Finland to the northwest; Estonia, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine to the west, as well as Lithuania and Poland (with Kaliningrad Oblast); Georgia and Azerbaijan to the southwest; Kazakhstan and Mongolia to the south; China and North Korea to the southeast — as well as sharing maritime boundaries with Japan and the United States. Russia also shares borders with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Russia

Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Foros

Above Foros, two kilometres from the Baidar Gate, on a steep cliff 400 m above sea level rises the Church of the Ascension of Christ, built in 1892. The cathedral is built in Byzantine style with a special technique of masonry wide flat brick and... read more

Russia

Bloody stairs

To the east of Foros there is one of the most ancient passes of the Main Ridge of the Crimean Mountains - Chertova Stairs (Devil's Staircase). Here was the only way from the coast to the interior of the Crimean peninsula. From afar, the pass r... read more

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Kazantip Peninsula

Kazantip is located on the top part of the Kerch Peninsula, whose shores are washed by the Sea of Azov. Kazantip and Arabatsky gulfs are located on the territory of this protrusion.

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Russia

St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Yalta

The Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky was built in honour of the Russian Emperor Alexander II, who died at the hands of the Narodolovists. Empress Maria Feodorovna participated in the laying of the foundation stone on 1 March 1891, the tenth anniv... read more

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Egypt

Khan Al-Khalili Market

Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more

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Israel

Church of the Visitation

The Catholic Church of the Visitation in the Jerusalem suburb of Ein Karem is named after one of the most beautiful Gospel episodes - Mary's visit to Elizabeth.

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Greece

Ancient Agora

In the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more

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