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Folk crafts of Ingushetia
Ingushetia, a region in southern Russia's Caucasus, is known for its rocky mountains and the ice-cold streams and rivers that rush through them. However the area's natural beauty is not the only thing known to charm travellers — its customs and folk crafts do this as well. The memory of their ancestors is something incredibly important to the Ingush people. For this reason they work hard to preserve traditions and on no rare occasion can guests catch sight of rich folk costumes, architectural monuments from the Middle Ages and people proudly performing folk dances that represent their small, culturally abundant native land. The republic however is not known solely for its traditions and ancestral memory — it is also the birthplace of leading technologies used around the world, for example, in the industrial processing of fish skin.
Birds of the South-West of Siberia
The lake district that has formed in southern part of Tyumen Oblast between the Ishim and Tobol Rivers serves as the perfect habitat for the many species of birds that live there. The Tobol-Ishim interfluve is located along one of the most popular routes that migrating birds travel, and each summer many geese, ducks and gannets nest here. Dozens of other seabirds do the same, including the Dalmatian Pelican, a feathered inhabitant from further north in Western Siberia.
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Birds of the South-West of Siberia
Tour of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
The Kamchatka Peninsula is one of the most unusual places on the planet. It is a land where fiery volcanoes and hot springs bubble and where crashing waves from the Pacific Ocean wash over the rocky coastal cliffs and the endless sand beaches. It is a place where the brown bear is king and one which is home to many ancient traditions and very interesting people. RTG TV host Igor Maximenko visited Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, where he learned about the history of Russian settlements in the area as well as spoke with representatives of indigenous peoples living on the peninsula.
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