Russian Travel Guide

Mountain rescue in Karachaevo-Cherkesia

The hushed magnificence of the mountains is not as unthreatening as it might at first appear. This is one of the most dangerous sites on the planet. The mountains are unforgiving where carelessness and mistakes are concerned. There are cases where tourists find themselves in areas that are hard to access and can't get back without help. Saving these peoples from forests, cliffs, landslides and avalanches is the work of the mountain rescuers of the Emergency Situations Ministry. RTG host Igor Maximemenko investigates the training of the mountain rescuers of Karachaevo-Cherkesia and their four-footed friends...

THE ALEXANDER PALACE. THE EMPEROR'S LAST HOME

The Alexander Palace, located in the St. Petersburg suburb of Tsarskoye Selo, was a regular residence of Emperor Nicholas II and a home that was beloved by his family. It was here that they lived the happiest moments of their lives, as well as the most tragic. The history of the palace is also rather complex. The museum that was established here in 1918 was never refurbished after the war. The palace fell into the hands of various organizations. And it was only in the 21st century that the palace returned to the Tsarskoe Selo Museum and Reserve. Restoring the interiors based on photographs and documents, pieces of fabric and fragments of walls, took enormous effort, And today it is much easier for us to imagine how the family of the last Russian emperor lived during their time here.

Коллекция Russian Travel Guide. Города. Москва