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The nature of the Sestroretsk lowland
The Sestroretsk Nature Reserve is located within the city limits of St. Petersburg. Here, just a short trip away from a megopolis home to a population of 5 million, natural landscapes formed many centuries ago have been preserved. For modern researchers this natural landmark is something that must be protected and studied. RTG TV presenter Yevgenia Altfeld got to learn about the different types of bogs, including the Gryadova-Ozerkovy system, as well as about the ancient dunes, offshore bars and pine forests. She also got to see rare species of birds and find out about their unique features and habits.
Adler Primatology Institute
Primates have helped people to accomplish many great things such as travel to outer space and find medicines that cure terrible diseases. Biologically they belong to the same order as mankind, and thanks to this connection, scientists gain priceless information by studying them. The Russian Academy of Medical Sciences’ Research Institute of Medical Primatology is located in the village of Vesyoloye, forty kilometres from the southern city of Adler. Here 4,200 monkeys live in open-air cages. There are 20 species of monkeys, including pig-tailed, rhesus, Javan and brown macaques, as well as green monkeys and various species of baboons. Such a wide variety of species can’t even be found at the zoo. The primates living in this environment are here for a much different reason than those at the zoo: To help mankind study the world around us.
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Adler Primatology Institute
The Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
Kronshtadt, a small island city on the Finnish Gulf, was initially built as a fortress however is now known all over Russia for its naval cathedral. It was built at the beginning of the 20th century with a wide variety of specialists from all over taking part in its construction. The tall building was meant to be a monument to fallen sailors and to serve as a landmark to those returning from sea. Evgenia Altfeld set off to check out the history of the cathedral’s construction, also learning about the life of Father John Sergiev, later canonized under the name of John of Kronshtadt. It was much due to this preacher that the cathedral was built. In the late 19th-early 20th century Kronshtadt became one of Russia’s spiritual centres.
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