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
Urals gems

Bright as a flame, clear and sparkling like water and born out of emptiness deep beneath the Earth-crystals really are a natural wonder and a product of the elements. They decorate our lives and carry with them an ancient secret. People in the Urals discovered these multi-coloured crystals that seem to dance in the sunlight long ago. They found them in rivers and lakes, while tilling the fields in the spring and simply along the roads after heavy rains. In regular speech people began calling them poetic names such as «eyes of the earth» or, more popularly and accurately, «samosvety» translated to mean «colours themselves.» The Urals' many unique and precious stones soon became famous all over the world and it has been 18 years since they won over the world. The translucent cherry-coloured amethysts from the Urals decorated the tiaras of European empresses while emerald and topaz rings tw...

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RTG TV TOP10 Природные материалы. Искусство укрощения

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