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Vladimirian Rus: The History of a Glorious Era
For almost one thousand years, the remarkable city of Vladimir has stood on the banks of the Klyazma River. The pages of its history are replete with significant events and individuals. But perhaps the most important chapter tells the story of when Vladimir was the beating heart of the Russian Northeast. This era began in the middle of the 12th century, and lasted for more than two hundred fifty years, during which time the city was led by a number of rulers – the Grand Princes of Vladimir. Each of these princes left his indelible mark – in white stone and golden cupolas, in the stories told by the chronicles, and in the history of the Russian nation, which, were it not for the watershed era known as Vladimirian Rus, would have taken another path completely.
In search of the black stork
The Bryansk Forest Reserve, a small corner of untouched Russian wilderness, is home to thousand-year-old trees and many rare animal species. In the Bryansk Forest’s impenetrable thickets you can find birds believed by many to be almost mythological —- few people have seen black storks and ornithologists themselves consider a meeting with such feathered creatures to be one of great luck. In order to build their nests black storks chose the deepest and nearly impassable places. For mankind, reaching such places is no simple feat, and sometimes completely impossible. It is this quality which helps the Bryansk Forest to keep its many wild secrets. RTG TV presenter Igor Maximenko learned this for himself when he set out on a photo-safari to capture the elusive black stork on film in the wild thickets of the reserve.
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In search of the black stork
The Russian women's curling team
Regardless of the fact that the sport of curling is more than six centuries old, Russian athletes believe it to be a 21st-century game. Members of the Russian women’s curling team dream of ruling the sport on a global level, and are making large strides toward achieving this goal. No one can argue with the fact that women are the face of curling in Russia. Ekaterina Galkina, Kira Ezekh, Liudmila Privivkova and Anna Sidorova, the women of the Russian curling team, are a high-spirited, beautiful and determined bunch. They may not look alike, but as science shows, opposites attract and this may be just the thing that feeds the groups strength, success and popularity. Having joined the world’s curling elite, these Russian athletes now stand among the sport’s most favoured and talented curlers.
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