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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...
Fishing for Bream on the Don
Almost a hundred years ago, British fishermen have come up with a device for catching fish, which became popular around the world - the feeder. Now, this gear is widely used and Russian fishing enthusiasts. Legendary weapon with centuries of history checked in step leading RTG TV Stanislav Salnikov and world champion catching feeder, Alexey Fadeev. The Volgograd region has been chosen as the site for a "test" is not accidental: in this region are its waters by two rivers teeming with fish - the Volga and the Don. Autumn is particularly productive fishing on bream.
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Fishing for Bream on the Don
The Russian museum of Ethnography
The idea of building a museum collection that captured the lives and cultures of peoples from all over Russia became a reality in the mid-19th century. The Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg is home to one of the largest such collections in the world, numbering more than 600,000 items. The wide variety of exhibits includes items that range from things used in everyday life by simple peasants to valuable jewels presented to the imperial family. The museum collection is made up of cultural artifacts from different periods and peoples who at one time or another lived on Russian soil. Join host Maria Mumicheva and travel through time and history at The Russian Museum of Ethnography to learn about the peoples that have inhabited the largest country in the world.
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