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Svetlana Miller — parachutist
If nothing in life seems to be going right, turn to the sky and it will show you just how to regain faith in yourself. There, far above us all at a height of 5,000 metres, we can find a cloudy kingdom full of silence and tranquility. In this transparent sea of blue, sorrows disappear and are replaced by unrestrained delight and amazement. No one has found this to be truer than Svetlana Miller, record holder in the women’s parachuting event at the Pearl of Russia competition. She first visited the aerodrome after going through a divorce from her husband and parachuting helped her to get through this difficult time. After her jumps she couldn’t stop smiling or dreaming about when she would next conquer the skies and was distracted from worrying about her personal life. Now Svetlana regularly sails through the heavens, looking at the world through the clouds. She is also prepa...
Cabin of Peter the Great museum
The oldest preserved wooden building in St Petersburg is the once home of Tsar Peter the First. The fate of this historic building as a monument was decided long ago, when its original owner was still alive. Built in only three days, the house was designed to resemble Dutch houses and witnessed the birth of a new Russian capital. The Russian ruler spent his first few years in St. Petersburg living as an ascetic on the bank of the Neva River as he gazed out the windows of his cabin at the Peter and Paul Fortress being built. While living in his humble abode, which in no way resembled a royal residence, Peter the Great felt much better than he did living in the white stone chambers of Moscow. Watch RTG’s programme “The Cabin of Peter the Great” and find out why the tsar fled Moscow, what drove him to start construction on a new city on swamp land that was not well-suited for li...
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Cabin of Peter the Great museum
USSR automotive legends. Sports cars
The biographies of sports automobiles are packed with adventures and danger. They've seen roads of every kind. At a frenzied pace, they've hurtled through counries and across continents. These auto-athletes have mastered thousands of kilometers. At the museum of retro automobiles on Rogozhsky Val in Moscow, you can see the most famous sports crs of the 20th century, learn the histories of their triumphs, and discover some fascinating facts.
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