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Maria Domnitskaya Lonely Planet now in Russian!21 мая 2012 14:20The legendary Lonely Planet guide books will be finally published in Russian. Russia’s largest Eksmo publishing house has obtained exclusive rights for the Russian version. Now Russian tourists can plan independent holidays with the help of Lonely Planet books joining English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean speaking travelers. The secret of family happiness15 мая 2012 17:31According to a decision of the UN, May 15 is International Family Day. There is a theory shared by many sociologists that it is the family which lays in the basis of any state. Lyuba's world tour continues14 мая 2012 16:08At the end of its highly successful world tour, mammoth “Lyuba” will return to the Shemanovsky museum in Salekhard Siberia. Maria Domnitskaya provides more details. Lyuba will be the center piece at the “Mammoth Times” exhibition in Yamal. Para-Snowboard to debut at Sochi Paralympics14 мая 2012 15:30The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has included Para-Snowboard events in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. Para-Snowboard will thus debut as part of the Paralympic program. The Sochi Paralympic Games will take place from the 7th to the 16th of March 2014. The participants will contest 72 medals. The last Paralympic Winter Games were held in Vancouver in 2010. Alaska-Siberia lend-lease route celebrates jubilee4 мая 2012 19:19Yakutia, Russia’s largest region, half of which lies across the Arctic Circle, is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Alaska-West Siberia air route for the World War II lend-lease supplies from the United States to the Soviet Union. Edible and medicinal Minerals3 мая 2012 16:05Ural Geology Museum has always attracted visitors with its extraordinary exhibitions. It has opened a new display with an intriguing name, “Edible and Medicinal Minerals” soon after the “Meteoric Rain” exhibition was closed. "Peoples' Friendship" Siberian way30 апреля 2012 14:41The annual culture festival Peoples’ Friendship is held in the Siberian city of Tomsk on May 1st every year. This year the festival is held for the 18th time and will gather more than 2,000 participants who belong to 24 nationalities and ethnic groups. Miracle in lace27 апреля 2012 18:34Clothes, high lace boots, hand-made embroidery, umbrellas, cases for mobile phones, and souvenirs – more than 300 exclusive pieces are taking part in the contest that is currently underway in Yeletsk in Russia within the framework of the Golden Lace of Russia Festival. UNESCO discusses international cooperation in preserving Lake Baikal23 апреля 2012 15:48Events dedicated to international ecological cooperation in studying and preserving Lake Baikal have started at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The lake has been on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites as the world’s largest body of fresh water. "Meteoric Rain" exhibition opens in Yekaterinburg18 апреля 2012 15:26The “Meteoric Rain” exhibition has opened in Yekaterinburg in the Ural Region. Nearly 5,000 meteorites fall on the ground every year. The Goba Meteorite that was found in Namibia - the largest of all – weighs approximately 66 tons. 125 meteorites have been discovered in Russia over the past 250 years. Clean project of NORNIKEL11 апреля 2012 20:38The Mining and Metallurgical Works NORNIKEL, the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium, and also one of the world’s main producers of platinum and copper, is launching a unique environmental project. Welcome to space!10 апреля 2012 17:55Russia is going to build its first spaceport. It will be situated near the place where the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was born – the village of Klushino in the Smolensk region, 200 kms west of Moscow. The spaceport, which will be named after Gagarin, will be an analogue of Spaceport America in the US state of New Mexico. City of Huns for Ulan Ude9 апреля 2012 16:19A project for the building of a Huns city is planned for Ulan Ude, Buryatia. 17 hectares of land have been set aside for the project, which has the approval of the UNESCO. MSU law students shine5 апреля 2012 19:08Students and post-graduate students of the Moscow State University‘s Law Faculty have won the Jessup Cup. It Volunteers to help Lake Baikal4 апреля 2012 18:29The summer selection of volunteers to give Lake Baikal a facelift has begun. Volunteers can pick one of the 14 projects according to their interest and time, after filling a form on a special site. New age teller from Russia2 апреля 2012 18:45Russian scientists of the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk have developed a spectrometer to establish the exact age of archaeological finds. Thanks to a new know-how the Russian spectrometer may even outmatch high accuracy spectrometers which are now used in Germany the US and Japan. Industrial waste to replace wood30 марта 2012 17:26Scientists from Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, have created a material from industrial waste, suitable to replace wood and plastic in the construction sector. It has qualities similar to that of wood, but is superior to wood with regards to fire and heat resistance, as well as its resistance to cold. The new material is durable and is twice cheaper than wood. Is global warming cancelled?28 марта 2012 16:22Continuous global warming, which has lately been the talk of the day, will not happen after all. In the 21st century, warming and cooling will be alternately replacing each other approximately every 40 years, with each subsequent cooling more severe than the previous one. Russian Arctic welcomes tourists26 марта 2012 15:22This year, the youngest Russian national park ‘The Russian Arctic’ is planning to receive twice as many visitors as last year. The results of the first tourist season in this northernmost reserve in Eurasia were 11 Arctic cruises aboard 7 ships from three countries carrying 865 tourists from many parts of the world. Trumps of Russian tourism21 марта 2012 13:42Tourism has turned out to be the only industry which has stood its ground in the world economic crisis and continues to develop successfully. Last year, the share of tourism in the international GDP was 5%. Russia, which is in the 13th place in the world tourist rating, is no exception in this respect. |
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