In addition to Zaonezhye, in the Medvezhyegorsk region northwest of Medvezhyegorsk, on the Segozero reservoir, there is a historical area of residence of the Segozero Karelians with villages where historical buildings have been preserved. North-east of the Povenets Bay there is a place where the Vygoretskaya hermitage once flourished. Since the end of the 17th century,…
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Check naturegnosis for Russia in 2001.
The Russian Foreign Policy of Alexander I
If Alexander I, like Paul I, also began his reign in a peaceful sense (the league of the Nordic powers was broken, the plans to fight against England put aside) the direction of government followed by Paul I in recent times of his kingdom was completely abandoned. And when the policy of the new tsar…
Russia Prehistory
Name by which a region of the ancient world is known which in the course of history, as a consequence of the progressive expansion of the state formed by the Russians of Moscow in the century. XV, formerly heir to Kijev’s Russia, gradually expanded to include a large part of the European section of what…
Russia 2011
In 2011, the population of Russia was estimated to be around 142 million people. The economy of the country was largely dependent on exports such as oil and gas, as well as services such as banking and tourism. In terms of foreign relations, Russia had strong ties with other post-Soviet countries, as well as with…