The original Cathedral of Christ the Savior was built to give thanks to God for the deliverance of Russia from Napoleon’s army. Begun in 1839, work on the cathedral was not completed until 1883.

Russian felt boots manufacturing

Caucasian Winter in South Ossetia

Moscow faces vote protests

Despite the large scale, the protests against the authorities and the results of the 2011 State Duma elections were comparably peaceful.

By Gazeta Russa

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December 11, 2011

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Moscow to test facial recognition system for second time

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Red is the New Black: Seeing Russians as they really are