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Yuri Smityuk
Late July is lotus-blossoming time in the Russian Far East.
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Lotuses, a symbol of love and cleanness, adorn ponds in the Russian Far East. Around Vladivostok (the main city in the region, 9100 km from Moscow) these plants can be seen near the Artemovskaya thermoelectric power station.
Yuri Smityuk
It is very unusual scenery for cold Russia — an abandoned power station and a lake full of blossoming lotuses.
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The blossoming period usually lasts for a month, but the window for seeing the flowers is only 4 days.
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As the Japanese say: on the first day a lotus is shaped like a bottle of sake, on the second like a cup of sake, on the third like a deep soup plate, and on the fourth like a saucer.
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There are different kinds of lotuses: Yellow, Caspian, Indian, and Komarov, which grows mostly in the Russian Far East and is the only kind of lotus found there.
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Its soft pink buds give off a pleasant aroma, especially at noon.
Yuri Smityuk
There is no industrial activity at the power station by the lotus lake, for which reason it is now a favorite recreation place for the locals.
