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People walk past a monument to Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov during a major snowfall in the southern Russian city of Stavropol.
RIA Novosti/Mihail Mokrushin
Russia's Yekaterina Ilyukhina in the women's parallel giant slalom qualifying event at the 2013–14 FIS Snowboard World Cup 5 in Carezza, Italy.
ITAR-TASS
Gogol library opens after reconstruction in St. Petersburg.
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Some 20 breeds of cats and dogs are offered at a fair for Russians shopping for the new year in Moscow.
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The Russian dance formation Vera Tyumen perform during the latin formation dancing world championship in Bremen, Germany.
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The nine Windmills light installed by a group of French artists at the Kuznetsky Most as part of the beginning of the "Light Installation" international project on December 14, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. Windmills light shine over the city, especially near the Strastnoy Square.
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A member of the "Skipper" yacht club dressed as Santa Claus, sails his trimaran to mark the ending of the sailboat season during heavy snowfall at an air temperature of above minus 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 Fahrenheit) on the Yenisei River, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
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Miniature horse grazing on a farm for breeding American miniature horses run by Elena Chistyakova in Scotney village, Leningrad region.
REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev
An employee works near the far eastern Russian town of Ussuriysk.
ITAR-TASS
Central Moscow Hippodrome.
RIA Novosti/Pavel Lisitsyn
A herd of horses on a horse-breeding farm under Artyomovsky farm business in the Sverdlovsk Region.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A woman jumps down onto the beach in the Adler district of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympics in February.
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People look at their reflections in the glass wall of the skating rink near the State Department Store (L) on Red Square in Moscow. New Year's is the biggest holiday of the year in Russia, followed by Orthodox Christmas celebrated on January 7.
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View of the city islands, the Kunstkamera and Rostral columns from the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
