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Alexander Palace
Александровский дворец
Panoramic view of the Alexander Palace in 2010

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General information
Type	Imperial residence
Country	Russia
Coordinates	59.721°N 30.3926°E
Construction started	1792[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Giacomo Quarenghi[1]

The Alexander Palace (Russian: Александровский дворец, Alexandrovskiy dvorets) is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, on a plateau about 30 miles (48 km) south of Saint Petersburg. The Palace was commissioned by Empress/Tsarina Catherine II (Catherine the Great) in 1792.

Due to the privacy it offered when officially resident in St Petersburg, the Alexander Palace was the preferred residence of the last Russian Emperor, Nicholas II and his family; its safety and seclusion compared favourably to the Winter Palace during the years immediately prior to the Russian Revolution. In 1917, the palace became the family's initial place of imprisonment after the first of two Russian Revolutions in February which overthrew the House of Romanov during World War I. The Alexander Palace is situated in Alexander Park, not far from Catherine Park and the larger, more elaborate Catherine Palace. After undergoing years of renovation, the Alexander Palace opened in Summer 2021 as a state museum housing relics of the former imperial dynasty.^[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Palace

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ascension Church (1535)
Location	Moscow, Russia
Criteria	Cultural: ii
Reference	634
Inscription	1994 (18th Session)
Website	Official site
Coordinates	55°40′10″N 37°40′08″E
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Church of John the Baptist in Dyakovo

A modern reconstruction of the Wooden palace (2011)

Panorama of Kolomenskoye, 18th century. Watercolor from the original drawing of Giacomo Quarenghi

View of Kolomenskoye by Fyodor Alexeyev (19th century)

Kolomenskoye (Russian: Коло́менское) is a former royal estate situated several kilometers to the southeast of the city center of Moscow, Russia, on the ancient road leading to the town of Kolomna (hence the name). The 390 hectare scenic area overlooks the steep banks of the Moskva River. It became a part of Moscow in the 1960s. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolomenskoye

Aerial view of St. Michael's Castle

Saint Michael's Castle (Russian: Миха́йловский за́мок, Mikhailovsky zamok), also called the Mikhailovsky Castle or the Engineers' Castle (Russian: Инженерный замок, Inzhenerny zamok), is a former royal residence in the historic centre of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Saint Michael's Castle was built as a residence for Emperor Paul I of Russia by architects Vincenzo Brenna and Vasily Bazhenov in 1797–1801. It was named for St Michael the Archangel, patron saint of the royal family.^[1] The castle looks different from each side, as the architects used motifs of various architectural styles such as French Classicism, Italian Renaissance and Gothic. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael%27s_Castle

Aerial view of Smolny Convent

Smolny Convent or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection (Voskresensky, Russian: Воскресенский новодевичий Смольный монастырь), located on Ploschad Rastrelli (Rastrelli Square), on the left bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia, consists of a cathedral (sobor) and a complex of buildings surrounding it, originally planned as a convent.^[1] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolny_Convent

Marble Palace
Мраморный дворец
Larger Marble Palace. View from the Field of Mars
Location in Saint Petersburg
General information
Town or city	St. Petersburg
Country	Russia
Coordinates	59°56′42.64″N 30°19′36.47″E
Completed	1785

Marble Palace (Мраморный дворец) is one of the first Neoclassical palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is situated between the Field of Mars and Palace Quay, slightly to the east from New Michael Palace. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Palace

Kremlin Palace and churches. Early 1920s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Kremlin_Palace

Emperor's Railway Station / Emperor's Tsarskoye Selo Station
Emperor's Tsarskoye Selo Station building, in its present semi-ruined state, as seen from the North West
General information
Location	Akademicheskiy Prospect, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg Russia
Coordinates	59°43′53″N 30°23′03″E
Construction
Structure type	Russian Revival architecture
History
Opened	1895 (current building 1912)
Closed	1940s
Rebuilt	1911–1912

The Emperor's railway station or Emperor's Tsarskoye Selo Station, known as the Emperor's Pavilion (Russian: Императорский павильон, transliteration Imperatorsky pavilyon), is a former railway station terminal in Russia, in the town Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin, Saint Petersburg), which served the last monarch of Russia Emperor Nicholas II with his family and courtiers over his dedicated Emperor's Tsarskoye Selo Railway [ru] that eventually consisted of three lines to link the capital city of the empire, Saint Petersburg, with two of the suburban royal residences in the towns of Tsarskoye Selo (Rus. "Royal Village") and Gatchina. The Tsarskoye Selo Alexander Palace and Park estate was home to Nicholas and his family for their last 13 years. The Russian royal family had two other private railway station terminals named Emperor's Pavilions - one in Moscow [ru] and another one at Saint Petersburg Vitebsky railway station. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperatorsky_pavilyon_railway_station

A veduta from ca. 1796

Pella Palace (Пеллинский дворец) was a summer residence built during the reign of Catherine II of Russia for her grandson, future emperor Alexander. It was situated on the left bank of the Neva River, 30 km east of Saint Petersburg, where the town of Otradnoye now stands. If completed, it would have been Russia's largest imperial palace.^[1] Pella, partially built in 1785-1789, has been razed to the ground by Catherine's son, Paul I of Russia. Not only the buildings disappeared, but very few images of it survived the Battle of the Palaces: existing knowledge of Pella relies on a few facade elevations and watercolors by Giacomo Quarenghi and an elaborate drawing on Catherine's fan, also based on Quarenghi's drafts.^[2][3] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella_Palace

Petrovsky Palace

Petrovsky Palace

Petrovsky Palace (1831)

Petrovsky Palace or Petroff Palace, is a palace located in Moscow on Leningradsky Prospect. It was founded in 1780 under the orders of Catherine the Great.^[1] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrovsky_Palace

View from the Peter and Paul Fortress

The Vladimir Palace (Russian: Влади́мирский дворе́ц, Vladimirsky dvorets) is the former palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, son of Alexander II. It was one of the last imperial palaces to be constructed in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was designed by a team of architects including Vasily Kenel, Aleksandr Rezanov, Andrei Huhn, Ieronim Kitner, Vladimir Shreter and Maximilian Messmacher. Construction work on the waterfront lasted from 1867 to 1872, additional construction and extensions continued in the 1880s and 1890s. Major restorations were made in 1980s and in 2010. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Palace

For the town in which Tsarskoye Selo is located, see Pushkin, Saint Petersburg. For the railway station in the town, see Tsarskoye Selo railway station.

Catherine Palace and Park

Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: Ца́рское Село́, IPA: [ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo] (listen), lit. 'Tsar's Village') was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of Saint Petersburg.^[1] The residence now forms part of the town of Pushkin. Tsarskoye Selo forms one of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.

The town bore the name Tsarskoye Selo until 1918. The new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia renamed it as Detskoe Selo (Russian: Детское Село, lit. 'Children's Village'), which it held from 1918–1937. At that time, it was renamed under Stalin's government as Pushkin (Russian: Пушкин) after the famous Russian poet and writer. It is still known by that name. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsarskoye_Selo

"Summer Palace, St Petersburg" redirects here. For an earlier Summer Palace, see Summer Palace of Peter the Great.

Painting of the Summer Palace of Elizaveta Petrovna in 1756.

The Summer Palace (Russian: Ле́тний дворе́ц) is either of the two wooden Baroque palaces built by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli on Tsaritsa's Meadow behind the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg. Neither building survives. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Palace_(Rastrelli)

Leib Guard reception at the Konstantin Palace. A 19th-century painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelna

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv), (vi)
Reference	540bis
Inscription	1990 (14th Session)
Extensions	2013
Area	3,934.1 ha (15.190 sq mi)
Coordinates	59°57′0″N 30°19′6″E
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The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by UNESCO when it collectively designated the historic core of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vicinity as a World Heritage Site in 1991.

The site was recognised for its architectural heritage, fusing Baroque, Neoclassical, and traditional Russian-Byzantine influences. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_Saint_Petersburg_and_Related_Groups_of_Monuments

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments. Defensive installations of the Fortress of Kronstadt. Forts of the Island Kotlin. Fort «Constantin»

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Reference	540-003a3

The Fort Constantin (Fort Grand Duke Constantine, Fort Konstantin) (Russian: Форт «Константин», (Форт «Великий Князь Константин») was a coastal artillery battery that covered southern waters of the fortified city of Kronstadt, Russia. The city is located on the Kotlin Island, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Currently the fort has no military use, the structures are in disarray, and the transport and tourism company Third Park [ru] tries to develop the territory as a tourist destination. ^[1][2][3]

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Constantin_(Russia)}

 

The Cathedral of St. Andrew (1817–1932), patron saint of the Russian Navy, destroyed by the Soviet regime in 1932.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt

Soviet battleship Marat at the Spithead Fleet Review 1937

German aerial reconnaissance shot of Kronstadt, June 1, 1942

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt

Warehouse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt

305-mm railroad gun in Krasnaya Gorka fort

Krasnaya Gorka (Красная Горка meaning Red Hill) is a coastal artillery fortress in Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, opposite Kotlin Island and the Baltic Fleet's base at Kronstadt. The nearest settlement is Lebyazhye (Лебяжье). 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnaya_Gorka_fort

Lake Shchuchye in Komarovo

Komarovo (Russian: Комаро́во, IPA: [kəmɐˈrovə]; Finnish: Kellomäki) is a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It is located about 45 kilometers (28 mi) northwest of central Saint Petersburg. Population: 1,230 (2010 Census);^[1] 1,062 (2002 Census);^[2] 1,635 (1989 Census).^[3]

During the summer months, the population increases by a factor of five to six.^[2] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komarovo,_Saint_Petersburg

Ligovsky canal Russian: Лиговский канал
The Ligovsky canal near Znamenskaya Church. 1860s
Specifications
Maximum height above sea level	78.9 ft (24.0 m) (Difference between a mouth and a source in meter)
Status	90 % closed
History
Principal engineer	G. Skornyakov-Pisarev
Construction began	1718
Date completed	1721
Date closed	1891, 1926 and 1965-1969

The Ligovsky Canal (Russian: Ли́говский кана́л) is one of the longest canals of Saint Petersburg (Russia). Constructed in 1721, it is 23 kilometres (14 mi) long. Its purpose was to supply water for the fountains of the Summer Garden. The canal delivered water from the river to ponds on the current Nekrasov Street. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligovsky_Canal

Water system of Ligovsky Canal
Legend
Dudergofskoye lake Dudergofka River 1718-1721 To Moskovskoye s. Three highways interchange Ring Road To Bronka Three highways interchange Dachnaya street Three highways interchange Diameter To sea port terminal To Predportovaya To Ulyanka, Ligovo To Predportovaya To Leninsky Prospekt To Predportovaya To Leninsky Prospekt To Konstitutsii square Leninsky Pr. To Leninsky Metro Krasnenkaya River To Konstitutsii square Krasnoputilovskaya To Avtovo Moscow Gate Square Moskovsky Avenue Tsarskoselskaya Railway Kubinskaya Street Obvodny Y. V. Aqueduct Aviatorov Pound Znamenskya Square Nevsky Prospect Ponds Fontanka Panteleymonovsky Aqueduct Fountains of the Summer Garden Ponds in Tauride Garden Steam pump Water inlet 1720s Neva Moyka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligovsky_Canal

Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

General view
Monastery information
Order	Russian Orthodox Church
Established	1345
People
Founder(s)	Sergius of Radonezh
Site
Location	Sergiyev Posad, Russia
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
Criteria	Cultural: (ii), (iv)
Reference	657
Inscription	1993 (17th Session)
Area	22.75 ha (0.0878 sq mi)
Buffer zone	15.57 ha (0.0601 sq mi)
Website	www.stsl.ru/languages/en/
Coordinates	56°18′37.26″N 38°7′52.32″E
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The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (Russian: Тро́ице-Се́ргиева ла́вра) is the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Posad, about 70 km to the north-east from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl, and currently is home to over 300 monks. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Lavra_of_St._Sergius

Lake Baikal
Satellite photo of Baikal, 2001
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Location	Siberia, Russia
Coordinates	53°30′N 108°0′E
Lake type	Ancient lake, Continental rift lake
Native name	Oзеро Байкал (Russian) Байгал далай (Buryat) Байгал нуур (Mongolian)
Primary inflows	Selenga, Barguzin, Upper Angara
Primary outflows	Angara
Catchment area	560,000 km2 (216,000 sq mi)
Basin countries	Mongolia and Russia
Max. length	636 km (395 mi)
Max. width	79 km (49 mi)
Surface area	31,722 km2 (12,248 sq mi)[1]
Average depth	744.4 m (2,442 ft; 407.0 fathoms)[1]
Max. depth	1,642 m (5,387 ft; 898 fathoms)[1]
Water volume	23,610 km3 (5,660 cu mi)[1]
Residence time	330 years[2]
Shore length1	2,100 km (1,300 mi)
Surface elevation	455.5 m (1,494 ft)
Frozen	January–May
Islands	27 (Olkhon Island)
Settlements	Severobaykalsk, Slyudyanka, Baykalsk, Ust-Barguzin
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	Natural: vii, viii, ix, x
Reference	754
Inscription	1996 (20th Session)
Area	8,800,000 ha
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Baikal (/baɪˈkɑːl, -ˈkæl/,^[3] Russian: Oзеро Байкал, romanized: Ozero Baykal [ˈozʲɪrə bɐjˈkaɫ])^[a] is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. With 23,615.39 km³ (5,670 cu mi) of water,^[1] Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water,^[5][6] more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined.^[7] It is also the world's deepest lake,^[8] with a maximum depth of 1,642 metres (5,387 feet; 898 fathoms),^[1] and the world's oldest lake,^[9] at 25–30 million years.^[10][11] At 31,722 km² (12,248 sq mi)—slightly larger than Belgium—Lake Baikal is the world's seventh-largest lake by surface area.^[12] It is among the world's clearest lakes.^[13]

Lake Baikal is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, many of them endemic to the region. It is also home to Buryat tribes, who raise goats, camels, cattle, sheep, and horses^[14] on the eastern side of the lake,^[15] where the mean temperature varies from a winter minimum of −19 °C (−2 °F) to a summer maximum of 14 °C (57 °F).^[16] The region to the east of Lake Baikal is referred to as Transbaikalia or as the Transbaikal,^[17] and the loosely defined region around the lake itself is sometimes known as Baikalia. UNESCO declared Baikal a World Heritage Site in 1996.^[18] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal

Western Caucasus

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Krasnodar Region, Russia
Criteria	Natural: (ix), (x)
Reference	900
Inscription	1999 (23rd Session)
Area	298,903 ha (738,610 acres)
Coordinates	44°N 40°E
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The Western Caucasus as seen from peak Tabunnaya near Krasnaya Polyana

The Western Caucasus is a western region of the Caucasus in Southern Russia, extending from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Caucasus

Volcanoes of Kamchatka

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Koryaksky volcano rising above Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Location	Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Includes	Kronotsky Strict Nature Reserve Southern Kamchatka Wildlife Reserve Nalychevo Regional Nature Park Bystrinsky Regional Nature Park Southern Kamchatka Regional Nature Park Kluchevskoy Regional Nature Park
Criteria	Natural: (vii)(viii)(ix)(x)
Reference	765bis
Inscription	1996 (20th Session)
Extensions	2001
Area	3,830,200 ha (14,788 sq mi)
Coordinates	56°20′N 158°30′E
Location of Volcanoes of Kamchatka in Russia

This astronaut photograph illustrates some of the volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

This Landsat photo illustrates volcanic features of recent flows at Zhupanovsky and Dzenzursky volcanoes.

The volcanoes of Kamchatka are a large group of volcanoes situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in eastern Russia. The Kamchatka River and the surrounding central side valley are flanked by large volcanic belts containing around 160 volcanoes, 29 of them still active. The peninsula has a high density of volcanoes and associated volcanic phenomena, with 29 active volcanoes being included in the six UNESCO World Heritage List sites in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka group, most of them on the Kamchatka Peninsula.^[1]

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes_of_Kamchatka}

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Uvs Lake Basin
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Coordinates: 50°10′N 93°50′E
Countries	Russia and Mongolia
States	Tuva (Russia)
Provinces	Uvs, Zavkhan and Khövsgöl in Mongolia
Districts	Mongun-Tayginsky, Ovyursky, Tes-Khemsky and Erzinsky in Tuva
Area
• Total	70,000 km2 (30,000 sq mi)
• Protected	10,688 km2 (4,127 sq mi)
Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina (Russia)
Area	2,843 km2 (1,098 sq mi)
Designation	Biosphere Reserve
Designated	1997
Uvs Nuur Basin (Mongolia)
Area	7,717 km2 (2,980 sq mi)
Designation	Biosphere Reserve
Designated	1997
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Russia and Mongolia
Includes	Mongun Taiga Ubsu-Nur Oroku-Shinaa Aryskannyg Jamaalyg Tsugeer els Ular Tsagan shuvuut Turgen Uvs Lake Altan els Tes River
Criteria	Natural: (ix)(x)
Reference	769rev
Inscription	2003 (27th Session)
Area	8,980.635 km2 (3,467.443 sq mi)
Buffer zone	1,707.90 km2 (659.42 sq mi)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Lake Uvs and its surrounding wetlands
Designated	2004
Country	Mongolia
Area	5,850 km2 (2,260 sq mi)

Uvs Lake Basin (also Uvs Nuur Basin or Ubs Nuur Basin; Mongolian: Увс нуурын хотгор, romanized: Uws nuuriin hotgor) is an endorheic basin located on the territorial border of Mongolia and Tuva, a republic of the Russian Federation. The basin is part of the Central Asian Internal Drainage Basin and is named after Uvs Lake (Uvs Nuur, Ubsu Nur), a large saline lake situated in the western part of its drainage basin and is one of the last remnants of the mammoth steppes. Uvs Lake is a shallow lake with an area of 3,350 km² (1,290 sq mi). Its entire basin, which includes several smaller lakes, is 70,000 km² (27,000 sq mi).^[1] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvs_Lake_Basin

Tes River Тес-Хем, Tes Xem
Native name	Тэс гол (Mongolian)
Location
Country	Mongolia, Russia
Mongolian Aimags	Khövsgöl, Zavkhan
Russian Region	Tuva
Physical characteristics
Source	Shavar Türüü
• location	Bulnain Nuruu, Tsagaan-Uul, Mongolia
Mouth	Uvs Nuur
• location	Tes, Uvs, Mongolia
• coordinates	50°28′35″N 93°03′58″E
• elevation	759 m (2,490 ft)
Length	568 km (353 mi)
Basin size	33,368 km2 (12,883 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Shavar River, Tsereg River, Khachig River, Erzin River

The Tes River (Mongolian: Тэс гол; Tuvan: Тес-Хем; Chinese: 特斯河, 特斯高勒) is a river in northwestern Mongolia and southern Tuva, Russia. Its spring is in Tsagaan-Uul sum in Khövsgöl. The river then flows through Zavkhan (Mongolia), Tuva (Russia), next back to Uvs (Mongolia) before entering Uvs Lake. While in Khövsgöl, there is a wooden bridge near Tsetserleg and a concrete bridge near Bayantes on the road to Kyzyl, Russia.

The Tes River is primary source of the Uvs Lake. A large section of the river, from where it enters the Uvs Province to its mound in the lake, is included in the Uvs Nuur Basin UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[1]

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tes_River}

Uvs Lake
Uvs Lake
Coordinates	50°18′N 92°42′E
Type	Saline
Primary inflows	Tesiin gol and others
Primary outflows	none
Basin countries	Mongolia and Russia
Max. length	84 km (52 mi)
Max. width	79 km (49 mi)
Surface area	3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi)
Average depth	6 m (20 ft)
Surface elevation	759 m (2,490 ft)
Settlements	Ulaangom
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Lake Uvs and its surrounding wetlands
Designated	22 March 2004
Reference no.	1379[1]

Uvs Lake (Mongolian: Увс нуур, romanized: Uws nuur, pronounced [ʊw̜s ˈnʊːr]; Russian: Озеро Убсу-Нур, romanized: Ozero Ubsu-Nur) is a highly saline lake in an endorheic basin—Uvs Nuur Basin, primarily in Mongolia with a smaller part in Russia. It is the largest lake in Mongolia by surface area, covering 3,350 km² at 759 m above sea level.^[2] The northeastern tip of the lake is situated in the Tuva Republic of the Russian Federation. The largest settlement near the lake is Ulaangom. This shallow and very saline body of water is a remainder of a huge saline sea which covered a much larger area several thousand years ago.

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvs_Lake} 

Tuvan on a horse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvans

According to Ilya Zakharov of Moscow's Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, genetic evidence suggests that the Tuvan people are among the close genetic relatives to the indigenous peoples of the Americas in Eurasia.^[22][23]

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvans}

Kazan Kreml' in 1630

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan_Kremlin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kazan_khans

Kazan Kreml' in 1911

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan_Kremlin

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  The River Seine is just out of sight to the left in this 1981 image of the then Quai du Louvre, with the Quai des Tuileries beyond.

  

  Engraving of the south façade of the Louvre, on the Quai du Louvre, from Jean Mariette's L'Architecture françoise (1738)

  The Quai François Mitterrand is a quay by the River Seine in Paris, France, along the stretch where the Palais du Louvre is situated. Formerly Quai du Louvre, it was renamed Quai François Mitterrand after the former French president on October 26, 2003.^{[citation needed]} 

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quai_Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_(architecture)?wprov=srpw1_119

Lithography of the Moorish Castle, a theater built in Moorish Architecture. Location was Frederiksberg, Denmark

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Revival_architecture

 

View of the Palais-Royal in 1679. The theatre was in the east wing (on the right).

The Quai François Mitterrand is a quay by the River Seine in Paris, France, along the stretch where the Palais du Louvre is situated. Formerly Quai du Louvre, it was renamed Quai François Mitterrand after the former French president on October 26, 2003.^{[citation needed]}

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Engraving of the south façade of the Louvre, on the Quai du Louvre, from Jean Mariette's L'Architecture françoise (1738)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quai_Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand

 

 

The Ryrie Building (1913–15) in Toronto, Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_style_architecture

Schönbrunn Palace

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna#Architecture