Lunokhod 1 – The first wheeled craft to land on any celestial body is being exhibited in Moscow
The first of two robotic lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union…
Pysanka Museum – The collection of over 10,000 pysanky in Kolomyia
The museum was opened on September 2000, during the 10th International Hutsul festival. Director Yaroslava…
The Motherland Calls – The giant statue for the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad in Volgograd
The work of sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and engineer Nikolai Nikitin is an 85 meters figure…
Kartlis Deda – The “Mother of Georgia” statue in Tbilisi
The statue, designed by sculptor Elguja Amashukeli and erected on the top of Sololaki hill…
Volga-Don Canal – The “Meeting” of the rivers before the great gates in Volgograd
Α canal, which connects the Volga River and the Don River at their closest points.…
Flooded Belfry – A landmark towering above the water in Kalyazin
A Neoclassical campanile rising to a height of 75 meters over the waters of the…
Mound of Glory – The memorial complex of victory in Slabada
On August 18, 1966, the government of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic decided to construct…
Kizhi Pogost – The large wooden churches in Kizhi island
A historical site dating from the 17th century. The pogost is the area inside a…
Avlabari Residence – The ceremonial palace of Georgia in Tbilisi
The construction of the administration building commenced in 2004 on the basis of a 19th-century…
Marc Chagall – The childhood home of modernists in Vitebsk
Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin, he was associated with several major artistic styles and…
Unbowed Man – The father’s grief stands in Khatyn
The Nazis destroyed the village together with its residents in the spring of 1943 killing…
Orient Express – The famous terminal station in Istanbul
A long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. The Orient…
Sergey Bubka – The world indoor record in Donetsk
Pole Vault Stars is an annual indoor pole vaulting competition which is typically held in…
Swallow’s Nest – The small castle on the cliff in Gaspra
The castle overlooks the Cape of Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast. It was built…
Anatoliy Solovianenko – The statue of the “Golden voice” in Donetsk
A Ukrainian operatic tenor, People’s Artist of the Ukraine and USSR, and State Taras Shevchenko…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – The last Symphony in Klin
Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made…
Vardzia – The cave monastery in Gogasheni
The main period of construction was the second half of the twelfth century. The caves…
National Library of Belarus – The main information and cultural center in Minsk
It houses the largest collection of Belarusian printed materials and the third largest collection of…