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.
Eastern Europe
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
Unbowed Man – The father’s grief stands in Khatyn
The Nazis destroyed the village together with its residents in the spring of 1943
Orient Express – The famous terminal station in Istanbul
A long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons
Sergey Bubka – The world indoor record of 6.15 meters in Donetsk
Pole Vault Stars is an annual indoor pole vaulting competition which is typically
Swallow’s Nest – Τhe castle on the cliff in Gaspra
The castle overlooks the Cape of Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast
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
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – The last Symphony in Klin
Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music
Vardzia – The cave monastery in Gogasheni
The main period of construction was the second half of the twelfth century
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
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
Fort Alexander – The naval fortress in Saint Petersburg
Since the formation of Saint Petersburg in 1703, the waterways in the Gulf of Finland
Asteria Kremlin Palace – The monumental hotel complex in Antalya
Opened in the early 2000s. The property was designed to resemble Red Square in Moscow,
Brest Fortress – The “Hero Fortress” in Brest
A 19th-century fortress in present-day Belarus to commemorate the defense of the frontier stronghold during
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle – One of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine in Kamianets-Podilskyi
The castle was thought to have been founded during the second half of the 14th
Yalta Conference – The “Big Three” Conference in Yalta
The World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United State
Spoonmaker’s Diamond – The Legendary Diamond is being exhibited in Istanbul
An 86 carat pear-shaped diamond in the Imperial Treasury exhibitions at the Topkapi Palace Museum
Chernobyl disaster – The nuclear accident in Pripyat
A nuclear accident that occurred on Saturday 26 April 1986, at the No. 4 reactor
Building of the Council of Ministers of Abkhazia stands in Sukhumi
The War in Abkhazia from 1992 to 1993 was fought between Georgian government forces for
Yaroslavsky Station – The Trans-Siberian railway station in Moscow
Situated on Komsomolskaya Square, Moscow Yaroslavskaya has the highest passenger throughput of all nine of
Belka and Strelka – The Soviet Space Dogs resting at the Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow
Korabl-Sputnik 2 was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok
Church of the Tithes – The first stone church in Kiev
The Church of the Virgin was built by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir the
