3 August 2015. Our Great Russian Motherland: Vyritsa in Leningrad Oblast

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All conscious Russian Orthodox people know of St Serafim Vyritsky… this was his home. His grave is here and is a special attraction for Orthodox pilgrims. St Serafim prayed for the victory of the Red Army and for the deliverance of his town from Fascist occupation. This town is near to St Petersburg, but it has a deep rural feel to it.

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2 March 2015. Our Great Russian Motherland… Winter in the Cossack Lands

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Girls enjoy the snow and ice in the Central Park in Stavropol (Krasnodar Krai. Northern Caucasus Federal District).

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2 March 2015. Our Great Russian Motherland… It’s an Old School Siberian Winter

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Oksana Shirshova carries a shoulder yoke with two buckets after drawing water from the Teryol River in Verkhnyaya Biryusa, in the taiga near Krasnoyarsk (Emelyanovo Raion. Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District).

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28 February 2015. Our Great Russian Motherland… A Foggy Day in Novogorod…

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