Edinburgh
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| Saratov Makhachkala Derbent Vladikavkaz Beslan Moscow |
Saratov
Gagarin Landing Spot
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| Korolev commemorated |
Gagarin Museum
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| The Holy Saint returns to Earth |
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| Gagarin visits Saratov |
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| Gagarin as a young steelworker |
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WWII Memorial Hill
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| WWII Monument |
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| "Compatriots, Killed in a Local War" To Afghanistan, North Caucasus, Africa, Central and Middle Asia |
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| View to the Volga |
Around Saratov
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| Lenin in Saratov |
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| The Mighty Volga |
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| Felix Dzerzhinsky In front of Saratov station |
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| Saratov-Makhachkala |
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| Saratov-Makhachkala |
Makhachkala
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| Central Mosque |
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| Dagestan Revolutionaries (?) Monument |
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| Lenin in Makhachkala |
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| Lenin Square, Makhachkala |
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| Mosaic, in Lenin Square |
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| Mosaic, in Lenin Square |
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| Lenin #2 in Makhachkala |
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| "Teacher" Monument |
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| "Teacher" Monument |
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| WWII Heroes monument |
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| The Caspian at Makhachkala |
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| "Road Traffic University" (?) With a surprise Stalin |
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| "Thanks for Victory" |
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| Hotel President |
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| Minibus for Derbent |
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| 29 miles NW of Derbent |
Derbent
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| Derbent Station |
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| Lenin in Derbent |
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| Lenin in Derbent |
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| Caspian at Derbent |
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| City Walls |
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| City Wall Gate |
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| Former Armenian Church |
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| WWII Memorial |
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| WWII Museum |
Naryn-Kala Fortress
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| Naryn-Kala Fortress |
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| Castle/Palace entrance |
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| Khan's bath house (16-17th c) |
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| Archaeological dig |
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| Archaeological dig |
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And then from Derbent into Azerbaijan and Georgia and then back into Russia, at Vladikavkaz.
Vladikavkaz
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| Russian border post |
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| 10 miles Soith of Vladikavkaz |
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| My Russian rescuers Gave me a ride from the border to Vladikavkaz |
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| Lenin in Vladikavkaz |
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| Charming 19th c. Mosque |
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| Distant Caucasus |
"Memorial to Glory"
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| Soviet version of Trajan's column |
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| Zhukov riding into Red Square |
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| Stalin in Vladikavkaz |
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| Outstanding WWII Memorial mosaic |
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| Mosaic Medal: Vladikavkaz 1942 |
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| Beslan memorial |
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| Soviet Obelisk |
Beslan
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| Stalin in Beslan On a minor street near the Railway Station |
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| Beslan School + Memorial The memorial wraps the Gymnasium where many died. |
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| Beslan School |
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| Beslan Gymnasium With impromptu memorials preserved |
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| Beslan Mosque |
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| Beslan Cemetery: massacre section |
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| Beslan memorial |
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| Security Forces Memorial |
Moscow
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| Museum of the Revolution |
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| Museum of the Revolution |
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| Museum of the Revolution |
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| Museum of the Revolution |
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| Belorusskaya metro statue |
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| Karl Marx Ploshchad Revolutsii |
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| Lubyanka, under rennovation. |
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| Solovki Stone With view to the Lubyanka |
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| Church of the Trinity in Nikitinov |
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| Znamensky Monastery (Monastery of the Sign) |
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| St George's Church |
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| Old English Court |
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| Spassky Tower |
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| St Basil's |
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| Scotsman in Moscow |
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| Gastronom No 1 |
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| Bizarre Peter the Great statue |
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| Felix Dzerzhinsky Tretyakov Sculpture Garden |
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| Yakov Sverdlov Tretyakov Sculpture Garden |
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| Gorky Park |
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| Lenin at Kaluga Square |
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