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Man and Umbrella, Red Square

Photograph by Erich Geisler, My Shot

I was in Moscow for work and I made it down to see the Kremlin, Red Square, and St. Basil's Cathedral. After walking up from the metro's underground, I came upon this beautiful sight—the light, reflections, wet ground. So I set up for my shot, lens cap off, ready, set, and BOOM. This guy walks up in front of me with his camera phone and snaps a few. I was annoyed at first, until, of course, I saw the result. It's one of my favorite shots ever. Some of the best ones just happen out of luck or fate.

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Sea of Okhotsk, Magadan

Photograph by Marcin Osman, My Shot

During holiday, many people prayed in just a hole of ice. It was minus 25°C.

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Guard, Moscow

Photograph by Jhila Farzaneh, My Shot

Guard outside the Kremlin, 2009

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Ural Mountains

Photograph by Andrey Kaplanov, My Shot

January 2010

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Boat Race, Taman' Peninsula

Photograph by Andrew Bondarenko, My Shot

Boatmen transporting tourists to lotus fields try to overtake each other.

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Shawls

Photograph by Maria Dashkevich, My Shot

One of the main symbols of medieval Russian architecture seen through shawls.

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Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral

Photograph by Konstantin Yolshin, My Shot

Suzdal

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Neva River

Photograph by Nikola Vukelic, My Shot

People enjoy a beautiful sunset over the Neva River in St. Petersburg. This picture was taken in summer 2009, during the famous "White Nights" of St. Petersburg.

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Bezengi Glacier

Photograph by Dina Migranova, My Shot

Caucasus Mountains

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Snowboarder

Photograph by Dmitry Toikka, My Shot

This picture was taken in Kamchatka Peninsula, close to the Vilyuchinsk volcano. The snowboarder is speeding up before a jump and his dog is following him closely.

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Ural Mountains

Photograph by Aliaksandr Hall, My Shot

Shot taken in the Polar Urals, Russia

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Omsk Bather, Siberia

Photograph by Zoya Stafienko, My Shot

On Epiphany Day in Omsk, despite winter, snow, and very cold weather (minus 30°C), people plunge into the water. Such an extreme Russian religious tradition.

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Maslenitsa Bonfire

Photograph by Maxim Shatrov, My Shot

Maslenitsa is a sun festival celebrating the imminent end of the winter.

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Hooker Island Station

Photograph by Vadim Balakin, My Shot

An abandoned Soviet Arctic station on Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Arctic Ocean. It was opened in 1929 and closed in 1957. During 28 years, 60 scientists worked here with their families and children. The station was occupied with meteorological researchers.

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Brown Bear

Photograph by Vikram Potdar, My Shot

A powerful, fearsome, and rowdy male brown bear portrait at Kurilskoye Lake, Kamchatka

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St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg

Photograph by Sher Antonette Go, My Shot

Saint Isaac's Cathedral's main dome rises 101.5 meters and is plated with pure gold. The dome is decorated with statues of angels.

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Autumn Color, Moscow

Photograph by Luciana Loureiro, My Shot

Autumn covers Russian parks with a yellow light, bathing the plains and paths with a placid warmth before the start of the cruel winter.

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Canal Painter

Photograph by Erica Ong, My Shot

The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, fall 2009

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Tsaritsyno Park

Photograph by Renat Yakubov, My Shot

Muscovites enjoy the sounds of water, the music, and the multicolored jets of water in Tsaritsyno Park, Moscow.

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Mud Spa, Taman' Peninsula

Photograph by Andrew Bondarenko, My Shot

You can see such strange scenes visiting Taman' Peninsula in Russia. Dozens of mud volcanoes can be found there, and many of them are used as cure places since mud therapy is believed to be an effective remedy for treating various illnesses. I was not adventurous enough to try it.

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Local Woman, Lake Baikal

Photograph by LUIS FERNANDO MEDINA SALAZAR, My Shot  

Russian Far East

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Kamchatka Beach

Photograph by Dmitry Toikka, My Shot

This picture was taken on the Pacific Ocean shore, Kamchatka. When I was walking along the shore, my attention was captured by a small boy. He was playing with waves, running close to them and then trying to run away before they caught or splashed him. His mom was watching him.

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Hall of Glory

Photograph by Keith Schafer, My Shot

I took this picture of the guards of honor at the Hall of Glory (Mamai Hill) in Volgograd. It was late afternoon and a ray of sun hit the guards, as well as the inscription for some of the 7,000 names of fallen fighters—defenders of Stalingrad.

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Sunrise, Dvina Delta

Photograph by Zdenek Zizka, My Shot

Smoky sunrise in the delta of Northern Dvina

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Losiny Ostrov National Park

Photograph by Natalia Kopilova, My Shot

The small river slowly covered with ice.

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Freeride World Tour

Photograph by Eugene Vaseny, My Shot

Freeride World Tour 2008, Sochi

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Mist and Tree

Photograph by Vasiliy Begal, My Shot

Kamchatka, Russia

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Red Square

Photograph by Jenny Lee, My Shot

Moscow

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Bridge in Purple Light

Photograph by Pavel Rozhkov, My Shot

Moscow

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Storm Waves

Photograph by Michael Babakov, My Shot

Children teased the sea during a storm in December 2009.

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Black Sea Bathers

Photograph by Michael Babakov, My Shot

Teenagers bathe on a beach on the Black Sea.

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Olkhon Island

Photograph by Sebastien Oppetit, My Shot

Lake Baikal

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Wild Horses

Photograph by Svetlana Pertova, My Shot

Wild horses in the Rostovsky nature reserve dwell on an island in the middle of a brine lake.

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Prayer Flags

Photograph by David Seaver, My Shot

On my way east on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, I stopped at Ulan Ude and spent a few days along the shores of Lake Baikal, the world's most voluminous store of freshwater. We hiked to this Buryatia temple, said to help people have healthy children. The forest was covered in prayer flags and thousands of little cairns.

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Chesme Church

Photograph by Vladimir Mannerheim, My Shot

St. Petersburg

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Church and Modern Architecture

Photograph by Andrew Brukhovetskyy, My Shot

Russia

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Department Store, Moscow

Photograph by Guy Needham, My Shot

Shoppers briskly walk past the GUM department store in Red Square.

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Peter the Great

Photograph by Matvey Jourkov, My Shot

This shot was made in St. Petersburg on a very snowy evening. This is a beautifully illuminated equestrian statue of Peter the Great, the Russian emperor of the 18th century. The pedestal is a solid boulder known as the Thunder Stone.

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Prefab Buildings

Photograph by Tereza Dobiasova, My Shot

St. Petersburg

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Newlyweds

Photograph by Navot Zakshevski, My Shot

A newly married couple in St. Petersburg walk along the market near the famous Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood.

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Nesting Dolls

Photograph by Victor Tregubov, My Shot

Moscow

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Sunset, St. Petersburg

Photograph by Katya Kozlova, My Shot  

Fall in St. Petersburg. The girl ran to the boat against the setting sun—a warm, cozy picture.

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