According to Cell Phone Explorer, the main natural and cultural attraction of the Medvezhyegorsk region is the Zaonezhye Peninsula, which is located in the northern part of Lake Onega. Here are monuments of wooden architecture – churches, chapels, houses, mills and barns built in the 17th – the first third of the 20th centuries. It…
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Russia History from Ivan III to the Rise of the Romanovs
With Ivan III (1462-1505) the Grand Duchy of Moscow began an expansion policy which ended with the formation of a great empire. Ivan was surrounded by enemies: the mighty Novgorod to the N, the Tatars to the SE and S, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, now united with the Polish kingdom, to the W and…
Russia 2009
In 2009, Russia had an estimated population of 141.9 million people, with a growth rate of -0.3%. The economy was largely based on services such as banking and tourism as well as manufacturing, agriculture and energy production. Foreign relations were mainly focused on trade agreements with the United Nations, European Union, United States, China and…