Mongolia 1

MONGOLIA

... the Heart Land of Asia ...

MONGOLIA ... the Heart Land of Asia ...

Like a traditional long song melody came to life, horses graze in a

beautiful lake between the blue sky and a green valley.

/ Tuvshinshiree village, Sukhbaatar province /

高原の湖の中に数等の馬が立つ。青空と緑の草原が周りを取り囲む。

モンゴルの高原は殆どこんな感じだ。高原いっぱいに歌うことから

"オルティーンドー" (長唄) が生まれたといわれている。

/ スフバータル県、トゥブシンシレー郡 /

Baikal - Postcard set

Baikal /Байкал

     

Lake Baikal. Sagan-Zaba Rock

Lake Baikal. Saranka

Lake Baikal. Burkhan Cape

Lake Baikal. Burkhan Cape

Lake Baikal. Small Belltower Cape

Lake Baikal. The Butterfly

Lake Baikal. The Angara's source

Lake Baikal. Winter


Baikal

Baikal is a unique phenomenon of our planet. There is no other lake of such age, depth, volume, properties of fresh water, and variety of organic life. Baikal is known by its fascinaing nature that cannot leave one indifferent. This marvellous lake is often called 'Pearl of Siberia'.

Baikal is one of the most ancient lakes on the Earth. According to the viewpoint of some scientists Baikal's age is about 25 - 30 million years.

Baikal is situated on the south of Earstern Siberia. Its extent is 636 km, and its width varies from 27 to 80 km in different parts of the lake. The length of the coastal line is 2000 km. It is also the world's deepest lake: 1637 metres to the bottom near the eastern shore of Olkhon Island.

The Baikal coast is cut up by numerous capes. There are some gulfs located within the limits of capes. The biggest gulfs of Baikal are Barguzinsky, Chivyrkuysky and Proval. Baikal takes the eighth place in the world among lakes in area extent (31500 sq.km). Baikal is the largest basin of fresh water on the planet.

Baikal is surrounded by mountains. There are mountain chains of Primorsky and Baikalsky situated along the western and north-west coast of Baikal, and Khamar-Daban, Ulan-burgasy, Barguzin, Verkhne-Angarsk and Delyun-Uransky along south-east and east.

'Pearl of Siberia' keeps many secrets and a lot of mysterious, unexplored and interesting things. Each time people discover something new trying to penetrate into the world of the lake. Baikal is an invaluable gift of nature which needs to be used reasonably and preserved in every way.

St. Petersburg 4

Saint Petersburg

St Petersburg. View of the Palace Bridge



St. Petersburg 3

Saint Petersburg

THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM

State RUssian Museum (Mikhailovsky Palace).

1819-1825, architect Carlo Rossi

St. Petersburg 2

St. Petersburg / Санкт-Петербург
        

Panoramic view of the Neva and Vasilievsky island



St. Petersburg 1

St Petersburg / Санкт-Петербург

 

Санкт-Петербург. Река Нева

St Petersburg. The River Neva

The last emperor of Russia

The last emperor of Russia

Nicholas II with his family and Grigory Rasputin

The last emperor of Russia Nicholas II with his family

and Grigory Rasputin

Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna got married

on November 14, 1894, had 5 children:

Olga (1895-1918), Tatiana (1897-1918), Maria

(1899-1918), Anastasia (1901-1918), Aleksey

(1904-1918).

Moscow 5

Московский государственный университет

 

Moscow 4

Moscow

1. The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

2. The St. Basil's Cathedral of night

3. The Kremlin at night

4. The Bolshoi Theatre

5. The chapel of our Lady's icon of Iberia near the Voskresenskiye gate

6. Moscow State University

7. The Arch of Triumph and Poklonny Hill



Moscow 3

Moscow

Moscow. Red Square. Lenin Mausoleum.

Moskau. Roten Platz. Lenin-Mausoleum.

Moscou. La place Rouge. Mausolee Lenine.

Moscow 2

Moscow

Moscow. Panorama of V.V.C..

Moskau. Panorama des Russischen Ausstellungszentrum.

Moscou. Panorama du Centre des Expositions de Russie.

Moscow 1

Moscow

Moscow. The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

Moskau. Die Christi-Erlöser-Kathedrale.

Moscou. La Cathédrale du Christ-le-Sauveur.

Balchik

Balchik / Балчик
 

Изгледи от Балчик

Views from Balchik, Bulgaria





Balchik

Balchik / Балчик

Balchik, Bulgaria

  The Botanic Garden

Изгледи от Балчик
Views from Balchik, Bulgaria

Balchik

Balchik / Балчик

Балчик. България

Balchik. Bulgaria

Balchik

Balchik / Балчик

Balchik, Bulgaria

 The Botanic Garden

Изгледи от Балчик

Views from Balchik, Bulgaria  

Aladzha Monastery - Bulgaria

Aladzha Monastery / Аладжа манастир

 

Aladzha monastery. Bulgaria

Aladzha monastery. Bulgaria

Aladzha monastery. Bulgaria

Aladja Monastery, 13 th - 14th c. A View

Das Aladja - Kloster, 13. - 14. Jhd., allgemeine Aussicht

Aldja Monastery, 13th - 14th c. Reconstructed Maquette

Das Aladja-Kloster, 13. - 14. Jhd. Rekonstruiertes Modell



Goldstrand - Bulgarien

Goldstrand / Златни пясъци

     

Golden Sands



Golden Sands - Bulgaria

Golden Sands / Златни пясъци
       

Golden Sands - Bulgaria

Golden Sands / Златни пясъци