• Monument to Minin and Pozharsky

    The Monument to Minin and Pozharsky is a bronze statue on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, in front of Saint Basil’s Cathedral. The statue commemorates Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, who gathered an all-Russian volunteer army and expelled the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from Moscow, thus putting an read more

  • Tsar Bell

    The Tsar Bell (Russian: ????–???????, Tsar-kolokol), also known as the Tsarsky Kolokol, Tsar Kolokol III, or Royal Bell, is a 6.14-metre (20.1 ft) tall, 6.6-metre (22 ft) diameter bell on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. The bell was commissioned by Empress Anna Ivanovna, niece of Peter the read more

  • Tsar Cannon

    The Tsar Cannon (Russian: ????-?????, Tsar’-pushka) is a large, 5.94 metres (19.5 ft) long cannon on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It was cast in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Mostly of symbolic impact, it was never used in a war. read more

  • HaMakhtesh HaGadol

    HaMakhtesh HaGadol (Hebrew: HaMakhtesh HaGadol, lit. The Big Crater) is a makhtesh, a geological erosional landform of Israel’s Negev desert. It measures 5 x 10 km.A makhtesh has steep walls of resistant rock surrounding a deep closed valley. One of five makhteshim in Israel and seven in the world, HaMakhtesh read more

  • Kidepo Valley National Park

    Kidepo Valley National Park is a 1,442 square kilometres (557 sq mi) national park in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda. Kidepo is rugged savannah, dominated by the 2,750 metres (9,020 ft) Mount Morungole and transected by the Kidepo and Narus rivers.

  • Koivusuo Strict Nature Reserve

    Koivusuo Strict Nature Reserve (Koivusuon luonnonpuisto) is a strict nature reserve located in the North Karelia region of Finland. This reserve has been a regular place for visits by wolverines, bears, lynxes and wolves for most of the history. Some of the Koitajoki trails (Tapion taival) go by the area.

  • Patvinsuo National Park

    Patvinsuo National Park (Finnish: Patvinsuon kansallispuisto) is a national park in the North Karelia region of Finland, in the municipalities of Lieksa and Ilomantsi. It was established in 1982 and covers 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi). There are 80 kilometres (50 mi) of marked walking trails in the area.

  • Tuntsa Wilderness Area

    Tuntsa Wilderness Area (Finnish: Tuntsan erämaa) is a wilderness reserve in the municipalities of Salla and Savukoski in Lapland, Finland. It is governed by Metsähallitus and covers 212 square kilometres (82 sq mi). It was established in 1991 like all the other wilderness areas in Lapland.

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