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St. Petersburg Resident Reached Olympic Rio For 496 Days On Foot

11.08.2016

Sergey Lukyanov, 60, has come to Rio de Janeiro to watch the Olympic Games and then further go to be back to St. Petersburg some months later within his incredible two-year walk race tour across the globe. He reached one of the milestones of his expedition for which he had been preparing his entire life, the aim worth even an early marriage. On 1st...

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people , sport

Chinese Guides Shockingly Deceive Chinese Tourists In St. Petersburg

06.08.2016

Huge numbers of incoming Chinese tourists consequently demanded additional guiding workforces. Native Chinese seem to be the good option for guiding excursions around the city due to their obvious high linguistic qualification. But it turned out that their knowledge of St. Petersburg’s culture and history and Russian realities is very far from the...

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excursions , traveler's advice

The Biggest Felt Boot In Russia In Mandrogi Near St. Petersburg

30.07.2016

At the end of July, a felt boot Russian traditional winter boot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenki) (in Russian valenok, plural: valenki), was solemnly established in a tourist ethnic village of Mandrogi. Sounds nothing unusual? OK, its sizes are 3.2 m. in height and 215 cm in length. No, it’s not a monument to the valenok and not a model of the...

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exhibition , places of interest , suburbs

The Vyborg Castle Is Hiring A PR Specialist For A … Cat!

24.07.2016

The team of only survived medieval castle in Russia, one of the top attractions in the country has decided to turn its cat Filimon into an employee and having faced huge interest to his social media accounts wants to find a press serviceman for him. Cats are undoubtedly human beings’ friends and often officially employed like it is case in the Great...

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animals , Leningrad region , museum , Vyborg , weird news

Russia Tries To Close Some Areas For Hunting For Pokemons

21.07.2016

Just like the rest of the world, Russia seems to be crazy about the Pokemon Go. A few Russian government bodies and companies issued warnings trying to prevent people from injuring themselves while hunting. One Russian politician even suggested imposing a partial ban on the game in the country telling that the Devil itself has come in the guise of the...

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airport , railway stations , safety

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