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Any walk through Samara sooner or later leads to the embankment of the Volga River. |
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The Kuibysheva Square in Samara is not just the main city square, but the largest square in Russia and the second largest square in Europe. |
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There is a metro in Samara: one branch, nine stations, eleven and a half kilometers. The decorations of the stations are made in late Soviet style. |
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A walk along the central streets of Frunze and Kuibysheva, Chapaevskaya and Lva Tolsogo is like going through the pages of a textbook on the history of architecture from the 19th century to the present day: Art Noveau, eclectic, Neo-Russian and Neo-Mauritanian styles, wooden houses and pompous Stalinist Empire style, a bit of pure constructivism. |
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The presence of a Catholic church in Samara can puzzle only a person who does not know the history of the country. The Volga region is one of the historical centres of Russian Catholicism. |
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The “Cosmic Samara” Museum impresses you at first sight - the place it takes among its surroundings is emphasized very successfully. |
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The first museum in the country created by fans and for fans is the Samara Football Museum. |
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Lives and creative works of many famous people of Russia are connected with Samara. The childhood and youth of the writer Aleksei Tolstoy passed in this city. |
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The exact date of foundation of Samara is unknown. |
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Sochi Arboretum is more than one hundred years old. In 1889 Sergey Khudekov, a nobleman born in Ryazan and a writer and a playwright of the capital city, a publisher of the “Petersburgskaya” newspaper, bought a plot of 140 acres of land in Dakhovskii Posad (Sochi), where he founded a subtropical park (48.5 acres) and a fruit garden (32.5 acres). |
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Sochi Arboretum is simply perfect for you to retreat from the city hustle and bustle, have a good rest and relax. A huge collection of rare subtropical plants from around the world is gathered on the vast area of the Arboretum. |
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The Skypark in the picturesque Akhshtyrskoe Gorge on the territory of the Sochi National Park has become the largest project in the history of commercial bungee jumping. |
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The territory of the Arboretum has a couple of cafes and numerous tents selling pies and drinks. |
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The suspension bridge is enclosed by railings and a grid, so it is safe to walk through it even with children. All attractions of Skypark operate under the supervision of the certified specialists of the “A.J. Hackett” company. |
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The authorities of Ingushetia launched new helicopter routes to the mountainous sights. |
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Matsesta is known as a separate area between Khosta and Sochi, but it is an administrative part of Khosta district. It has unusually beautiful views that mostly relate to the Sochi National Park and a very modest infrastructure. |
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The Friedland Gate is the only one of the seven surviving city gates of Koenigsberg and the youngest of all these gates. |
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Matsesta is a place of power, health and has a strong smell of hydrogen sulfide. This place has healing springs that have attracted people here since ancient times. |
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The Friedland Gate built in 1862; it was the last link in the defensive ring of Koenigsberg. They covered the road to Friedland, the modern Pravdinsk. |
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Nowadays the Royal Gate not only tells us about the emergence of Koenigsberg-Kaliningrad and its development at the crossroads, it is a museum with open exhibitions; solemn book presentations and wedding ceremonies are held there, and the Kaliningrad Consular Corps has chosen the Royal Gate as a venue for the annual celebration of the Diplomat’s Day. |
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