Huge Swarms of Mosquitoes Invade Russian Village of Mikoltsy
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2012
No, these are not Starling Murmuration . They are mosquitoes, millions of them that descended upon the Russian village of Mikoltsy near Myad...
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Oymyakon, the Coldest Inhabited Place on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2012
Oymyakon is a small village located in the north-eastern Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It is commonly considered the coldest populate...
Kizhi Pogost: 300 Years Old Multi-Dome Church Built Without Nails
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 6, 2012
Kizhi is a narrow strip of island on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The island is popular for dozens of historical wooden bu...
Chara Sands: Miniature Desert in the Freezing Cold of Siberia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2012
Just 40 kilometers from the Kodar Glaciers in Kalar district of Trans-Baikal region, right next to the snow-capped mountains and the limitle...
Lena’s Stone Forest
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2011
Lena's Pillars, also called Lena’s Stone Forest, is a natural rock formation about 60 km upriver from Yakutsk, in Russia. The amazing st...
Russia to Open Space Hotel by 2016
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2011
A Russian company by the name of Orbital Technologies plans to build the world's first space hotel as a commercial alternative to the I...
Orda Cave: World's Longest Underwater Gypsum Cave in Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2011
A team of daring cave divers working on Orda Cave Awareness Project have produced an incredible series of photos of the longest underwater g...
Soviet Russia’s Secret Failed Moon Program
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 16, 2011
After the United States beat the Russian’s in the race to the moon in the late 70s of the last century, the Soviet lunar program was covered...
The Kalashnikov Museum in Izhevsk
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2011
AK-47, the notorious assault rifle, has a museum in its honor - the Kalashnikov Museum also called the AK-47 museum. The museum was opened o...
Memorial Museum of Astronautics, Moscow
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2010
The Memorial Museum of Astronautics (also known as the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics or Memorial Museum of Space Exploration) is a museum ...
Suzdal Cucumber Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 27, 2010
The Cucumber festival is held each year in the month of July in the own of Suzdal in Russia, to celebrate the versatility and economic impor...
Salmon Spawning at Kuril Lake in Kamchatka
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2010
The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East. It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the S...
The Mysterious Manpupuner Rock Formations
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2010
The Manpupuner rock formations also known as the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations are a set of 7 gigantic abnormally shaped stone pillars lo...
The Beautiful Wooden Churches of North Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2010
These beautiful but depleted, centuries old wooden churches were captured through the lenses by Richard Davies . Richard was inspired by the...
