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Funeral service for a formerly known North Pole explorer. Otto Wassilie Schmidt has distinguished himself in the search for the missing Amundsen. His body was buried in the Central Cemetery of Moscow.
DetailsA cleaning woman polishes the steps of the Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow. More than 10 million people visited Lenin's tomb between 1924 and 1972.
DetailsThe hippodrome is one of the largest horse racing tracks in Russia and the world's first trotting race track, with the inaugural race held on Aug. 1, 1834.
DetailsAndean influences can be best heard in wind instruments. The quena is the traditional flute of the Andes. Traditionally made of cane or wood.
DetailsSochi was established as a fashionable resort area under Joseph Stalin, who had his favorite dacha built in the city.
DetailsTraces of lead in the sediments at the bottom of nearby Lake Llamacocha indicate that the Wari Empire mined and smelted silver here as early as 600 A.D.
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