Vasyugan Swamp is located in western Siberia in Russia and it is considered as world’s largest swamp. It is bigger than the Switzerland, it covers the surface of 53,000 square kilometers.

This swamp is a source of water for a large number of small rivers and it is also used as a water-source for local settlements and towns. This area contains about 800 smaller lakes. But this swamp is not only the biggest. The whole area is a true resource of amazing landscapes. It also contains a large number of endemic species of animals and plants.

It seems that there is enough demand for bells so there is an factory which makes them. The photos you are just looking at are showing the bell factory which is located in Yaroslav region in Russia. It is proudly owned by Nikolai Shuvalov who seems to enjoy doing his small business.Bells which are produced in this factory can be found almost in any part of Russia or Ukraine. They are very popular and it seems that Nikolai doesn’t have much competitors in bell-production business.

Every bell which is produced here is different and unique. They are specially decorated and most of them can be considered as a precious work of art.

Here you can see a collection of photos which were taken in an abandoned fire station and a few of abandoned neighboring buildings in Russia. We could not reveal the real name of the town where those buildings are located but that is least important now. The photos tells us a pretty sad story about those buildings where a plenty of stuff, which were left by people who were living there, can be found.

The reason why people abandoned those building is unknown but it was probably because of the search for a better life in some other more urban area.

Itelmens are not only indigenous tribe which lives in Russia but they are considered as most authentic one. Their community of about 1500 people is better educated than the other indigenous communities but their life still remains pretty primitive. Here you are watching a photos of an exhibition in a Moscow based photo centers which was made in order to improve the knowledge about existence of Indian culture on Russian soil.

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This institute has a rich and famous history which starts more than hundred years ago. It was always the place of gathering of most influential oceanographists, biologists and other scientists from all around the world. Some major solutions for most common problems in oceanography and marine biology were found in this institute.

Despite it glorious past, this institute today’s practically doesn’t exist. A few of abandoned and unmaintained buildings are all what left from such glorious institute. It seems that current Russian government has more important things to finance than institutes like this one is. I just wonder is this institute a real reflection of the current Russian economy, because it seems that there is a lot of other similar abandoned facilities in Russia which have been struck by similar destiny.

Zlatoust City which is located in Chelyabinsk Region in Russia contains a few of abandoned industrial facilities which look like great model for creating a map for Call of Duty 2 game. The value of this facility is becoming higher and higher every day, as it becomes older, because it contains numerous evidences about the history of Russia.

Steam locomotives were unavoidable in industrial cities and they are present even today in some places in Russia. Here you can see a few of abandoned locomotives which once were the proud of Soviet regime but today they are just a bunch of rust which no one wants.

Cold weather and lot of snow and ice is very nice opportunity for ice-sculptors to create some interesting sculptures. Creating Ice Age characters from ice sounds like pretty good idea.

You are watching at photos from an event which was held this winter in Moscow where a lot of ice-sculptors attended and made some wonderful sculptures of Ice Age characters. This has became pretty popular amongst Russians who liked the idea. The most interesting part for me personaly are aquariums made from ice which are pretty realistic and unusually colorful.

There are a few of places in this world which tickle the imagination of every visitor who sees them and which could be described as a border between the real and unreal world. One of such places is this small and for us still unknown village in Estonia which has a true spirit of fairy tale like environment.

Cold winters aren’t so unusual for Estonia and here you can see how winter can create wonderful scenes which could be perfect for filming some movie based on a fairy tale. This place is true oasis of astonishing icicles. Even the vegetation has been surrounded by ice and snow. The most unusual thing is that those icicles are not so white as expected, they are colored in some kind of yellow which gives this place some special flare.

They made amazing photo story about the old Russian cars, mostly from 1960s. For a moment they awakened those sleeping machines which once drived humans and now waiting their turn to be melted by recycling machine and maybe to became the part of some other car.

The result is a series of photos which look like they are taken from some horror movie. They tried to catch the spooky atmosphere which surrounded those cars so they also added some light effects.

There is a lot of people out there who are talking about bad influence of radio and Wi-Fi waves on brain. There is also a few of extreme groups who even wear foil hat everywhere. Furthermore, I was always wondering why Morpheus from ‘The Matrix’ movie puts his hat before the ignition of the EMP? I would say that there is a little bit true in those theories about defective waves and similar but it is probably not so big deal so you have to wear foil hat.

But, having an foil hut could be considerable option, so, you can sleep in peace. Here you are watching an impressive foil hut which is not only effective but also luxury. I don’t want to talk about the level of the parody that is present in the mind of the creator of this hut but I can responsibly claim that he has some taste for interior designs