Touring the Siberian Flotilla Headquarters

The town of Vladivostok was established as a military post in 1860, but soon grew into a flourishing city as residents increased and quaint wooden cottages were being flanked by stone mansions. As more people started to flock to this beautiful coastal settlement, the military and naval operations also started to grow after the 1871 assessment to increase military presence in the town. The steam ships that lay in the harbor as part of the naval fleet, in later years, were replaced by torpedo boats and submarines, and military personnel worked from the Siberian Flotilla Headquarters, which can still be seen on Svetlanskaya Street.

An Outing at the Moscow Dolpinarium

The Moscow Dolphinarium is housed in the Palace of Water Sports, a building that was constructed for the Olympic Games hosted by Russia in 1980. In 1994 the Moscow Dolphinarium was opened and soon become one of the city’s top attractions – for adults and children alike.

All-Russia Exhibition Center in Moscow

The All-Russia Exhibition Center, situated in Moscow, is host to various exhibitions, conferences, fairs, art festivals, music festivals and other notable events. Officially known as the Vserossiyskiy Vystavochny Centre (VVC), the exhibition center was originally established in 1935 and, after a series of set-backs, welcomed the public in August 1939 with different pavilions representing different regions of Russia as well as some of Russia’s neighboring countries, and an imposing statue of Joseph Stalin dominating the Central Pavilion.

Ice Diving – Underwater Adventure in Russia

The White Sea, an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia, is the only sea in Europe that freezes over during winter. With its beautiful underwater world of soft corals, starfishes, sea-urchins, shrimps, sea anemones, crabs, myriads of colorful fish, rocks, rifts and even shipwrecks to explore, as well as visibility of between 30 and 50 meters, the White Sea is the ice-diving destination of choice for many adventurers.

Grand Architecture of the Twelve Colleges

Situated on the Neva embankment of Vasilevsky Island in St. Petersburg, Russia, the majestic, three-story, red and white “Twelve Colleges” building, which is more than 400 meters long, is actually made up of twelve identical buildings standing side by side. By far St. Petersburg’s largest structure from the Petrine era – a style of Baroque architecture and decoration favored by Peter the Great – the Twelve Colleges gives the illusion of being a single building.

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