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Horse, equestrian, rock. What a pure Dagestan vibe…! 😲 🏇 🏞️ Video by: vk.ru/id838990872 🔔 Gateway to Russia

Meet Yura Borisov, the star of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘Anora’. On Monday, the premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ took place in New York, in which the Russian actor plays 'OpenAI' co-founder Ilya Sutskever. He's reportedly being considered for an Oscar nomination for his performance, which would be his second in three years. 🔔 Gateway to Russia

Quiz time! 🛏️ What letter is missing? ⬇️ Tell me in the comments! #russianclasses 💥 Gateway to Russia

In this painting, the face of Alexander Nevsky seems to bear the features of… a completely different monarch. Why? 🔔 Gateway to Russia

How the USSR invented the atomic CLOCK In 1964, the Institute of Time and Space Metrology developed the first national standard for time and frequency; atomic oscillations began to be used to measure time and, from that point on, the Soviet Union switched to "atomic time". Prior to this, signals for verifying the exact time were transmitted using pendulum clocks: the person on duty would call the radio station via…

How Russian sailors ‘re-educated’ their captain with an oar blow to the head Alexander Kruze was one of Russia’s most distinguished admirals, a recipient of the prestigious ‘Order of St. Andrew the First-Called’ and a hero of the wars against the Prussians, Turks and Swedes. A historical anecdote from the naval commander's early years is recounted in Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich’s 1909 publication, ‘Russian…

People, sometimes up to 200 million at a time, would sit in front of their TVs, press their ailing body parts against the screen and believe in a miracle. Mainstream medicine dismissed this as autosuggestion and banned the broadcasts. Anatoly Kashpirovsky died in Moscow on October 3. 🔔 Gateway to Russia

Ladybug invasion spotted in Altai! 🐞 🐞 🐞 🐞 😱 Video by: Ruplty/Altai Nature Reserve 🔔 Gateway to Russia

Pacific fall evenings: Waves, rocks and Kamchatka’s wild coastline… Video by: t.me/elf_s_dronom 🔔 Gateway to Russia

How a disabled woman SAVED 17 wounded Soviet soldiers In October 1941, Nazi forces occupied the village of Yuryevskoye, southwest of Moscow. They abandoned 17 severely wounded Soviet prisoners of war in a local church. Local residents carried the men to an abandoned house. No one wanted to care for them – except for Pelageya Bragina. "When I went to see them, the stench hit me instantly: rotting blood, putrid pus,…