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The famous museum "The World of Forgotten Things" is located in a three-story wooden house from the middle of the 19th century, which was previously home to a wealthy merchant Dmitry Panteleev. The museum is a federal cultural and historical monument. In 2011, the World of Forgotten Things celebrated its 20th anniversary. Every corner of the museum house has its own secret, every thing has traces of the past era. The exposition of the lower floor presents several rooms with a typological interior of a dining room, living room, study and “Sonechka's room” - a nursery.

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The largest river in the Vologda region is the Sukhona river. Sukhona is known for its rapids and rifts, picturesque shores, a backward current in high water, multiple river channel changes in the mouth part.

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This regional Russian delicacy once called itself Parisian..

Vologda butter is so good that a margarine company once branded itself the Vologda butter of margarine. This award-winning butter, made in Vologda, Russia, around 250 miles from Moscow, is distinguished by its creaminess and the aftertaste of walnuts.

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Slather on the history at an exhibition dedicated to this Russian luxury.

In a historic village museum about 300 miles from Moscow, a late 18th-century building houses a museum dedicated to one spectacularly creamy local dairy product. Vologda butter, a rich and nutty spread, has earned public endorsements, prestigious awards, and now boasts a collection of exhibits, artifacts, and documents that honors its heritage.

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Russian Kitchen

Apr 05 2022

Yulia Mulino

Photo: This pie will make a berry lover out of even the meanest meat-eater. Yulia Mulino

The Vologda Region is famous for its variety of food products, including butter and berries. Vologda's cranberry pie uses both.

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History

March 21 2022

Georgy Manaev

Photo: The Cathedral of Saint Procopius in Veliky Ustyug, Russia. Legion Media

All of them lived before 1917, some of them were beatified and some were denied by the Orthodox Church, but all of them prophesied about the future of Russia – and some predictions, of course, came true.

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Travel

March 11 2022

William Brumfield

Architectural historian and photographer William Brumfield takes a closer look at the magnificence of the 16th-century place of worship - still intact to this day.

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March 06 2022

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Erwann Pensec

It’s on a misty morning that I continue my exploration 112 miles (180 km) further north from Yaroslav in the districts of Vologda, a city famous for its butter and lace. As the capital of a singularly marshy region, due to high humidity, but also an exceptional heritage, protected over the centuries from enemy assaults by this natural barrier.

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Russkiy Mir Foundation

21.02.2022

Photo credit: Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin. Unknown author / the State Tretyakov Gallery collection / en.wikipedia.org / fragment (Public domain)

The memory of the famous Russian battle painter Vasily Vereshchagin will be immortalized in Cuba, the Krasny Sever newspaper writes.

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17 February 2022

Moscow – The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, awarded Andrey Guryev, Chairman of the Russia–Brazil Council of Entrepreneurs and CEO of PhosAgro, the honorary Order of Rio Branco for his contribution to the development of bilateral relations.