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Timofei Mozgov basketball player
The high-standing centre for the Russian national basketball team, Timofey Mozgov, is one of the true symbols of Russian basketball. He won over the hearts of Russian basketball fans playing for Moscow’s Khimki club and set off for the United States to realise the dream of all basketball players — to play for the NBA. Doing such, Mozgov became one of only seven athletes in the history of Russian sport to be invited to play in the North American league.
THE FOUNTAINS OF PETERHOF. PETER THE GREAT'S PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE
Having seen the gardens of the French kings, Emperor Peter the Grat wanted to create his own “Versailles”, and to even surpass it. But, in choosing the site of his future residence, he set a key condition – the water in the fountains should be “self-propelled”, through a fall in height, rather than by using expensive pumps as were employed in Versailles. Peter had begun developing this idea for a grandiose park and palace ensemble on the shores of the Finnish Gulf when he first began to fight Sweden for an outlet onto the Baltic Sea. Many of Peterhof’s fountains are dedicated to the victories of the young Russian fleet over a more experienced and powerful opponent. The main jet of water, Samson, is dedicated to the decisive battle of Poltava. The concept for the new, sumptuous residence the drafts that reveal all of its main constructions – these were all the work of Peter the G...
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THE FOUNTAINS OF PETERHOF. PETER THE GREAT'S PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE
Commercial fishing for whitefish on lake Ladoga
The history of Northwest Russia is closely connected to Lake Ladoga - starting in the 9th century, Lake Ladoga served as the water trade route “from the Varangians to the Greeks.” Nowadays the largest lake in Europe is one of the greatest sources of fish in Northwest Russia - more than 53 species of fish can be found here. Many of them are commercial fish such as perch, pike perch and whitefish, and fishermen catch them year-round. The month of June on Lake Ladoga is European cisco fishing season. About every three days throughout the whole month dozens of fishing boats set out on the hunt for this tasty fish. One such ship invited RTG TV host Igor Vukolov on board so that he could take part in the quest for this Ladoga delicacy.
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