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Museum-Estate of the Artist Vasily Polenov
At the beginning of the 19th century, artist Vasily Polenov designed and oversaw the construction of his family’s home, a place where he would also work, high on the bank of the Oka River. Nowadays this place is home to The State Memorial History, Art and Natural Museum Reserve of V.D. Polenov, and is one of the most popular museums in the country. Many see the museum as a memorial to the outstanding Russian landscape artist, and the museum possesses one of the largest collections of Polenov’s work. The collection also consists of pieces from some of his famous contemporaries, including Ilya Repin, Konstantin Korovin, Ivan Shishkin and others.
Karachay Horses
People say that Karachay horses are the best breed of climbers. It is on these creatures that people have accomplished several ascents of Europe’s highest peak – Mount Elbrus. Karachay recognised these horses as an independent breed in 1927 when they were introduced into the State Pedigree Book of Mountain Horses. Since that time the breed and its purity has been threatened in many ways. Karachay horses however, have managed to overcome these threats, maintaining a high level of endurance and quality in their work – something unique to them. These horses live in open fields all year round and in summer they climb to heights of up to 3,000 metres above sea level in search of food. RTG TV host Olga Degtyareva got to witness the proud nature of these mountain horses in this new programme.
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Karachay Horses
Zelenchuksky Astrophysics Observatory
A telescope with a mirror that measures six feet across and that was once the largest in the world can be found in the mountains of the Republic of Karachaeva-Cherkessia. This altazimuth telescope is positioned at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres - a good point from which to research the astrological climate of outer space. The area’s almost perfect atmosphere, the high number of clear nights and the large distance from manufacturing plants are what make it so ideal. It is thanks to these factors that Russian astronomers and scientists from abroad are able to look at and examine the starry sky. What is so special about the six-metre telescope is its Alt-azimuth mount. This mount allows the telescope to move along the horizontal and vertical axes, giving scientists the opportunity to focus more closely on a specific area of the sky to study the galaxies and stars. The telescope is on...
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