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Places of worship of the Donskoi monastery
The cathedrals of the Donskoy Monastery are home to the richest collection of religious relics connected to some of the most significant events in Russian history. From the moment of its foundation, a copy of the Our Lady of Kazan icon, which aided the Russian army in its victory over the Tatars, has been kept in the monastery’s main cathedral. The necropolis of the royal Bagrationi dynasty is also located in the cathedral’s basement. The monastery’s Maly Cathedral is fascinating for its own reason — it is here in 1992 that once-believed lost relics of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Russia, were found.
Fishing for Trout in the Rivers of the Kola Peninsula
The Kola Peninsula in Northwest Russia is shrouded in darkness for more than half of the year. The first frosts hit the area at the end of October and temperatures don’t rise above freezing until May. The snow that has accumulated over the long winter disappears only at the end of the calendar spring. As the snow and ice melt, the water runs into and fills the peninsula’s 130,000 lakes and rivers, where many large trout live. Travelling to this harsh environment to fish in these abundant waters is every fisherman’s dream. Hundreds of kilometres of arctic tundra surround this area, making it difficult to reach. Nevertheless, avid trout fishermen continue to dream big in hopes of getting that big catch.
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Fishing for Trout in the Rivers of the Kola Peninsula
Fishing in Rostov-on-Don
The Don River has been considered a sacred place for generations. Even during years when the harvest was incredibly poor, those who lived on the banks of the river were spared from suffering as local fishermen have always been able to feed their families with what they catch in the Don waters. To this day herring, carp, mullet, pike, pike-perch, royal fish and many other species of fish can be found in the industrial centre Rostov-on-Don. Here fishermen’s luck even smiled upon RTG TV host Stanislav Salnikov.
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