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A museum-free Petersburg — a recreational tour
Modern-day life in St. Petersburg is no less interesting than the city’s rich history. Inside SPb’s classic, old interiors inhabitants of the 21st-century megopolis have created their own, new history, making the city even more appealing to its visitors. Here tourists not only hope to see the city’s main sights, but to feel — even if just for an instant — as if they live here. Ducking into a small café, buying a souvenir to remember the trip and taking photos in unusual places are all simple activities that help guests get a real feel for the city.
Adler Primatology Institute
Primates have helped people to accomplish many great things such as travel to outer space and find medicines that cure terrible diseases. Biologically they belong to the same order as mankind, and thanks to this connection, scientists gain priceless information by studying them. The Russian Academy of Medical Sciences’ Research Institute of Medical Primatology is located in the village of Vesyoloye, forty kilometres from the southern city of Adler. Here 4,200 monkeys live in open-air cages. There are 20 species of monkeys, including pig-tailed, rhesus, Javan and brown macaques, as well as green monkeys and various species of baboons. Such a wide variety of species can’t even be found at the zoo. The primates living in this environment are here for a much different reason than those at the zoo: To help mankind study the world around us.
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Adler Primatology Institute
Cuisine of the Caucasus at the Owl's Nest Restaurant
The Owl’s Nest restaurant is scenically located on the bank of the Mzymta River, which originates in the Caucasus Mountains. The restaurant’s menu stays true to its location, featuring a variety of Caucasian foods. RTG TV host Nadezhda Lebedeva learned how to prepare those dishes typically ordered on festive occasions, including lamb roasted in a French Cinderella Pumpkin and a starter of young cucumbers marinated inside a watermelon.
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