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Tour of Staraya Russa
In the small town of Staraya Russa in Novgorod Oblast legends and stories have become intertwined with real history, helping to immerse inhabitants and visitors into an atmosphere of years past. There was a time when Staraya Russa received great attention from rulers such as Ivan the Terrible and Peter the First however nowadays much of the town’s fame is due to one author. It was in this town that Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote one of his famed classics and where tourists can visit a museum in his name. There the House on the Embankment has become known as the place where Dostoyevsky lived between 1872 and 1880 while working on his novel The Brothers Karmazov. Staraya Russa is also recognised for the Starorussky Resort with its natural salt-water mineral springs which shoot up to ten metres in height in some places. RTG TV’s Olga Degtyareva spent a few fantastic days in this diverse town and ...
World champion javelin thrower Maria Abakumova
World champion javelin thrower and Olympic silver medalist at the games in Peking Mariya Abakumova holds the record for the second longest javelin throw in women’s history with 71.99 metres. Nowadays in Russia Mariya is known to have made one of the greatest achievements the sport has ever known and she is one of very few athletes of her caliber all over the world. People know and love Abakumova as a charismatic and emotional athlete and they expect to see a real show of passion and effort from her on the field. Mariya doesn’t believe in the myth that a career in professional sport and having a family are incompatible and she is ready and eager to travel abroad to Rio de Janeiro to capture gold in 2016.
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World champion javelin thrower Maria Abakumova
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