The second stage of governor's elections in Saint Petersburg. One of candidates, plenipotentiary representative in the Northwest district Valentina Matvienko (right) with son Sergey visited a polling district.

Carpet factory in Butka village (the native land of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin). A worker makes a carpet with the Russian President Vladimir Putin portrait.

A girl-participant of the opening ceremony of the Republic China week in Saint-Petersburg.

Domes of an orthodox temple and satellite antennas on a roof.

A lesson of the Estonian language in Russian school.

A woman works in the fur studio.

Wooden house painted in bright colors.

Pripyat 1970 sign is placed at the entrance of the town where is Chernobyl atomic power station.

The sculpture "Rodina-Mat' zovet (Native land-mother is calling)" of the monument-ensemble to Stalingrad battle Heroes on the Mamaev barrow. The author of the monument-ensemble is the sculptor, the people's artist of the USSR Evgeny Vuchetich.

A visitor in the house-museum where the revolution leader Vladimir Lenin lived during the exile in village Shushenskoe.

A girl rides a horse on the beach.

Sarcophagus on the 4th reactor of Chernobyl atomic power station.

The main control panel of Chernobyl atomic power station (ЧАЭС).

Moslems pray in the Sobornaya mosque.

Restorer Evgeny Gerasimov (right) works in the State Hermitage paintings restoration work-room.

Open heart surgery in the medical center.

Open heart surgery in the medical center.

A wedding. A bride attaches a flower on her groom jacket.

The military parade devoted to the victory in the Great Domestic War was held on Dvortsovaya square.

Suvorovskoe military school student with fanfares took part in the military parade devoted to the victory in the Great Domestic War. The parade was held on Dvortsovaya square.

Police officers are on duty in the street.

A man kneels on the snow after sauna in Pasha village.

Preparation for a concert in the Pskov kremlin territory. A man sits in an empty hall.

Studies of Estonian language in Russian school. The teacher writes Estonian words on the board.

Studies of Estonian language in Russian school. The teacher shows children boards with Estonian words.

Participants "Sex VIP" beauty competition. Personal serial numbers are placed on their legs.

Wooden house and "Rodina" cinema in Minusinsk town.

Tunneling shield "Victoria" in the dangerous area between Lesnaya and Ploshchad Muzhestva metro stations.

The "Dangerous zone" sign is placed near the river Techa polluted with radioactive materials of the "Mayak" plant in Muslumovo.

Tanks with oil in the territory of "Grozneftegaz" association.

Sculpture "Motherland Calls" of a monument-ensemble to the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamaev Hill. Author of the monument-ensemble sculptor is People's Artist of the USSR Yevgeny Vucetich.

"Dangerous zone" sign near the Techa river poisoned with nuclear waste from Mayak plant.