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The Valaam Monastery is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe.
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Peterhof is a series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the "Russian Versailles". It is located about twenty kilometers west and six kilometers south of St. Petersburg
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Torzhok is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, most famous its folk craft of goldwork embroidery. It is located on the Tvertsa River, 60 km west of Tver.
Torzhok was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1139.
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Pavlovsk is part of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.
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There were no professional models on the catwalk. Instead, the military staged a real beauty pageant. They showed how the uniform changed in style from the Civil War to our times.