A man walks in a dark flooded street in the settlement named after Kuibyshev, in Orenburg, Russia. Russia's Orenburg Region faced flooding earlier in April due to snowmelt, rising water levels in the Ural River and increased water discharges from a local water reservoir. On April 5, a dam protecting Orsk from the Ural River burst, resulting in the mass evacuation of local residents.09.04.2024#8658432
Lighting of candles during the ceremony to sanctify Easter cakes and eggs on Holy Saturday, at the Epiphany Cathedral at Yelokhovo in Moscow.15.04.2017#3074338
Actor Sergey Kiryushkin in a scene from The Bench after Aleksandr Gelman staged at the Melikhovo Museum-Reserve, Moscow Region.05.03.2016#2803127
An audience member at the Kubana music festival in Veselovka village, Krasnodar Territory.16.08.2014#2478047
Participant in the military-historical reenactment of storming the fortress city of Konigsberg on the grounds of Fort №5 museum in Kaliningrad.06.04.2014#2408813
Sergei “Pauk” Troitsky, the leader of the punk metal group Korrozia Metalla, being searched in the Aeroflot office at the Tolmachovo international airport in Novosibirsk. Security officers found bottled liquids not allowed on board in his carry-on luggage during a personal check.24.01.2014#2352047
Participants in a rally in support of Ukraine's integration with the EU, at the barricades on Kiev's Independence Square.02.12.2013#2330385
A young man smoking in the street in Novosibirsk. Beginning November 15, Russians face fines for smoking in public places except designated areas.15.11.2013#2320029
Iosif Kazandzhyan, left, and Hermitage Group general director Emin Iskenderov, right, at the White Lily foundation's charity evening at Hermitage Hotel Monaco.17.08.2012#1215348
De Grisogono jewellery house founder and president Fawaz Gruosi and his girlfriend Valerie at the White Lily foundation's charity evening at Hermitage Hotel Monaco.17.08.2012#1215333
Reflection of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the window of the Strelka Bar in Moscow.10.07.2012#1180014
Writer Dmitry Kosyrev, left, on the porch of the Dream New York at the Read Russia Roof party for the participants and visitors of the BookExpo America fair.07.06.2012#1148175
Spy kit objects confiscated from Ryan Christopher Fogle, third secretary of the Moscow US embassy's political department, detained read-handed on having made an attempt to recruit an employee of one of the Russian secret services.13.05.2012#1468234
Ilya Ponomarev, member of the Just Russia parliamentary party, at an opposition rally on Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow.11.05.2012#1118124
A driver starting his car in a street of Novosibirsk, where the temperatures are low.22.12.2010#830158
North Korea launched yet another short-range missile on the country's eastern coast Tuesday night according to South Korean Yonhap news agency, Reuters reports. Yonhap quotes a North Korean government source. Earlier Tuesday North Korea launched two more short-range missiles, also on the east coast. Yonhap estimates these KN-1-labeled missiles range at 160 km.27.05.2009#397500
It is common belief that global warming leads to more famines and fire risks. However, new data show that climate changes can lead to vegetation type shifts to more fire-resistant species, or their decrease, according to Montana university scientists. "Climate is just one of the factors determining the frequency of fires. If you take into consideration climate alone while predicting fire frequency change, you are most likely making a mistake, if the the vegetation type does not change with the climate. However, the type of vegetation changes with the climate, and it is momentous for fire frequency prediction", says Fillip Jigera who with his colleagues studied the history of vegetation in North Alaska in the last 15 thousand years by analyzing lake sediment. While studying pollen and spores in the sediment, the scientists managed to trace the prevailing vegetation type in the region throughout the millennia. The scientists hope their work will help predict future natural fires related to climate changes.23.04.2009#389024
Radio and TV presenter Roman Trakhtenberg at the launch of a book "Prostitution in Russia" by Konstantin Borovoy, June 2007. Roman Trakhtenberg died suddenly yesterday. He was 42.19.06.2007#509228
Actors Alexei Batalov, left, and Vasily Livanov at a charity function commemorating People's Artist of Russia Vitaly Solomin.23.12.2003#395824
Survey of the population about the Soviet icebreaking transport vessel (lighter carrier) with a Sevmorput nuclear power plant.01.03.1989#8198645
Soviet icebreaking transport vessel (lighter carrier) with a Sevmorput nuclear power plant in the port of Murmansk.01.03.1989#8198499
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The Odessa port. Captain of the Le Duc Anh lighter-aboard ship Yury Shokotko, center, shows future marine transport engineers the arrangement of the navigation bridge.27.04.1988#5486308
Ukrainian SSR. Ust-Dunaysk Sea Commercial Port, located in the southern part of the Black Sea's Zhebriyanskaya Bay and adjoining the Ochakovo river mouth of the Danube river. Boris Polevoy lighter carrier ship is seen in the harbor.08.09.1984#5990046
Ukrainian SSR. Izmail Sea Commercial Port, located in the Kiliya branch of the Danube river. Lighters, self-propelled barges with waterproof cargo-hatch cover used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships, are seen on board Boris Polevoy lighter carrier ship.03.09.1984#5990044
The Ukrainian SSR. Yury Solovyov, captain of the lighter-aboard ship Julius Fucik, at the Ust-Dunai merchant seaport.01.06.1984#8406862
Valentin Nastenko, radio transceiver operator of the lighter-aboard ship Julius Fucik, at the Ust-Dunai merchant seaport.01.06.1984#8406861
The Tatar ASSR. Representatives of French trade union delegation visit Kazan. Photo: Jacques Tregaro, a member of the French delegation.01.12.1983#8231509
Model of a nuclear-powered containerized lighter-aboard ship for the Arctic built at the Kerch "Zaliv" shipyard. The vessel can take aboard 74 lighter ships or 1,300 van containers. Moscow. 1982.01.07.1982#839957
The Leningrad Merchant Seaport, now the St. Petersburg Merchant Seaport, consists of the Large Port and the Passenger Port. Photo: Towing a lighter-aboard ship.24.10.1979#8149241
Unloading a lighter-aboard ship at the Leningrad Merchant Seaport, now the St. Petersburg Merchant Seaport, that consists of the Large Port and the Passenger Port.24.10.1979#8149239
A gas lighter produced by the Lenemalier factory. On the right, bottled gas for refuelling.01.01.1969#705882
The poet's personal belongings in Vladimir Mayakovsky's House-Museum in Mayakovsky (formerly Gendrikov) Pereulok in Moscow.01.06.1963#2643291
