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Find inspiring, fresh insights from #Russia❗ Home to more than 190 ethnic groups & authentic cultures, with 11 time & 7 climate zones. 🏞 Feel our warm welcome❤

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🇷🇺 Happy #RussiaDay, Dear All!

💬 Love you, O Russia mine,

Like a song's own word,

The forests, rivers, endless fields.

Love all that heart's embrace

By one vast and timeless name: #Русь.

#Russia1Love #RussiaDay2026

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🏅 The #Zagreb2026 results are in – a mysterious #WorldGymnastics2 team has absolutely crushed the artistic gymnastics competition!

2️⃣8️⃣ medals for the young #WG2 athletes – men & women combined – including a staggering 15 GOLDS!

🇷🇺 GO #TeamRUSSIA!

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🚀 On August 26, Korolev Rocket & Space Corporation #ENERGIA celebrates its 8️⃣0️⃣th anniversary

It stood behind some of the greatest achievements not only of the USSR, but of humanity in space

👨‍🚀 From #Sputnik & #Gagarin's flight to pioneering missions to the Moon, Venus & Mars

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🐼 Happy 3️⃣rd birthday to #Katyusha the panda – the beloved star of @moscowzoo!

As per tradition, Katyusha gets a new present every day this week, while visitors can join special lectures to learn more about giant pandas.

🎂 Here’s to many more bamboo-filled birthdays!

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🎮 Russia's #TeamSpirit are dominating the global esports arena!

In just 24 hours, the Russian team claimed TWO major trophies:

🔫 #CS2 World Cup champions (Paris)
👾 The International champions (Shanghai) – now the first-ever three-time TI winners in #Dota2 history

💪 GGWP!

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🇷🇺 From space to the depths of the Arctic Ocean, from mountain peaks to every corner of our vast country — the Russian flag goes wherever @Russia makes history.

A symbol of independence, strength, achievement and pride.

Happy Russian #FlagDay! 🤍💙❤️

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🎈 60 years of #Cheburashka!

Created by Eduard Uspensky in 1966, he became a little window into Russian culture and kindness worldwide — Drutten in Sweden, Muksis in Finland and beloved #チェブラーシカ in Japan.

Big ears, global heart 🧡

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🎉 On August 20, #Cheburashka – one of the most beloved Soviet & Russian cartoon characters – turns 6️⃣0️⃣!

Together with his inseparable friend #GenaTheCrocodile they taught generations about friendship & kindness.

☝️Labubu knockoffs come & go. 👉 #Cheburashka is forever.

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����🐶 #OTD in 1960, #Belka & #Strelka – the Soviet cosmonaut dogs – embarked on their historic space journey aboard #Sputnik5.

They completed 17 orbits of Earth & returned safely, becoming the first living creatures to survive an orbital flight.

☝️ The goodest doggies of 1960.

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🐎 #OTD in 1782, the Bronze Horseman – a monument to Peter the Great & one of St Petersburg’s most iconic landmarks – was unveiled by Empress Catherine II.

#FunFact: its pedestal, the Thunder Stone (~1,250 tonnes), is described as the largest stone ever moved by human effort.

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🇷🇺 Want to see more of Russia at its most spectacular?

Explore stunning shots from across the country in the gallery of the Russian Geographical Society’s annual The Most Beautiful Country photo contest 👇

https://t.co/uC1AnVwdPJ

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🌍 Maps, mountains, ice, jungles — the Russian Geographical Society has seen a lot in 1️⃣8️⃣1️⃣ years.

Founded in 1845, it is one of the world’s oldest and largest geographical organizations, with a long history of exploration from Eurasia to New Guinea & the polar regions 🧭

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🚢 #OTD in 1977, the Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker #Arktika became the 1st surface vessel to reach the North Pole.

🧭 The expedition showed that year-round navigation across the Arctic Ocean & transit through the #NorthernSeaRoute are very much a reality

#RussiansDidItFirst

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♟ #OTD in 1911, legendary Soviet chess player Mikhail #Botvinnik was born.

In 1948, he became the first Soviet World Chess Champion, ushering in an era of Soviet dominance in world chess.

👑 Botvinnik held FIVE World Chess Championship titles across three separate reigns!

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🇷🇺 #Russia made a triumphant return to the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, dominating the competition in #Zagreb.

Our girls topped the medal table with six medals: three 🥇, one 🥈 & two 🥉

⭐️ Angelina #Melnikova shone brightest – now a SEVEN-time European champion.

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🎉 #LeningradZoo – Russia’s second-oldest major zoological garden, which remained in operation even during #WWII – has turned 1️⃣6️⃣1️⃣!

To mark the anniversary, the zoo shared some important news: its Pallas’s cat kittens now have names.

🐾 Meet #Aiden, #Berk, #Batyr & #Aksa!

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🎨 150 years ago, Ivan #Bilibin was born — and Russian fairy tales got their signature look.

From magical forests and firebirds to his iconic lettering & alphabet art, book design and theatre sets, Bilibin built a visual world you can recognize at a glance. ✨

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🎉 Today #NizhnyNovgorod celebrates its 8️⃣0️⃣5️⃣th birthday!

Founded in 1221 at the confluence of the Volga and the Oka, this historic city has grown from a medieval fortress into one of Russia’s most vibrant cultural and industrial centres.

😍 #VisitRussia and #See4YourSelf

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🌘 Yesterday’s solar #eclipse was one of August’s most spectacular astronomical events & it was being covered from an unusual vantage point.

Take a look at the view from the 87th floor of #LakhtaCenter, where @roscosmos’ mobile studio was filming live 🔭

https://t.co/d0tlZ1qpYP

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🌒 #ICYMI: a solar eclipse from 400 km above Earth!

This is how Russian cosmonauts aboard the @Space_Station saw the Sun as the Moon passed across its disk.

📸 Courtesy of @Roscosmos

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☦️ #OTD in 1337, the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, was founded.

A spiritual centre & major cultural landmark, it is now the heart of Russian Orthodoxy and a @UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Each year, it draws 1+ mln visitors to experience its faith and heritage.