Monthly Archives: June 2009

Moscow (Russian Federation) – HDR Images

Moscow (Russian Federation) – HDR Images

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world, a global city. Moscow is the most populous city on the continent of Europe and the seventh largest city proper in the world, a megacity. The population of Moscow (as of 1 January 2010) is 10,562,099.

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Abandoned Shukhov Tower on the Oka River, Dzerzhinsk (Russia) – HDRI

Abandoned Shukhov Tower on the Oka River, Dzerzhinsk (Russia) – HDRI

Shukhov Tower on the Oka River (Dzerzhinsk High-Voltage Mast) is the world’s only surviving hyperboloid electricity pylon. It is located in Russia, in the western suburbs of Nizhny Novgorod, on the left bank of the Oka River near Dzerzhinsk.

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