Large set of awesome photos made by Marina Lystseva from loading ramp of An-12 during MAKS 2013

We'd like to introduce a big and beautiful part of Russia, The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, to the users of AvaxNews.



The area is the largest subnational governing body and it is larger than Argentina and a bit smaller than India.

Moscow, September 2012. (Photo by Igor Mukhin)

Porcelain Crab. (Photo by David M. Hogan)

Angry Mop

See also: Faces in Places

“After the Storm”. Schwarzwald. (Photo and caption by Andreas Wonisch)

March of the Soviet Artillery (1943): Video – circa 1936-1947

The Katskhi pillar is a natural limestone monolith located at the village of Katskhi in western Georgian region of Imereti, near the town of Chiatura. It is approximately 40 metres (130 ft) high, and overlooks the small river valley of Katskhura, a right affluent of the Q'virila.