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Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

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Kirill Lewerski, a cadet on the Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern. This photo was awarded 2nd place in the portrait category in the World Press Photo 2011 competition.Photo by Joost van den Broek, the Netherlands.

FEB 1YELTSIN’S JUBILEE

Dedication of a monument to the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, in Yekaterinburg.Photo by Alexander Miridonov / Kommersant

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Dmitry Medvedev lays flowers at the monument to victims of the Sept. 2004 tragedy in Beslan.Photo by Dmitry Astakhov / Presidential Press Service

FEB 22 BESLAN

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Pope Benedict XVI (R) react during Medvedev‘s private audience at the Vatican Feb. 17, 2011. Medvedev met with the pope during a two-day visit to Italy.Photo by Christophe Simon / Reuters

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Pope Benedict XVI (R) react during Medvedev‘s private audience at the Vatican Feb. 17, 2011. Medvedev met with the pope during a two-day visit to Italy.Photo by Christophe Simon / Reuters

FEB 17 vATICAN

„If I wanted to commit a terrorist attack, I would have not lived openly in Dagestan’s capital. I would not have enrolled my son in school.“ Those labeled „black widows“ after last spring‘s metro bombing find it difficult to go on with their lives, especially as terrorist attacks continue.Photo by Oksana Yushko

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Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

FEB 17 zAIrA

„If I wanted to commit a terrorist attack, I would have not lived openly in Dagestan’s capital. I would not have enrolled my son in school.“ Those labeled „black widows“ after last spring‘s metro bombing find it difficult to go on with their lives, especially as terrorist attacks continue.Photo by Oksana Yushko

Snow kite boarders enjoy their sport on the frozen Finnish Gulf at sunset outside St. Petersburg, Russia. The temperature that day in St. Petersburg was -19C (-2.2F). Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Snow kite boarders enjoy their sport on the frozen Finnish Gulf at sunset outside St. Petersburg, Russia. The temperature that day in St. Petersburg was -19C (-2.2F). Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

FEB 13 SNowKITE

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A swimmer climbs out of the icy water in a pond in St. Petersburg as fish cluster at an ice hole struggling for air. Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

Deep inside the winter frost, a man tries to freeze off old age by doing his physical training outdoor.Photo by Georgy Shpikalov

FEB 11 pT

Couples share a tender moment during a flash mob marking Valentine‘s Day in St. Petersburg.Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Couples share a tender moment during a flash mob marking Valentine‘s Day in St. Petersburg.Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

FEB 14 vALENTINE’S DAY

Ivan Skobrev made a breakthrough for Russia in the world of speed skating, becoming the first post-Soviet Russian to win the world all-around speed-skating championship.Source: Reuters

Ivan Skobrev made a breakthrough for Russia in the world of speed skating, becoming the first post-Soviet Russian to win the world all-around speed-skating championship.Source: Reuters

FEB 14 SpEEDSKATINg

Trainees in spacesuits assisted by scuba divers train in a pool at the Russian Cosmonauts Training Center at the Star City out-side Moscow. Underwater training simulating conditions of weightlessness is part of the training for space crews.Photo by Sergey Ponomarev / AP

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Trainees in spacesuits assisted by scuba divers train in a pool at the Russian Cosmonauts Training Center at the Star City out-side Moscow. Underwater training simulating conditions of weightlessness is part of the training for space crews.Photo by Sergey Ponomarev / AP

FEB 18 STArCITY

„Road Home“ magazine editor Arkady Turin jumped through a burning circle to raise money for the treatment of Anatoly Baranov, a homeless man and one of the authors of a cartoon about Francis of Assisi. The cartoon was presented at the international Takoe Kino film festival in October 2010.Photo by Andrey Gerasimov

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„Road Home“ magazine editor Arkady Turin jumped through a burning circle to raise money for the treatment of Anatoly Baranov, a homeless man and one of the authors of a cartoon about Francis of Assisi. The cartoon was presented at the international Takoe Kino film festival in October 2010.Photo by Andrey Gerasimov

FEB 25 BUrNINg CIrCLE

„I am very sorry,“ said Roza Yevloyeva, in an interview at her house in the town of Ali-Yurt. Her son, 20-year-old Magomed Yevloyev, de-tonated explosives strapped to his body at Moscow‘s Domodedeovo airport on Jan. 24, killing 36 people.Photo by Reuters

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

„I am very sorry,“ said Roza Yevloyeva, in an interview at her house in the town of Ali-Yurt. Her son, 20-year-old Magomed Yevloyev, de-tonated explosives strapped to his body at Moscow‘s Domodedeovo airport on Jan. 24, killing 36 people.Photo by Reuters

FEB 16 DomoDEDovoBomBINg

The exhibit Silentium by Rauf Mamedova opened at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Mademov photographs people with Down‘s Syndrome. Through his photographs, Mamedov hopes to bring out compassion and empathy in his audience. Photo by Аlexander Shcherbak / Kommersant.

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

The exhibit Silentium by Rauf Mamedova opened at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Mademov photographs people with Down‘s Syndrome. Through his photographs, Mamedov hopes to bring out compassion and empathy in his audience. Photo by Аlexander Shcherbak / Kommersant.

FEB 9 SILENTIUm

Buddhists in St. Petersburg participate in the Dugzhuuba ceremony, a purification rite, on the eve of the Buddhist New Year.Source: RIA Novosti

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Buddhists in St. Petersburg participate in the Dugzhuuba ceremony, a purification rite, on the eve of the Buddhist New Year.Source: RIA Novosti

FEB 2BUDDHIST NEw YEAr

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi holds a press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting at Villa Madama in Rome.Photo by Max Rossi / Reuters

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi holds a press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting at Villa Madama in Rome.Photo by Max Rossi / Reuters

FEB 16vILLA mADAmA

Russian navy sailors participate in a tug-of-war competition as they celebrate the annual Defender of the Motherland Day in the far eastern city of Vladivostok.Photo by Max Rossi / Reuters

Russian navy sailors participate in a tug-of-war competition as they celebrate the annual Defender of the Motherland Day in the far eastern city of Vladivostok.Photo by Max Rossi / Reuters

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Russian communist supporters take part in a rally to mark the annual Defender of the Fatherland day in central Moscow.Photo by Alexander Natruskin / Reuters

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Russian communist supporters take part in a rally to mark the annual Defender of the Fatherland day in central Moscow.Photo by Alexander Natruskin / Reuters

FEB 23CommUNIST rALLY

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 23FIrEworKS

Fireworks light up the sky during celebrations for the Defender of the Fatherland day in St. Petersburg.Photo by Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

The Kizimen volcano has been erupting since the end of 2010. The most spectacular and powerful eruptions have occurred during February 2011.Photo by Igor Shpilenok

FEB 9 KAmCHATKA

A man fishes through the ice on the Ivankovskyoe Reservoir in the Tver Region town of Konakovo.Photo by Andrey Rudakov / Reuters

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

A man fishes through the ice on the Ivankovskyoe Reservoir in the Tver Region town of Konakovo.Photo by Andrey Rudakov / Reuters

FEB 5KoNAKovo

Tasik, a male pigtail macaque, sips red wine from a bottle at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Russia‘s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Keepers at the zoo believe that adding red wine, onion and garlic into the monkeys‘ diet will reduce their risk of acquiring the H1N1 infection.Photo by Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Tasik, a male pigtail macaque, sips red wine from a bottle at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Russia‘s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Keepers at the zoo believe that adding red wine, onion and garlic into the monkeys‘ diet will reduce their risk of acquiring the H1N1 infection.Photo by Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

FEB 7KrASNoYArSK zoo

Inmates walk at a male prison camp outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.Photo by Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

Inmates walk at a male prison camp outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.Photo by Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

FEB 7KrASNoYArSK JAIL

Activists from the group „KhZ“ clear snow dressed in miniskirts outside St. Isaac‘s cathedral in St.Petersburg Feb. 10, 2011. The action was aimed to draw attention to the poor state of municipal snow clearing in Russia‘s second city.Photo by Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

Activists from the group „KhZ“ clear snow dressed in miniskirts outside St. Isaac‘s cathedral in St.Petersburg Feb. 10, 2011. The action was aimed to draw attention to the poor state of municipal snow clearing in Russia‘s second city.Photo by Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters

FEB 10KHz

In Moscow, competitors in the annual cross-country ski race „Moscow Ski Track.“ Around 15,000 people participated in this year‘s event, which was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the world‘s first manned space flight.Source: ITAR-TASS

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

In Moscow, competitors in the annual cross-country ski race „Moscow Ski Track.“ Around 15,000 people participated in this year‘s event, which was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the world‘s first manned space flight.Source: ITAR-TASS

FEB 7moSCow SKI TrACK

FEB 26moSCow Cop

Sergeant Menshenin earn $850, which is a penurious sum of money in one of the most expensive cities in the world.Photo by Ruslan Sukhushin

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Viktor Belyaev, former Kremlin chef: „I cooked for Indira Gandhi, Erich Hoenecker, Helmut Kohl, and Valéry Giscard d‘Estaing.“Photo by Kirill Lagutko

FEB 27 CHIEF

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The view from the nuclear icebreaker „Vaigach,“ which came to the aid of about 40 ships trapped in ice in the Gulf of Finland. Photo by Ruslan Shamukov / ITAR-TASS

Don augue eget arcu bla ndit sollicitudin. Nulla quis lao iac.Cerceperorem ne ne nosupiorum, num iam dicatis fui patis no. At actodiena, o ut nonfirit estum andieCupplin serembonsupe ropubl virmil iena cupeci condes confectAt actod virmil iena, o ut nonfirit. PHOTOGRAPH: YURI IVANOV

FEB 9NovgoroD THE oLDEST CITY

The view from the nuclear icebreaker „Vaigach,“ which came to the aid of about 40 ships trapped in ice in the Gulf of Finland. Photo by Ruslan Shamukov / ITAR-TASS

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FEB 24gorBACHEv’SJUBILEE

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Sovi-et leader Mikhail Gorbachev attend the opening of an exhibition on Gorbachev‘s life.Source: Getty Images

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