![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/34t.jpg) Wild cherry in a birch grove near Korkino in southern Ural. South from Cheliabinsk, Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/33t.jpg) Edible wild berries in a birch grove near Korkino in southern Ural. South from Cheliabinsk, Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/26t.jpg) A.S. in front of a coal mining machine at Korkino, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/25t.jpg) A.S. at a huge coal mining quarry of depth 400 metres (?) at Korkino, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/27t.jpg) A.S. in front of a monument of V. I. Lenin in a coal mining factory at Korkino, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/222/jpeg/02t.jpg) Typical for Ural piles of rock fragments on slopes of Aleksandrovskaya Sopka hill near Zlatoust, Southern Ural. Russia, August 14, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/15t.jpg) A.S. in Krasnogorsk, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/219/jpeg/32t.jpg) Lenin Street in Krasnogorsk, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 11, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/219/jpeg/25t.jpg) Marijuana plant in Krasnogorsk, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 11, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/219/jpeg/31t.jpg) Lenin Square in Krasnogorsk, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 11, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/08t.jpg) Lenin Street in Krasnogorsk, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/219/jpeg/26t.jpg) A.S. among marijuana weeds in Krasnogorsk, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 11, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/16t.jpg) Houses opposite to the bus station in Krasnogorsk, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/220/jpeg/09t.jpg) V. I. Lenin House of Culture in Krasnogorsk, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/222/jpeg/07t.jpg) A forest with ostantsy rocks (kind of geological formation) south from Miass. Southern Ural, Russia, August 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/222/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ostantsy rocks (kind of geological formation) in a forest south from Miass. Southern Ural, Russia, August 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/222/jpeg/08t.jpg) Ostantsy rocks (kind of geological formation) in a forest south from Miass. Southern Ural, Russia, August 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/222/jpeg/20t.jpg) Turgoyak Lake near Miass. Southern Ural, Russia, August 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/222/jpeg/23t.jpg) Shores of Turgoyak Lake near Miass. Southern Ural, Russia, August 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/29t.jpg) Summits of Aleksandrovskaya Sopka hill near Zlatoust, Southern Ural. Russia, August 14, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/222/jpeg/05t.jpg) Old railroad station of Miass, view from a train. Southern Ural, Russia, August 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/25t.jpg) Slopes of Aleksandrovskaya Sopka hill near Zlatoust, Southern Ural. Russia, August 14, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/37t.jpg) Ashberry on Aleksandrovskaya Sopka hill near Zlatoust, Southern Ural. Russia, August 14, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/28t.jpg) A summit of Aleksandrovskaya Sopka hill near Zlatoust, Southern Ural. Russia, August 14, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/23t.jpg) Rocks and forest of Aleksandrovskaya Sopka hill near Zlatoust, Southern Ural. Russia, August 14, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/32t.jpg) Ash tree on a summit of Aleksandrovskaya Sopka hill near Zlatoust, Southern Ural. Russia, August 14, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/07t.jpg) An old house at Truda (?) Street in Cheliabinsk. Russia, August 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/03t.jpg) An old house at Krasnaya Street in Cheliabinsk. Russia, August 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/06t.jpg) An old house at Truda (?) Street in Cheliabinsk. Russia, August 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/05t.jpg) An old house at Krasnaya Street in Cheliabinsk. Russia, August 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/08t.jpg) Houses at Pushkin Street opposite to a synagogue in Cheliabinsk. Russia, August 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/13t.jpg) A 19th (?) century house at 82 Truda Street. Cheliabinsk, Russia, August 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/14t.jpg) A 19th (?) century house at Truda Street. Cheliabinsk, Russia, August 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/221/jpeg/09t.jpg) A synagogue at Pushkin Street, with marijuana weeds in its backyard. Cheliabinsk, Russia, August 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/222/jpeg/04t.jpg) Passengers waiting a local train at a railroad platform of Poletaevo, west from Cheliabinsk. Russia, August 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1914/jpeg/22t.jpg) Birch groves in area of New Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/186/jpeg/06t.jpg) Typical hills near Yeroham, view from a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2339/jpeg/03t.jpg) Brown birch bolete mushrooms (Leccinum scabrum) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 29, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/08t.jpg) View to the south along a river going from mountains on the southern side of Ramon Crater, 5 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/05t.jpg) View to the south along a river going from mountains on the southern side of Ramon Crater, 5 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3598/jpeg/21t.jpg) Bear cockleshell mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on a birch log in a forest east from a train stop Platform 46 km near Semrino, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/407/jpeg/14t.jpg) A typical yard near Ekaterininskaya Street. Odessa, Ukraine, August 13, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3598/jpeg/22t.jpg) Caps of bear cockleshell mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on a birch log in a forest east from a train stop Platform 46 km near Semrino, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/407/jpeg/13t.jpg) A typical passage to a yard near Ekaterininskaya Street. Odessa, Ukraine, August 13, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2328/jpeg/05t.jpg) Birch woodwart (Jackrogersella multiformis) near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/224/jpeg/33t.jpg) Tosna River 2 miles east from Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/225/jpeg/01t.jpg) Waterfalls of Tosna River 2 miles east from Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1249/jpeg/10t.jpg) Pair of birch birch Bolete mushrooms (Boletus Scaber, Leccinum scabrum) in Petiayarvi, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 31, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/224/jpeg/37t.jpg) Remains of an estate on banks of Tosna River 3 miles east from Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2327/jpeg/10t.jpg) Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) on a fallen birch near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2328/jpeg/06t.jpg) Birch woodwart (Jackrogersella multiformis) on a fallen tree near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1889/jpeg/19t.jpg) Birch forest near Sarajarventie Road, view from a tourist bus. Southern Finland, August 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1889/jpeg/14t.jpg) Birch grove near Torsansalontie Road, view from a tourist bus. Southern Finland, August 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mountains on the southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/10t.jpg) Grass on southern slope of Ramon s Tooth, 5 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/17t.jpg) Southern (?) slope of Ramon s Tooth, view from a summit, 5 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/21t.jpg) Southern side of Ramon Crater near Ammonites wall, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/16t.jpg) Southern side of Ramon Crater near Ammonites wall, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/02t.jpg) Southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/23t.jpg) Southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/29t.jpg) Nahal Nekarot River (?) at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/09t.jpg) Southern slope of Ramon s Tooth resembling Eilat Mountains, 5 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/26t.jpg) One of tributaries of Nahal Nekarot River at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/35t.jpg) Landscape near Nahal Nekarot River at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/19t.jpg) View to the west along southern side of Ramon Crater near Ammonites wall, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/28t.jpg) One of tributaries of Nahal Nekarot River at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/24t.jpg) One of tributaries of Nahal Nekarot River at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/36t.jpg) View to the west along Nahal Nekarot River at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/22t.jpg) A tributary of Nahal Nekarot River running from southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/33t.jpg) Desert plants near Nahal Nekarot River at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1244/jpeg/07t.jpg) Black cap birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum variicolor) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1244/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mottled birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum variicolor) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/486/jpeg/12t.jpg) Typical houses near Fontanka River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 7, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1244/jpeg/06t.jpg) Nibbled brown birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum scabrum) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1244/jpeg/05t.jpg) Brown birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum scabrum) in grass near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1890/jpeg/27t.jpg) Birch polypore mushroom Piptoporus betulinus (bracket fungus Fomitopsis betulina, Russian name Trutovik) in Oselki, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1244/jpeg/01t.jpg) Birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum schistophilum(?), Podberiozovik in Russian) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/20t.jpg) View to north-east along southern side of Ramon Crater near Ammonites wall, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/34t.jpg) Approaching Ramon s Tooth (black hill) at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/24t.jpg) Birch Bolete mushroom (Boletus Scaber, Leccinum scabrum, Russian name Podberiozovik) near Kavgolovo Lake south from Oselki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 6, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/32t.jpg) A big tributary of Nahal Nekarot River and Ramon s Tooth (black hill) at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/28t.jpg) Typical barrack (reconstruction) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/16t.jpg) White birch bolete mushroom (bog bolete, Leccinum holopus, Russian name Podberiozovik) near Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/20t.jpg) Southern side of Ramon Crater near the road to Eilat, view to the east from Ramon s Tooth, 5 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1989/jpeg/29t.jpg) Fungus (mushrooms) Phellinus laevigatus on a birch tree near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1721/jpeg/08t.jpg) Typical wooden house in Maloe Zabrodye Village near Orzhitdy. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1085/jpeg/24t.jpg) Typical summer house (Dacha) with a kitchen garden in Lavriki, 2 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1989/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spreading fungus (mushrooms) Phellinus laevigatus on a birch tree near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1989/jpeg/17t.jpg) Willow bracket fungus (Phellinus igniarius mushrooms) on a birch near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1989/jpeg/08t.jpg) Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a birch log near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1989/jpeg/27t.jpg) Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushrooms Fomitopsis pinicola) on a birch near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1989/jpeg/30t.jpg) Crust of fungus (mushrooms) Phellinus laevigatus on a birch tree near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1989/jpeg/32t.jpg) Thin crust of fungus (mushrooms) Phellinus laevigatus on a birch tree near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1989/jpeg/31t.jpg) Texture of crust of fungus (mushrooms) Phellinus laevigatus on a birch tree near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1657/jpeg/13t.jpg) Birch webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius triumphans) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/974/jpeg/04t.jpg) Ural jewels, a gift for a museum at 10-th anniversary of Great October Socialist Revolution, in one of Kremlin Churches. Moscow, Russia, July 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2124/jpeg/13t.jpg) Birch milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius tabidus) in Dibuny, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 20, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1657/jpeg/12t.jpg) Golden scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota aurivella) on a birch tree near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1249/jpeg/25t.jpg) Mature birch birch Bolete mushroom (Boletus Scaber, Leccinum scabrum) in Petiayarvi, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 31, 2013
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