Novorossiysk is a port city on the Black Sea in southern Russia. The promenades along its Embankment of Admiral Serebryakov, named for a city founder, are dotted with monuments. Docked nearby, the decommissioned Mikhail Kutuzov cruiser ship is part of the country's Central Naval Museum. The Malaya Zemlya (Small Land) memorial commemorates the Red Army's role in WWII. Lenin Park has a carousel and a planetarium. Wikipedia
Russia, the world’s largest nation, borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Its landscape ranges from tundra and forests to subtropical beaches. It’s famous for Moscow's Bolshoi and St. Petersburg's Mariinsky ballet companies. St. Petersburg, founded by Russian leader Peter the Great, has the baroque Winter Palace, now housing part of the State Hermitage Museum’s art collection.
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