2. Island Sviyazhsk MuseumSviyazhsk Wrangel Island is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea. Wrangel Island lies astride the 180° meridian. The International Date Line is displaced eastwards at this latitude to avoid the island as well as the Chukchi Peninsula on the Russian mainland. The closest land to Wrangel Island is the tiny and rocky Herald Island located 60 km to the east. The distance to the closest point on the mainland is 140 km . Wrangel Island may have been the last place on earth where mammoths survived. Most of Wrangel Island, and Herald Island, is a federally protected nature sanctuary administered by Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The island, and its surrounding waters, were classified as a Zapovednik in 1976 and, as such, receive the highest l... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
7. History Museum of SviyazhskSviyazhsk Russian culture has a long history. Russia claims a long tradition of dividend in many aspects of the arts, especially when it comes to literature, folk dancing, philosophy, classical music, traditional folk music, ballet, architecture, painting, cinema, animation and politics, which all had considerable influence on world culture. The country also has a flavorful material culture and a tradition in technology. Russian culture grew from that of the East Slavs, with their pagan beliefs and specific way of life in the wooded, steppe and forest-steppe areas of far Eastern Europe or Eurasia. Early Russian culture was much influenced by neighbouring Finno-Ugric tribes, by the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe and in the late 1st millennium AD by nordic people like Varangians , which also t... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.