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A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

Rare documents, old instruments, and gruesome specimens showcase the history of military medicine.

The laboratory where the Soviet secret police invented exotic poisons used to kill dissidents in hideous and (mostly) untraceable ways.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.