Russia 🇷🇺

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

RT @Russia: 🛰️ Reading you loud and clear @ivan_mks63! As per tradition 🇷🇺 Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner crossed his name out of the 👨‍🚀 #L… — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🇷🇺 Russia's top jazzband - Igor #Butman's Quintet - will take part in the @jazzdotorg's Worldwide Concert for Our Culture. 🎷 They will perform on-line alongside @sjfortner, @hamiltonholanda, @OzoneMakoto, @nduduzo_m Watch LIVE 17 April at 02:30 MSK 🔴 https://t.co/7axhcKeUJ4 https://t.co/uObArKsKE0 — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🛰️ Reading you loud and clear @ivan_mks63! As per tradition 🇷🇺 Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner crossed his name out of the 👨‍🚀 #LUFA patch (League of Unflown Astronauts) marking his first spaceflight. Now the work begins. Bonne chance! ➡️ Follow @ivan_mks63 reports from #ISS. https://t.co/Zz0fuWGGtt — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

RT @Russia: #DidYouKnow ❓ In 1921 renowned Russian-Soviet artist Boris #Kustodiev painted 🖼️ "Portrait of Peter Kapitza and Nikolai Semyono… — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🧩 Quarantine procrastination made useful: try out @MuseumPushkin's online jigsaw puzzles based on the paintings from the #Museum's incredible art collection. Now, there's no more need to make excuses 😉 https://t.co/ofeWH8Mxh4 #Russia #Art #Puzzle #Painting https://t.co/Lic32ERlPP — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🌉 Good night from #Vladivostok’s Golden Bridge! #Interesting fact: before it was constructed, it took about 90 minutes to travel around the Golden Horn Bay. Today, it takes only 5 minutes to cover the same distance. 📷 by https://t.co/CSrsUp15gb #Russia #FarEast https://t.co/qsagWHdV6t — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

«The House of the #Stork» is the first volunteer center in #Russia devoted specially to preserving and enhancing the #population of storks in the western part of Russia. More thеn a hundred of birds were saved due to the dedication of #volunteers 🔗https://t.co/QLbyvjYJRU https://t.co/a946kqMHkS — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

😉 In #Russia, we take #Selfisolation very seriously indeed. However, one remarkable village did even better than others by being cut off from the rest of the world by #snow. Now, that's what we call #SocialDistancing. #MeanwhileInRussia 📽️ via @RT_com https://t.co/rFMamgpqIY — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

#OTD In 1836, Emperor of 🇷🇺#Russia Nicholas I issued a decree on building of the 1⃣st public 🛤️🚞railway line in our country, Tsarskoye Selo Railway from #StPetersburg to #Pavlovsk through Tsarskoye Selo. The 27 km line started a rich & glorious #history of #Russian railroads. https://t.co/F8nNWWghgv — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🇷🇺 Russian cosmonaut 👨‍🚀 Mikhail Kornienko celebrates his 6⃣0⃣th Anniversary! 2x spaceflights, incl. famous year long stay on the #ISS with @StationCDRKelly, 2x spacewalks totaling 12+ hours - much has been achieved, more is yet to come. 🎂🎉 Happy Birthday, Mikhail Borisovich! https://t.co/Ijr45stof9 — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

#OTD In 1849, the Grand #Kremlin 🏛️Palace was inaugurated. The magnificent building designed by architects led by Konstantin Thon includes the Terem Palace, 9⃣⛪churches, the Holy Vestibule, & over 7⃣0⃣0⃣ rooms. Nowadays it is the official residence of the President of #Russia. https://t.co/f5UCjq4psJ — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

#DidYouKnow ❓ In 1921 renowned Russian-Soviet artist Boris #Kustodiev painted 🖼️ "Portrait of Peter Kapitza and Nikolai Semyonov" depicting two young aspiring scientists. Who knew... that both🧑‍🔬 would be among the brightest minds of the XX century, become @NobelPrize Laureates https://t.co/KoTYOkEoEU — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

RT @Russia: 🇷🇺 Moscow Metro Museum launches online lectures in English. 📺🔊🧑‍🎓 Watch, listen & learn all about the world's most gorgeous and… — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🇷🇺 Moscow Metro Museum launches online lectures in English. 📺🔊🧑‍🎓 Watch, listen & learn all about the world's most gorgeous and enigmatic underground 🚇 @MoscowMetro #MetroTour #StayHome 🔴Livestreaming - every Wednesday and Saturday - via @instagram. ▶️ https://t.co/yPSfGVfzmb https://t.co/oC9tOFW7Pj — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

RT @Russia: Today marks 79 years since the world-famous Valley of the Geysers 🌄 in the #Kamchatka region was first discovered. It is the se… — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🚁 #OTD in 1952 the Kamov Ka-15 #helicopter (aka 'Hen') took its first flight. It was the world's first mass-produced helicopter featuring two rotors mounted one above the other but turning in opposite directions. 💡 The idea of coaxial rotors originates with Mikhail #Lomonosov. https://t.co/aXYTdDKTXn — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🚂 In 1973, #DavidBowie visited #USSR and travelled along the the longest #railway in the world - the #TransSiberian Railway from #Vladivostok to #Moscow. On board, he gave a small concert for the passengers. https://t.co/VwAB6JRTsE 📷 Alexander Demyanchuk / @tass_agency https://t.co/RepYd9hVeU — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

Today marks 79 years since the world-famous Valley of the Geysers 🌄 in the #Kamchatka region was first discovered. It is the second largest concentration of geysers in the world, a 🇷🇺 natural wonder incorporated into the @UNESCO World Heritage Site "Volcanoes of Kamchatka" 🌋 https://t.co/yFq8yy6OgW — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

Miss walk through #Moscow? A new virtual tour available on #DiscoverMoscow, the project of Moscow City Government. Moscow Rooftops online tour offers 30 unique 📸photo panoramas & views from 17 observation decks located in different parts of 🌆city➡️🔗https://t.co/GGX7COoR3N https://t.co/iIeLVDZP0s — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🌠🌙🏙️Good night from #StPetersburg’s roofs! If you dream of a moonlight walk in the most romantic location, here it is. #DidYouKnow Since 19th century local city law has strictly limited building height, except for ⛪churches, to that of the tsar’s Winter Palace (23.5 meters). https://t.co/JPUfYrSWiP — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🇷🇺 Russia's capital is normally such a busy megalopolis that there is a popular saying that 🌃 #MoscowNeverSleeps. These days Muscovites prefer to 🏠 #StayHome providing a rare opportunity to look 👀 at #Moscow's beautiful architecture under a new light https://t.co/39I72PNdWk — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

#OTD in 1934 an unprecedented air evacuation operation from drifting ice was completed saving 103 crew members & passengers of SS #Chelyuskin. 7 air pilots 🛩️ who risked their lives amid Arctic storms 🌨️ became the first ones to bear the title Hero of the Soviet Union https://t.co/QpYajuWaF1 — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

#OTD On 13 April, 1958 the inaugural International #Tchaikovsky Competition, the 1⃣st #world 🎶#music contest in our country concluded. The competition held 16 times in #Moscow & #StPetersburg in 1958-2019 includes categories of🎹piano,🎻violin, cello, voice, woodwind &🎺brass. https://t.co/wRN7Jbb5Vq — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

#OTD 🎼🎹🎵🎶🥁🎖️On 13 April, 1883 Alexander Alexandrov, a composer, the founder & first director of #RedArmy Choir, the author of the inspiring song "The Sacred War" was born. Alexandrov wrote the music for the state anthem of #USSR, which became the national anthem of 🇷🇺Russia. https://t.co/sOJE3D6i5Z — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🗨️"The main force in man — is the power of the spirit" © First Human in Space 👨‍🚀 Yuri #Gagarin #CosmonauticsDay #SpaceDay #HumanSpaceFlight #12April https://t.co/TvyUyhHwET — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

#OTD in 1959 the Destiny of a Man aka Fate of a Man #WWII drama 🎞️ by renowned Soviet filmmaker Sergey Bondarchuk was premiered in Moscow. Based on novel by Nobel Prize winner Sholokhov, it has many emotional episodes with the penultimate scene being utterly heart-wrenching 😭 https://t.co/zKWY3zcrLh — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🚀 Successful launch of #Vostok spacecraft with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri #Gagarin on-board signified not just first manned spaceflight but start of a #SpaceEra for all humanity. ℹ️ Learn more about 👨‍🚀Gagarin: https://t.co/3OuRYmZMkF ℹ️ Factsheet on the first manned spaceflight 👇 https://t.co/EqgxDDYhFs — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

📸 First photo of Yuri #Gagarin after completing his 🚀 historic spaceflight. The cosmonaut and the Vostok 3KA capsule landed in a rural area of the Saratov region, 12 April 1961 #FirstInSpace #HistoricalPhoto https://t.co/ynkSobiPQI — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

📸 Can you recognise First Man in Space? Cosmonauts Yuri #Gagarin (as Neptune 🔱) & Alexey #Leonov having fun during an improvised concert at Zvyozdny gorodok (#StarCity), 1965 https://t.co/g5GqiVxLf5 — PolitiTweet.org

Russia 🇷🇺 @Russia

🚀 Before #GoogleEarth there was... #Vostok1 control panel, whcih included Earth's globe 🌏 indicating geo-positioning of the spacecraft. This is what First Man in Space Yuri #Gagarin saw in front of himself during the historic space flight of 12 April #CosmonauticsDay #SpaceDay https://t.co/FkbQ6cZqC5 — PolitiTweet.org