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1. Locating Lotuses

Did you know that wild lotus flowers are native to Russia? Well, here's an interactive map of where to find them in the Astrakhan region.  

Tags: ecology, environment, astrakhan, tourism, Internet, technology, nature, flowers
2. Criminal Camels

A herd of camels, released by an 83-year-old pensioner, is wreaking havoc in Astrakhan region.

Tags: news, humor, towns, elderly, animals, astrakhan
3. Jogs Good, Like Camel Should

A camel in southern Russia, out for a jog, caused severe rail delays.

Tags: train, astrakhan, animals
4. Baggage Bros, Covert Crimea, and Brezhnev's Crimes

Brezhnev’s traffic ticket goes on sale, Crimea shows up in Astrakhan, and a man gives an all for his cat.

Tags: Kamchatka, astrakhan, Brezhnev, Crimea, aeroflot, cats, cat
By Tiffany Zhu
5. Precious Water

A shortage of clean drinking water threatens to become the main ecological problem of our time.

Tags: Volgograd, Saratov, Volga, Astrakhan, environment, water, Kalmykia
6. The Robots are Having a Whale of a Time

There are wondrous things under the sea… but don’t get in too deep over your head.

Tags: putin, espionage, robots, robot, astrakhan, whales
7. Russia's Favorite Rebel and His Bloody Capture Turn 345

On April 14, 1671, Cossacks captured rebel leader Stenka Razin and ended his rebellion against the tsar. Here’s some background on Razin’s uprising, and what it meant for the fate of Russia.

Tags: stenka razin, rebellion, uprising, tsar, peasants, cossacks, 1671, astrakhan, lobnoye mesto, autocracy, revolt
By Dmitry Volodikhin

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