Best of Russia: the year of life of the largest country on Earth

The contest "Best Photos of Russia" has been held annually for the past eight years. And each time the judges have to make a difficult choice, deciding which of the huge number of talented Russian photographers to award the victory. This year the task did not become easier, but they still managed to select the 294 best, in their opinion, images that were divided into five categories. Let's get acquainted with some of the nominated works.

A wonderful photo of the ballerina of the Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theater

A soldier feeds a pigeon in Partizansk (Primorsky Krai)

The highest volcano in Kamchatka - Klyuchevskaya Sopka

The magic of the northern lights captured the photographer in the Murmansk region

Residents of Kaliningrad gathered in the church for Christmas

People went to a joint evening prayer, Altai Territory

Huge crowds of Muslims during the celebration of Kurban Bayram in the capital of Russia

Arctic fox is going to "fish" in the Laptev Sea

Underwater shot of a sea lion, Kamchatka

The squirrel got comfortable

Before the storm

Fairytale winter of the Northern Urals

Photo from the international military music festival held on Red Square in Moscow

Prima in the midst of rehearsal at the Mikhailovsky Theater

Pensioner and her favorite animals, Leningrad Oblast

Air bubbles trapped in the ice of Altai Lake

Lucky winner of the reindeer herders race, Taimyr Peninsula

On Victory Day in Moscow

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