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Today Volgograd is a major industrial, educational and scientific center that stretches for 100 kilometers as a narrow strip along the Volga River bank.

Belgorod is a multinational advanced city in the south of the Central Russian Upland, the scientific, cultural, economic and spiritual center of the Central Black Earth Region of Russia.

The Russian Museum is the world’s largest museum of Russian art, a unique architectural and artistic complex in the historic center of Saint Petersburg.

In our Cultural Code column, we plan to familiarize our readers with diversity of Russia, its geography, history, literature, architecture, and cuisine.

Tomsk is the capital of the Tomsk Region, located in the east of Western Siberia, on the bank of the Tom River. It is a major cluster of technological advances and industrial innovations, the scientific and cultural center.

Chelyabinsk is one of the largest cities in Russia. It is located on the border of two parts of the world – Europe and Asia. It is an industrial giant with a huge number of plants.