Partially burned trees are pictured after the forest fire near the settlement of Yergyolyokh in Namsky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia.

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Participants of Crimea Fire Fest in Koktebel.

11.08.2018#5608740

Su-30SM fighter jets of the Russian Knights aerobatic team performing at the final of the Tank Biathlon 2018 international contest at the Alabino training field in the Moscow Region.

11.08.2018#5608383

Japanese archers of the Ogasawara-ryū school during the demonstration of traditional Japanese art, Yabusame, at the Central Moscow Hippodrome as part of the Cross Year of Japan in Russia and Russia in Japan and Week of Japan in Moscow. Yabusame is a traditional Japanese art of mounted archery. The contests are held in palaces and Shinto shrines.

11.08.2018#5608060

Valery Pronkin (ANA) during the men's hammer throw final at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London.

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From left, Rie Kaneto (Japan), winner of the gold medal in the women's individual 200m breaststroke, and Yulia Yefimova (Russia), winner of the silver medal, during the award ceremony at the XXXI Summer Olympics.

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Aliya Mustafina (Russia) performs a vault during the women's individual all-around artistic gymnastics competition at the XXXI Summer Olympics

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Son Wan Ho (South Korea) during the men’s singles badminton match against Jacob Maliekal (South Africa) at the XXXI Summer Olympics.

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A bee-keeper examines a honey frame on a bee farm in Abkhazia.

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Harvesting grain in Belarus.

11.08.2015#2678364

A TV screenshot with an image of Soviet cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev. The broadcast occurred on August 11, 1962 directly from the Vostok 3 spacecraft piloted by Andriyan Nikolayev and aired on the Soviet central TV.

11.08.1962#2536924

A bomb shelter sign in Donetsk.

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Servicemen at the final rehearsal for the Invincible and Legendary military and patriotic programme of the Engineering Technologies 2014 international forum in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

11.08.2014#2475364

Athletes during the javelin throw (decathlon) at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2013 in Moscow.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt after winning the men's 100m final race at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt, center, in the men's 100m final race at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.

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Flooded houses in the village of Vladimirovka located 3km from the city of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region.

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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva during the qualifying round of the women's pole vault at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.

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China's Zhen Wang in the men's 20km race walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.

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Athletes reaching the finishing line of the women's 20-kilometer race walk finals at the 30th Summer Olympic Games in London.

11.08.2012#1210398

Cyclists ride on a new low-water bridge from De-Friz Peninsula to Sedanka after the opening ceremony. Two more bridges were opened in Vladivostok as part of preparation for the APEC-2012 Leaders' Week.

11.08.2012#1209661

Member of the Russian national modern pentathlon team Tatiana Muratova, happy after a successful match. World Modern Pentathlon Championships.

11.08.2001#1206634

Diver performs a training descent in DPS-50M (three-bolt outfit) diving equipment during a training session of Russian Interior Ministry divers at the Severobaikalsk marine training center.

11.08.2011#943352

The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Communications crew laying a communication line across a river.

24.06.1944#882364

A retired teacher from the U.S., Millard Harmon, flew his own light airplane "Ten Romeo" from Washington to Moscow to mark the 50th anniversary of the non-stop flight by Valery Chkalov from the USSR to the North Pole and then the United States.

11.08.1987#771060

A pilot from Moscow is handing over a package with photos of Soviet space pilots Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich for the Hungarian press.

11.08.1962#618498

Builders of an integrated iron-and-steel works near Košice listen to the news report about the flight of Soviet astronauts Andriyan Nikolaev and Pavel Popovich.

11.08.1962#618461

Soviet soldiers.

11.08.1981#544637

The Mir-2 submersible being lifted aboard the Metropoliya, Frolikha Bay.

11.08.2009#429381

Construction works to fortify the banks of the Sunzha River in Grozny.

11.08.2009#428059

Destroyed weaponry on the streets of Tskhinvali after the city was assaulted by Georgian troops.

11.08.2008#330168

The VVA rugby team of Monino in the Moscow environs met Moscow's Slava in a preliminary Superleague match at the Monino stadium and gave it a crushing defeat, 56-19.

11.08.2003#165214

An expedition to the North Pole involving tourists. A Mi-8 helicopter that will take expedition members from the ice camp to the the North Pole and back to the ice camp.

11.08.2004#111178

Member of the Institute of Irrigation Agriculture testing maize varieties.

11.08.1984#51079

This fisherman works at the Butun fish farm on the Aral Sea.

11.08.1968#45550

An Avar girl carrying a jug.

11.08.1967#39242

An Udegeyan plays a traditional music instrument.

11.08.1968#34527

Collective farmers check the sunflower ripeness.

11.08.1982#25022

Horse riders in training. The unique cavalry regiment raised in 1962 specially for film shooting.

11.08.1977#20797

Political commentator Valentin Zorin of All-Union Radio Network and Central Television hosts show Ninth Studio.

11.08.1977#20493