Gallery: You Can Visit Paris, Berlin, and Warsaw ... In Russia
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A cell phone tower made to look like the Eiffel Tower stands in Paris, Russia. The village was named after the cossacks from South Urals helped defeat Napoleon in a battle outside Paris in 1814.
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A shopping mall in Varna, Russia. The village was named after a battle in Varna, Bulgaria in 1829.
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A bridge on the road to Berlin, Russia. It was named to commemorate Russia's involvement with Berlin during the Seven Years' War in 1760 and during the Napoleonic Wars in 1813. The village is located near the Russia-Kazakhstan border and requires a special permit to visit.
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A man walks from a grocery store past the Orthodox church in Leipzig, Russia. The village was named after The Battle of Leipzig, Germany in 1813.
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Interior of an orthodox church in Katzbach, Russia. The Battle of Katzbach, part of the Napoleonic Wars, was waged near the river Katzbach in modern-day Poland in 1813.
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The entrance to the Chesma’s city archive, just off a square dominated by a monument to Vladimir Lenin. It's named after the Chesma Bay in the Aegean Sea, where Russians defeated Turks in a naval battle on July 7, 1770.
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A woman sells religious icons in an orthodox church in Katzbach, Russia.
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A monument dedicated to those who perished in World War II in Warsaw, Russia. The village is named after the Siege of Warsaw in Poland in 1831.
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A man walks down the main street in Arcis, Russia. The village was named after the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube in France in 1814.
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An old Soviet mural at city hall in Kassel, Russia. The village was named after a battle in Cassel, Germany, in 1813.
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A house in Kassel, Russia. The garage is decorated with an image of a Soviet-era tank.
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Another modern shopping mall in Varna, Russia.
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Children play behind a recreational club in Ostroleka, Russia. The village was named after the Battle of Ostrołęka in Poland in 1831.
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Portraits of local World War II veterans in a history museum at Ostroleka, Russia.
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Water pump in Port-Arthur village. Russia fought in the Siege of Port-Arthur, China, which lasted from August 1, 1904 to January 2, 1905.
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City hall in the village of Arcis, named after the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube in France in 1814.
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A house in Paris, Russia.
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Interior of a warehouse in Warsaw, Russia.
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Workers repair a roof in Balkans, Russia.
