The Smolny Cathedral Webcam: live from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. The Smolny Cathedral was meant to be the main church of a convent to house Elisabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, who had been banned from ruling the country and therefore decided to become a nun. But as soon as her predecessor was overthrown during a coup carried out by the royal guards, she decided to forget the whole idea of a stern monastic life and happily accepted the offer of the Russian throne. The blue and white Smolny Cathedral is one of the most fabulous works of Bartolomeo Rastrelli (the creator of the Winter Palace, the Grand Catherine Palace in Pushkin, the Grand Palace in Peterhof, and other major landmarks). Picture size: 640x480.
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Sheregesh Webcam: a live view of Zelenaya mount (Green mount) from the "Alpen Club" hotel near Sheregesh town, Russia. Picture size: 500x350.
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Russia: Russia is a large and extremely culturally diverse country, with dozens of ethnic groups, each with their own forms of folk music, languages and religions. It expands over much of Eurasia.