What are important places in Eastern Russia?

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1. Roksana says

   Kizhi Pogost (1990)
   Located on Kizhi Island, one of the many islands in Lake Onega, in Karelia (near city of Petrozavodsk)
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   Red Square and Kremlin, Moscow (1990)
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   Historic Center of St Petersburg & Related Monuments (1990)
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   Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (1992)
   Archipelago comprising of six islands in the western part of the White Sea, Arkhangelsk region
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   Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (1992)
   Not to be mistaken with Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod (renamed Veliky Novgorod in 1999), is located on the M10 federal highway connecting Moscow and St Petersburg (closer to Saint Petersburg). historic Novgorod churches
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   White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal (1992)
   Located in Russia's historic Golden Ring, Vladimir region
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   Architecture at Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (1993)
   Part of Russia's historic Golden Ring, Moscow region
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   Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (1994)
   One of the first examples of a tent roof on a non-wooden church, the the region of Kolomenskoye is located in Moscow, several miles southeast of city center.
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   Curonian Spit (2000)
   An elongated sand dune peninsula that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. Located in the Kaliningrad region (as well as Lithuania), the Curonian Spit has been the site of human habitation dating back to prehistoric times.
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   Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery (2000)
   Located in the Vologda region (north European Russia)
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   Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (2000)
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   Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (2003)
   Located in eastern Caucasus on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, Dagestan region
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   Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent, Moscow (2004)
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   Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (2005)
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   Struve Geodetic Arc (2005)
   A chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km (1,752 miles).
   The 1816 to 1855 survey by von Struve sought to establish the exact size and shape of the earth.
   While the survey passed through the Russian Empire, the only two points in modern day Russia are on the island of Gogland in the Gulf of Finland (Leningrad Oblast).
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   Virgin Komi Forests in Komi Republic
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   Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands in Solovetsky Islands,
   Arkhangelsk Oblast
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   White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal in Vladimir Oblast
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   Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent in Derbent,
   Republic of Dagestan
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   Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Oblast and Republic of Buryatia
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   Curonian Spit in Kaliningrad Oblast
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   Central Sikhote-Alin in Primorsky Krai

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