33 unique bird's-eye views of Russia, breathtaking

In December 2016, Russian photographer Sergei Fomin released the book “Flight over Russia”, composed of many photographs that he took over the past 13 years. During this time, Fomin managed to remove from the air 55 regions of our vast country: cities, towns, plains and mountains, ponds and forests. Many frames are absolutely unique and show us very, very inaccessible places that no one has ever reached before. No matter what we say, words cannot convey all the charm and splendor of Russian nature and Russian open spaces. Just look how beautiful and diverse Russia is!

Brown bear. Kamchatka Peninsula

Katun river. Altai region

Ushkaniy island. Lake Baikal

Tundra. Taimyr Autonomous Okrug. Krasnoyarsk region

Altai mountains

Vilyuchinsky bay. Kamchatka Peninsula

Take-off geese on a lake in the tundra. Taimyr Peninsula. Krasnoyarsk region

The foundation of the destroyed church. Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal

Small islands on the lake in the tundra of the Taimyr Peninsula. Krasnoyarsk region

Manych-Gudilo Lake. Large salt reservoir in Kalmykia. This area is home to many bird species.

Sea terminal in St. Petersburg

Rain in the Altai mountains

The right bank of the Volga. Nizhny Novgorod Region

Rybinsk

Dawn. Suzdal

Ice of the White Sea. Arkhangelsk region

Sea vessels in the Novorossiysk region. Black Sea. Krasnodar region

Fields near Suzdal

Sobachye (Ut-Kuel) lake. Taimyr Peninsula. Krasnoyarsk region

Putorana Plateau. Taimyr Peninsula. Krasnoyarsk region

Ice break White Sea. Arkhangelsk region

The shore of the White Sea. Arkhangelsk region

Valley of the Katun. Mountain Altai

Nickel mine. Quarry of the Mining and Metallurgical Combine Norilsk Nickel. Norilsk Taimyr Autonomous Okrug

Cultivated fields near Suzdal

Irkinda River. Putorana Plateau. Taimyr Peninsula. Krasnoyarsk region

Putorana Plateau. Taimyr Peninsula. Krasnoyarsk region

Horses at a watering hole on the shores of Lake Teletskoye. Mountain Altai

Shallow (Khargi-Kul) Lake. Putorana Plateau. Taimyr Peninsula. Krasnoyarsk region

A gas pipeline in the tundra of the Taimyr Peninsula. Krasnoyarsk region

Glacier Ak-Kem. Mountain Altai

Loading bay in the Sea of ​​Azov near the estuary in Yeysk. Krasnodar region

Volga river. The gateway between the Volga and the Gorky reservoir formed by the dam of the hydroelectric power station named after Gorky, built in 1955 between the cities of Gorodets and the Volga region. Nizhny Novgorod Region

Cape Khoboy. Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal