25 PHOTOS of Russia at night

It’s widely known that Moscow never sleeps, but what does it look like in the rest of the country when the sun goes down?

Fireworks in St. Petersburg.

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Alexander Galperin / Sputnik

Participants of the ‘White Nights’ marathon in St. Petersburg. In June, nighttime in the city lasts for about half an hour!

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Alexander Galperin / Sputnik

The ‘Scarlet Sails’ festival in St. Petersburg celebrating the student graduation night.

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Alexei Danichev / Sputnik

An iconic St. Petersburg drawbridge.

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Alexei Danichev / Sputnik

The Communal Bridge over the Yenisei River in the Siberian city Krasnoyarsk illuminated in the colors of the Russian flag.

Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik
Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik

The main square in the city of Tomsk.

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Ilya Pitalev / Sputnik

The polar lights in the skies over Murmansk.

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Pavel Lvov / Sputnik

Summer lightning in Yekaterinburg.

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Pavel Bednyakov / Sputnik

Vladivostok night bay view of the Golden Bridge.

Tatyana Meel / Sputnik
Tatyana Meel / Sputnik

Vladivostok city view.

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Tatyana Meel / Sputnik

Nizhny Novgorod night illumination.

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Vladimir Pesnya / Sputnik

A busy pedestrian street in Nizhny Novgorod.

Vladimir Pesnya / Sputnik
Vladimir Pesnya / Sputnik

Night kremlin-view of the Siberian city of Tobolsk.

Alexey Malgavko / Sputnik
Alexey Malgavko / Sputnik

A wooden countryside house.

Alexey Malgavko / Sputnik
Alexey Malgavko / Sputnik

The Kul Sharif Mosque in Kazan.

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Maxim Bogodvid / Sputnik

Night stars in the skies over the Agydea Republic in the Caucasus.

Vitaly Timkiv / Sputnik
Vitaly Timkiv / Sputnik

A business center in Perm.

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Nina Padalka / Sputnik

The ‘Sedov’ sail training ship at the port of Sabetta, Yamal peninsula, Russia.

Vladimir Pesnya / Sputnik
Vladimir Pesnya / Sputnik

The Solovetsky monastery, located on the Solovetsky archipelago in the White Sea.

Ilya Timin / Sputnik
Ilya Timin / Sputnik

Night view of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam on the Yenisei River.

Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik
Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik

The night silhouette of the Crimean ‘Kara Dag’, The Black Mount.

Sergei Malgavko / Sputnik
Sergei Malgavko / Sputnik

The Tula Kremlin.

Alexei Kudenko / Sputnik
Alexei Kudenko / Sputnik

Night illumination of the Moscow Kremlin.

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Maria Devakhina / Sputnik

Boats on the Moskva River in Moscow.

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Maxim Blinov / Sputnik

The Bolshoi Theater during the Circle of Light International Festival.

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Ramil Sitdikov / Sputnik

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