Exhibition of photographs of the Russian Geographical Society. Photo contest "The most beautiful country"

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Fascinating landscapes, unique animals, original ethnic group. Russia from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka through the eyes of photographers from all over the world. Large-scale Russian competition geographical society collected almost 200,000 pictures in three months. Photos are like a declaration of love.

In Moscow, the winners of the first All-Russian photo contest under the ambitious title "The Most beautiful country", which was organized by the Russian Geographical Society. During the final vote, the jury made an unprecedented decision: each participant, whose work was recognized as the best in one of 11 nominations: "Landscape", "Birds", " Undersea world"," Peoples of Russia "...

The perfect storm on Lake Baikal. At the very end of November and in December, the strongest storms are on Baikal. Several winds can blow at one moment. Last year, I myself observed how in the north of Olkhon the North-West (or, as it is also called Sarma, Gornaya) blew from the Small Sea, accelerating along the Uzurskaya padi and pulling out in a separate stream into the Khaga-Yaman Bay. Behind Cape Izhimei, the low clouds of Kultuk were powerfully pulling, tearing low-flying clouds to shreds. In the Big Sea, opposite Olkhon, the water boiled and bubbled. A wave was moving into the bay in a dense formation. One by one. And every ninth rolled ashore to almost half of the pebble beach. All clothes and camera covered thin layer ice from water splashes, which were quickly seized by a 25-degree frost. But it was impossible to tear oneself away from this spectacle. I was fascinated by the power of Baikal. The rhythmic roar of the waves, the howling of the wind and the drumming of the stones rolled by the surf created a polyphony that introduced into a trance. One could listen to this symphony for hours, forgetting about the cold and the piercing wind. This went on for two days. On the third day the wind died down... Canon EOS 500D, Canon EF 70-200 4L, 1/200s, f/5.6, ISO 800, Focal lenght 70 mm, AWB. (Photographer: Alexey Trofimov)

Turquoise. Franz Josef Land. (Photographer: Nikolai Gernet)

Landscape at the end of the day. Mount Kolchim-stone, or Pomyanenny stone. Perm region, Krasnovishersky district. (Photographer: Sergey Ivanov)

Eruption of the Tolbachik volcano in Kamchatka. (Photographer: Vadim Gippenreiter)

Sparkling ice in Altai. Middle Multinskoye Lake, end of November. An amazing place - the lake makes terrible moans at night, it seems that it is alive. And the air bubbles frozen in the ice create the feeling of frozen champagne. The frame is stitched together from two takes in sharpness, the lower one with focus on the foreground, and the upper one with sharpness on the mountains. (Photographer: Petrus Anton)

Beluga dreams. Mount Belukha, Altai, Akkem river. (Photographer: Petrus Anton)

The carpet of winter covered the hills in the Crimea. (Photographer: Sergey Novozhilov)

In early spring. Russia, Arhangelsk region, Vinogradovsky district. (Photographer: Yulia Popova)

Cloudy dawn. Lipetsk region, Lipetsk district, Voronezh river. (Photographer: Yuri Sorokin)

Tyva Republic. Summer sunset. (Photographer: Gennady Nikolaev)

The people who sent their work are from different parts of the world. This suggests that all these people, wherever they live, consider Russia the most beautiful. And the most beautiful pictures the most wonderful places they found it necessary to send and participate in this competition. Beauties from Kizhi and Tuvan shepherds, as if from the canvases of Renaissance artists. It seems that they feel a connection with the wild nature much stronger than with civilization, through the fault of which the most Beautiful places countries are often at risk. Deforestation, poaching, man-made disasters. The photographs are an attempt to draw attention and a call to protect nature.

The photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society "The Most Beautiful Country" is dedicated to the preservation wildlife Russia and fostering a caring attitude towards environment through the art of photography.

The competition started in June 2015 and has become an annual event since 2016.

From April 18 to August 1, 2016 the acceptance of works is held, after which the qualifying round of the competition will be held in August, and the final is scheduled for September. The solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the photo contest will be held as part of the Prize of the Russian Geographical Society at the end of 2016. Everyone can take part in the creative competition, regardless of age and place of residence.

The jury of the competition, like last year, will include famous public figures, famous photographers and artists. Among them are the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergey Shoigu, the famous Russian wildlife photographer Sergey Gorshkov, the jury also includes the head of Channel One Konstantin Ernst, CEO Moscow Kremlin Museums Elena Gagarina, director Timur Bekmambetov and winner of the first photo contest "The Most Beautiful Country" in the category "Animals" Ivan Kislov. The primary selection of works will be carried out by an independent expert commission, consisting of well-known build editors, photographers and art historians.

In 2016, participants in the contest "The most beautiful country" can submit your work in 13 categories:

• The world is in our hands
  Provocative photos showing how humanity affects the natural world of wildlife in Russia.
• Peoples of Russia
  Photos of this category reveal the identity of the small peoples of Russia, who have not lost in the age of information and modern technologies its culture, traditions of farming and crafts, unique languages ​​and centuries-old connection of generations with wild nature.
• The most beautiful country. Scenery
  Landscapes of Russia, showing the beauty of the wild nature of our Motherland.
• Animals
  The photographs submitted in the nomination must capture unique moments from the life of wild animals.
• Birds
  Scenes from the life of wild birds, their interaction with each other and the environment.
• Macroworld
  Photos of this nomination reveal the invisible beauty and complex organization of the macrocosm.
• black and white nature
  Monochrome photographs of the wild nature of our country.
• Undersea world
  Photos capturing moments from the life of the marine and freshwater flora and fauna of Russia.
• Young photographer
  Nomination for beginner photographers under the age of 13.
• industrial landscape
  Modern life unthinkable without technological progress. The photographs of this category should capture industrial facilities (power lines, industrial structures, infrastructure elements, etc.) that harmoniously fit into natural landscapes.
• Elusive legacy
  Every year our country loses 10-15 objects of historical and cultural heritage. The nomination is intended to draw public attention to the material monuments of our country that are on the verge of extinction: ancient buildings, churches, monasteries, abandoned villages, bridges, lighthouses, etc.
• Reserved Russia
  In 2017, our country celebrates a significant anniversary - the 100th anniversary of the Russian nature reserve system. This category accepts works that demonstrate character traits, uniqueness and beauty of specially protected natural areas of our country.
• People's Choice Award
  The winner of the nomination is determined by open popular voting on the website of the photo contest.

The winner in one of the nominations - "People's Choice Award" - is chosen by open Internet voting on the project website.

The winners of the photo contest will receive cash prizes. The main prize in each nomination is 250,000 rubles.