The Best of Russia 2015: 100 nicest photos of the contest

It is time to show the nicest photos from the contest ‘The Best of Russia 2015‘. Total number of winning works is 295; RussianAmbience.com has selected the 100 greatest pictures of them in the categories: Architecture, Nature, Style, War and peace inside us, and Everyday life. Enjoy.

Also, you may see the previous The Best of Russia of the year 2014.

Amigos : Kamchatka Krai : Vladimir Voychuk

Avtovo : Saint Petersburg : Andrius Venclova

Urban Cubism : Moscow : Dmitry Ilyin

Indifference : Saratov Oblast : Nikolay Shadrin

Reindeer herder from Taymyr Peninsula : Krasnoyarsk Krai : Vitaly Ivanov

Discharge : Republic of Tatarstan : Andrey Golovanov
Russian national team at the World Aquatics Championships in the city of Kazan.

Housewarming : Moscow : Artur Novosiltsev

Volcano Klyuchevskaya Sopka : Kamchatka Krai : Dmitry Moiseenko

Friend : Moscow : Ramil Sitdikov

Muse of the artist Polycarp Sudomoykin : Republic of Buryatia : Alexander Vedernikov

Sparkling ice : Altai Republic : Anton Petrus

The world in half : Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast : Alexey Trofimov

The girl : Moscow : Alexey Fokin

Townlet : Moscow : Anatoly Tsymbalyuk

Curiosity : Kamchatka Krai : Denis Degtyarev
A northern sea lion near the Commander Islands.

On the edge of the world : Murmansk Oblast : Vitaly Novikov
More: Video of bewitching Northern Lights in Arkhangelsk

Morning on the Olkhon Island : Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast : Alexander Atoyan

White silence : Komi Republic : Daniil Korzhonov

Foggy morning : Krasnodar Krai : Igor Kryzhko

A fishermen’s village : Chukotka Autonomous Okrug : Vladimir Starovoytov

Trace of Autumn : Voronezh Oblast : Evgeny Sribny

Stairway : Moscow : Ilya Petrichenko

A portrait : Krasnodar Krai : Dmitry Ageev

Singing rocks : Sakha (Yakutia) Republic : Alexey Kharitonov

Mountain light : Kabardino-Balkar Republic : Tatyana Sharapova

Ruskeala : Republic of Karelia : Maria Mitrofanova

Baikal labyrinth : Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast : Kirill Sergeyev
More: Delightful photos of winter and summer lake Baikal from the sky

Legacy of Alans : Kabardino-Balkar Republic : Georgy Golovin

Portraiture of prison : Kresty Prison, Saint Petersburg : Konstantin Dikovsky

Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Adha : Moscow : Natalya Garnelis

In a village : Ryazan Oblast : Elena Oskina

Nadezhda : Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast : George Mayer
The model Nadezhda Korobkova.
More: 30 monochrome bodyscape photos by Anton Belovodchenko

Such is life : Sukharevo, Belgorod Oblast : Katerina Manshine
The granny on the photo is 94-year-old Tatyana Troshina.

Under the stage lights : Saint Petersburg : Octavia Kolt
Prima ballerina of Mikhailovsky Theatre Angelina Vorontsova.
More: Art of graceful ballet dancing on photos by Alexander Yakovlev

A flower : Nizhny Novgorod : Yulia Artemyeva
A ballerina of Nizhny Novgorod Theatre of Opera and Ballet Marina Mastyka.

Reflection of Autumn : Krasnoyarsk Krai : Vladimir Smirnov

White fog : Republic of Buryatia : Tatyana Dubrovina

Unnamed : Veliky Novgorod : Ksenia Lokontseva

Underpass : Moscow : Vlad Sidorak

A single mother raising her disabled child : Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast : Ignat Kozlov

Road constructivism : Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast : Nikolay Kuvshinov

Receding exterior : Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast : Vladimir Frolikov

Morning on the tableland near the village of Kichi-Balyk : Karachay–Cherkess Republic : Georgy Golovin

Colours of Fall : Altai Republic : Natalia Ulyanova
More: Beauteous landscapes of Altai Krai on photos by Anton Petrus

Summer : Kaluga Oblast : Ilya Pitalev

Karagaysky Bor : Orenburg Oblast : Igor Babushkin

Alone in a square : Moscow : Alexey Zaripov
A Moscow Metro station Mayakovskaya.

From other worlds : Krasnodar Krai : Arsen Alaberdov
Reconstruction of the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi.

Mikhail Kutuzov : Krasnodar Krai : Igor Kryzhko

Lusya : Saint Petersburg : Anna Ankhen

Fairy bridge : Moscow : Denis Ivanov

At a construction site : Moscow : Ilya Pitalev

Under a dome : Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug : Alexander Romanov

Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam : Sayanogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai : Larisa Mikheyeva

Portraiture of prison 2 : Kresty Prison, Saint Petersburg : Konstantin Dikovsky
See also: Siberian Gulags turned into prison camps

Prayer : The village of Poteryaevka, Altai Krai : Andrey Shapran

Shades of white : Kamchatka Krai : Alexey Reznikov

Little sparrows : Tomsk Oblast : Yury Makarov
St. Nicholas Monastery in the village of Mogochino.
See also: Photos of unfeigned Russia by Simon Roberts

Favourite fruits of August : Astrakhan Oblast : Denis Kureev

Me, myself and I : Moscow : Anna Grodskaya
The model Dariya Sitnikova.

Bad Makhachkala : Republic of Dagestan : Ilya Varlamov

Mysterious eyes : Moscow : Javid Mammedov

Royal chambers : Saint Petersburg : Igor Yakovlev
Palace of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich.

Profile : Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai : Alexander Sidontsev
More: Lovely photos of Russian foxes by Ivan Kislov

After sunset : Lipetsk Oblast : Evgeny Mazurin

A military unit : Moscow : Roman Shaternikov

Dasha : Moscow : Alexander Vinogradov

Years go by, soul remains : The village of Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Oblast : Sergey Novozhilov
More: Honest portraits of unvarnished Russia by Oleg Videnin

What the ballet? : Moscow : Marat Solovyov

War and peace : Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast : Dmitry Kudinov

Untitled : Korolev, Moscow Oblast : Anton Shvain

Shoana Church : Karachay–Cherkess Republic : Veronika Beletskaya
See also: Picturesque landscapes and ancient structures of the Republic of Ingushetia

Paramonovsky warehouses : Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast : Alexander Bendyukov
Ancient half-ruined warehouses of the merchant Elpidifor Paramonov flooded with cold water.

Autumn at the Devil’s gate : Republic of Adygea : Alexander Plekhanov

Underground : Moscow : Artem Zhitenev

A patriot : Moscow : Philip Ndzana
The model Anna Tataeva.

Glagolitic : Saint Petersburg : Andrey Lem
A ballerina Violetta Jirova.

Magic Forest. An alien : Moscow : Evgeniy Milenkiy
The model Alyona Gordeeva.

After the flight : Moscow : Edgaras Vaicikevicius

Awaiting a thunderstorm : Karachay–Cherkess Republic : Svetlana Ivanova
More: 20 wonderful mountain landscapes from Caucasus you must see

A dangerous moment : Moscow : Dmitry Naydin

Ekaterina Tarasova : Saint Petersburg : Victoria Nazarova

Love for animals : Moscow : Sergey Shchelukhin

Beating means love : Moscow Region : Eldar Samedov
There is an old Russian saying ‘If he beats you then he loves you’. And, there is a word game in the title: in Russia ‘to make a tattoo’ can be literally translated as ‘to beat a tattoo’.

On take-off! : Saint Petersburg : Rustam Zagidullin
See also: Russian architecture which looks better from above

A festive parade : Moscow : Victor Berezkin
The festive march ‘Immortal regiment’ in honor of 70 years of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Three days before the victory : Tula, Tula Oblast : Alexey Fokin
This picture was made at the house of veteran Dmitry Bimbirekov, who went through the whole war.