#OTD 🇷🇺🇷🇺Belka and Strelka are dogs that spent a day in space aboard 🇷🇺Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth.

🟣They were the first higher living organisms to survive an orbital trip in outer space

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🇷🇺⛲️ #OTD On 20 August 1721, the first launch of the famous fountains and cascades, which are a monument of world hydraulic art of the 18th-19th centuries, took place in Peterhof.

🟣The works on the creation of the ensemble continued for two centuries. They involved outstanding architects Leblon, Miketti, Zemtsov, Rastrelli, Felten, Shtakenshneider. Thanks to their labours, the estate with small palaces turned into the “capital of fountains” - a pearl of world architecture.

🏰 Today Petrodvorets is a world-famous open-air museum city. There are 10 museums and three parks open for viewing. There are three cascades and 173 fountains in the Upper Garden and the Lower Park.

📸 by Peterhof Museum website

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