>> Click to enlarge << The Irbensky Lightship sits in port awaiting its ... Photo by: Anton Ivanov

The current economic conditions that are affecting many of us are no different in Russia where the financial situation may soon cause the demise of the last Russian Lightship to serve on the Baltic Sea.

>> Click to enlarge << Anton Ivanov, who is leading the movement to save ...

>> Click to enlarge << Up until recently the galley in the Irbensky ... Photo by: Anton Ivanov

>> Click to enlarge << The magnificent mast and lantern room of the ... Photo by: Anton Ivanov

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