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Under such conditions, tourism in Russia simply sucks. It simply cannot compete with these destinations. After the pandemic, the situation began to change. Not radically, but still. Many Russians began to pay attention to domestic tourist places. I personally went to Sochi this year and toured Mineralnye Vody. And recently I went to Kazan. This whole text, an introduction for context.
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>394138 Russian Germans living in Tatarstan.
Also on pic: If you look carefully, you will notice that there are still these "pillars" in the picture. Each pillar is dedicated to the national minorities living in Tatarstan. Many nationalities are represented there. And next to the Belarusians there is an empty space. Guess which nation's "pillar" was removed.