ALTRO - Ginnastica - 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Men's Qualifications

ALTRO - Ginnastica - 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Men's Qualifications

Filip UDE (Cro) pommel horse during the qualification during 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Men's Qualifications, Gymnastics in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 19 2025

(SP)CROATIA-OSIJEK-GYMNASTICS-DOBRO WORLD CUP-FINAL

(SP)CROATIA-OSIJEK-GYMNASTICS-DOBRO WORLD CUP-FINAL

(240407) -- OSIJEK, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Filip Ude of Croatia competes in the FIG Dobro World Cup pommel horse final in Osijek, Croatia on April 6, 2024. (Borna Jaksic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

ULAN-UDE, Russia, May 29 Kyodo - Monks and other participants release balloons into the air at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, as a gesture of prayer for Japan-Russia friendship. A memorial service was held at the monastery the same day in honor of postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there.

Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata performs solo dance

Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata performs solo dance

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, artistic director at the Buryat National Academic Opera and Ballet House in the Russian republic of Buryatia, performs a solo dance in Ulan-Ude on Dec. 12, 2014, during a show to commemorate the establishment of his arts foundation to promote local artistic activities. Iwata was a soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet.

Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata founds arts foundation

Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata founds arts foundation

ULAN-UDE, Russia - People concerned pose before a show in Ulan-Ude in the Russian republic of Buryatia on Dec. 12, 2014, to commemorate the establishment of an arts foundation by Morihiro Iwata, artistic director at the Buryat National Academic Opera and Ballet House, to promote local artistic activities. Iwata was a soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet.

Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata founds arts foundation

Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist Iwata founds arts foundation

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (front), artistic director at the Buryat National Academic Opera and Ballet House in the Russian republic of Buryatia, greets guests before a show in Ulan-Ude on Dec. 12, 2014, to commemorate the establishment of his arts foundation to promote local artistic activities. Iwata was a soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet.

Buddhist temple in Russia

Buddhist temple in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Members of a Russian family take photos at Ivolginsky datsan, a Tibetan Buddhist temple near Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia in East Siberia, Russia, on Dec. 4, 2012.

Buddhist temple in Russia

Buddhist temple in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - A Russian woman and her child spin Mani wheels at Ivolginsky datsan, a Tibetan Buddhist temple near Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia in East Siberia, Russia, on Dec. 4, 2012.

Buddhist temple in Russia

Buddhist temple in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - A Buryatian woman spins Mani wheels at Ivolginsky datsan, a Tibetan Buddhist temple near Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia in East Siberia, Russia, on Dec. 4, 2012.

1st performance directed by ex-Bolshoi dancer Iwata

1st performance directed by ex-Bolshoi dancer Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (R) gives instruction to a dancer at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in capital city Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryat in East Siberia under the Russian Federation on Nov. 2, 2012. Iwata, who was the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, provided the first ballet performance he directed at the theater the same day.

1st performance directed by ex-Bolshoi dancer Iwata

1st performance directed by ex-Bolshoi dancer Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (L front) examines a rehearsal at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in capital city Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryat in East Siberia under the Russian Federation on Nov. 2, 2012. Iwata, who was the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, provided the first ballet performance he directed at the theater the same day.

Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Attendants of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il watch him after a special train carrying them arrived at a railway station in Ulan-Ude, Russia, on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to visit the Siberian city the following day, apparently to hold summit talks with Kim, according to a Russian government source.

Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

ULAN-UDE, Russia - A special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude, a Siberian city in Russia, on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. A trapezoidal slope to unload the Mercedes of Kim is seen on the platform.

Ulan-Ude station in Russia

Ulan-Ude station in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Photo shows Ulan-Ude railway station in Russia decorated with Russian (R) and North Korean flags on Aug. 22, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to hold summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the Siberian city on Aug. 23, a source in the Russian president's office said Aug. 22.

Kim Jong Il's train travels toward eastern Siberia

Kim Jong Il's train travels toward eastern Siberia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A special train apparently carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is shown running through a coastal area of the Russian Far East on Aug. 20, 2011. The train made a brief stop the following morning at Khabarovsk en route to the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, where the North Korean leader is scheduled to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Dean Martin as ÒDudeÓ in Warner Home VideoÕs

Dean Martin as ÒDudeÓ in Warner Home VideoÕs

Dean Martin as ÒDudeÓ in Warner Home VideoÕs newly remastered and restored Special Edition DVD of Rio Bravo. RIO BRAVO DEAN MARTIN Dean Martin as ҄udeӠin Warner Home Videoճ newly remastered and restored Special Edition DVD of Rio Bravo. Date: 1959

Venue of Japan-Russia culture festival set for September in Siberia

Venue of Japan-Russia culture festival set for September in Siberia

Photo taken on April 29, 2015, shows the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia. The Russia-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship is to be held on Sept. 3 at the theater, built by Japanese soldiers detained by the Soviet Union after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese dancer performs at Buryat Theater in Eastern Siberia

Japanese dancer performs at Buryat Theater in Eastern Siberia

Morihiro Iwata, a Japanese ballet dancer and former soloist of the Russian Bolshoi Theater Ballet, performs at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia on April 29, 2015. Iwata has planned and is to organize the Russo-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship, which will be held at the theater on Sept. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Giant head statue of Lenin in Ulan-Ude, eastern Siberia

Giant head statue of Lenin in Ulan-Ude, eastern Siberia

Photo taken on April 29, 2015, shows a giant head statue of Vladimir Lenin in Ulan-Ude, capital of the Republic of Buryatia in Russia's eastern Siberia. It is known as the largest head among existing Lenin statues in the former Soviet Union. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Theater built by Japanese POWs remains in Eastern Siberia

Theater built by Japanese POWs remains in Eastern Siberia

The Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude, Eastern Siberia, Russia, built by Japanese prisoners after the end of World War II remains intact as seen in this file photo taken in April 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

ULAN-UDE, Russia - A special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude, a Siberian city in Russia, on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. A trapezoidal slope to unload the Mercedes of Kim is seen on the platform. (Kyodo)

Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Attendants of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il watch him after a special train carrying them arrived at a railway station in Ulan-Ude, Russia, on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to visit the Siberian city the following day, apparently to hold summit talks with Kim, according to a Russian government source. (Kyodo)

Ulan-Ude station in Russia

Ulan-Ude station in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Photo shows Ulan-Ude railway station in Russia decorated with Russian (R) and North Korean flags on Aug. 22, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to hold summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the Siberian city on Aug. 23, a source in the Russian president's office said Aug. 22. (Kyodo)

Kim Jong Il's train travels toward eastern Siberia

Kim Jong Il's train travels toward eastern Siberia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A special train apparently carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is shown running through a coastal area of the Russian Far East on Aug. 20, 2011. The train made a brief stop the following morning at Khabarovsk en route to the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, where the North Korean leader is scheduled to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. (Kyodo)