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World Cup 2018: The hidden world of Russian goalposts

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As the World Cup draws closer, Reuters photographers have been documenting the colourful, creative and modest world of goalposts found in communities around Russia .

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The town of Dolgoprudny in the Moscow region

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An Orthodox church in the Siberian village of Tyulkovo in Krasnoyarsk region

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Hay fills a goal during the traditional Cossack games outside the village of Arkhonskaya in the Republic of North Ossetia, Alania

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Having a swinging time in St Petersburg

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The village of Bolshaya Dzhalga in Stavropol region

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The Siberian settlement of Novosyolovo, Krasnoyarsk region

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Ostrov Otdykha (the Island of Rest), located in the middle of the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk

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Cossacks sit on a bench next to some goalposts covered with a screen during the traditional Cossack games outside the village of Arkhonskaya in the Republic of North Ossetia, Alania

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Verkhnyaya Biryusa village, in the Taiga area near the Russian Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk

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A tourist centre on the bank of the Belyo Lake in the Republic of Khakassia, Siberia

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A cadet holds a model of a sword as he trains at the stadium of the General Yermolov Cadet School in Stavropol

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