A total solar eclipse will cross Russia at 2.20pm Moscow time on 1 August, 2008. The eclipse will be seen in Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean, Western Siberia, Yamal, and Altai.
Read about the possibilities of travelling to Russia to observe the solar eclipse, where the longest period of totality will be 2:27 minutes in the city of Nadym, Yamal.
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