6 Russian People Who Changed the USA
1) Sergey Brin – Google
Sergey Brin, who was born August 21, 1973, in Moscow, became a co-founder of Google, Inc., the world’s largest Internet company, providing users with a technology of search and a number of other important features in on-line world. In 2009 he was ranked as the 26th richest person in the world by Forbes. He immigrated to the United States in his childhood, when he was just 6, and when Sergey grew up, he began to study mathematics, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps. First, Brin got a diploma of the University of Maryland, and then he became Ph.D in computer science at Stanford.
Solid Metal Animal Corkscrews
Those Russian guys from Moscow make creative corkscrews and beer bottle openers from the small metal parts, pieces of spoons and other stuff.
A small blowtorch can be really a great tool in nice hands.
The Piece of a Shuttle
There is a piece of what was before a glorious Russian shuttle “Buran”, staying in front of one of the Moscow hospitals. It hasn’t been placed there as a monument or something. People who know its history tell that once when the Soviet Union collapsed they sold much of high-technology costly hardware for just some pennies to people who didn’t even know what to do with all this.
For example, this head module of Buran shuttle in some mysterious way appeared in ownership of the hospital. They couldn’t find a better use for it to make a pressure chamber. Then they found out that they have not enough funds to make such chamber, so, they decided, the best use of this piece of space relic is to sell it for scrap metal.
No Casinos
June 30st, 2009 was the last day allowed for casinos and slot machines to operate in Russian cities.
Before there were thousands of casinos of different size and level all across the country, then year ago they were officially banned and had to relocate to three special “casino zones”, territories that were assigned by law with this status.
Modern Arms Art in Russia (19 photos)
Modern Arms Art in Russia throws back to more than 20 years. Still, it’s quite difficult to figure out general standards of the artistic approach applied in this field and attach it to definite patterns of art areas. Of course, it is because this art niche is quite new and hasn’t developed its main features yet.
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The greatest propaganda journal of the USSR
Late 1929. The young Soviet Empire was just getting to its giant feet. Bitterness and tears of the WWI and the Civil War were already behind. The civilized and developed countries were looking at the newly emerged country in a very intent and examining way, trying to predict what this dark horse could come up with on the political map of the half-ruined world.
In Germany National Socialist German Workers’ Party headed by Hitler was growing in leaps and bounds, The Triple Entente’s former allies were keeping their eyes wide open as well.
That was the right time to convince the world that the new country, formed on the basis of torn and suffering Russia, had new heroes and new achievements. (more…)
The Expired Tanks
We all get used to those small “best before” or “expiry” labels stamped on the items from the grocery stores, but it looks like some much bigger in size things like tanks can have an expiration date too.
Here’s what the Russian blogger, ex soldier writes: “Last summer I visited the army camp as a soldier, in the tanks unit. And that’s what we’ve done there. Every soldier was given a crowbar, hammers, set of wrenches and unlimited free time to crush all you can crush with all those tools. Dashboards, electronic fillings, plastic fittings etc. can be easily first crashed, then the next step is more challenging - with wrenches you need to loose all screws you can reach.”
All the tanks are new, just from the warehouse. The only reason why they should be destroyed is their expiration date. They come to this tank slaughter house by their own, not towed or dragged just to become a pile of scrap metal days later.
No Chances
That happened recently in Kiev, Ukraine. The driver of a SUV got speeding in the city, then he was moving to fast to notice the warning lights or road construction signs and went straight to the 17 meter (over 50 feet) deep pit road workers left uncovered on the road.
Down there it was met by the pingles of metal carcass, so it was literary poked through, then same moment it got on fire too, leaving absolutely no chances for the passengers.
Sticky Road
Crossing the road in the wrong place make cost you shoes, because road is… sticky.
Plane in the House
Sometimes they use the parts of planes in designs of houses etc, but mainly those are detached villas or some sort of bars or cafes like this one Russian plane bar.
Those Russian house owners went even further and attached for some reason a Russian TU jet body to the second floor of the multi stored building.
If that’s an appartment, then just imagine how jealous are the neighbours are now.
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