June | 2011 | English Russia

Categories Automotive, Culture, Photos, Russian People, Society, Technology

After several years of rotting in the open air on docks in Tushino, the spacecraft Buran will be restored, then demonstrated at the air show MAKS-2013. Recently

the "Buran" was brought from Tushino to Zhukovsky, where it will be restored and displayed. So let's look at the pride of the Soviet space industry.

Categories Photos, Science, Technology

Let's make an excursion to the Novosibirsk HPP. This time we won't use any technical

terms and will try to explain the principle of its work as accessibly as possible.

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Categories Culture, Photos, Russian People, Society

Graduation parties began in Russian schools from the 23th of June. And till the end of the week almost all graduates will leave their schools. More than

700,000 young people will say goodbye to their "second homes" and enter a new adult life. Here you can see pictures of some Moscow graduates.

Categories Automotive, Exclusive, Photos, Russian People

One Russian man from St. Petersburg, Konstantin Myatnikov, has been engaged in the construction of

original homemade cars for more than 20 years. Here are some of his "brainchildren" inside the post.

Categories Automotive, Exclusive, Other, Photos, Russian People, Society, Video

The Tu-134 crash near Petrozavodsk in north-west Russia was reported on June 21, 2011 by an eyewitness from a village nearby. The

plane flew from Moscow to the northern city of Petrozavodsk. 44 people out of those 52 aboard couldn't survive in the crash.

Categories Automotive, Economics, Photos, russian army, Russian People, Science, Technology

The Ka-50 (or Hokum' in NATO parlance) is one of two attack helicopters (the other being the Mi-28)

that were developed against a Russian army requirement for a new close air support helicopter.

Categories Culture, Funny, Photos, Society

In Kharkov there was an unusual flashmob where

people threw water on each other and had fun.

Categories Automotive, Culture, Photos, russian army, Russian People, Technology

In 100 km from Moscow by the Kiev highway there is a wonderful museum of strategic rocket forces in the training center of SRF. In a huge hangar customers can admire almost the entire history of the Soviet rocket production from the P-2 to the

Topol. However, there is one drawback: the museum is located at the military unit and therefore ordinary people are not allowed to come here, and inordinary are allowed, but still many things are forbidden to be photographed.

Categories Photos

The Shukhov Tower is one of the world's most beautiful and remarkable achievements of engineering. Despite the fact that the tower is an architectural

monument, it doesn't have access to tourists. It is located in a closed area, so to get there you'll have to have great powers of persuasion.

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Categories Economics, Exclusive, History, Other, Photos, Science, Technology

The dangerous weapon of the millennium is located in the museum of Zarechny town.

The museum keeps exhibits that used to be modern and secret just some time ago.

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