July | 2011 | English Russia

Categories Automotive, Photos, Society

Have you ever been to a fire fighting museum? Let's visit the largest fire department located in Kiev. In spite of such disadvantages as outdated equipment and acute shortage of firemen in that

city, it's necessary to mention that a museum of fire engineering is available. It doesn't contain many exhibits but those ones present reflect every stage of fire service development.

Categories Automotive, Photos, Russian People, Society

A group of semi-nude girls gathered at the Vorobyovy Hills, Moscow, to participate in a free car wash in support of Russian car industry. They announced

that only cars of domestic origin would be cleaned by them. The girls were wearing swimming suits and T-shirts with a sign 'Car wash' on it.

Categories Automotive, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Science, Technology

Some pictures of a military launch area located in Plesetsk were shown in a previous post. Today we'll continue our journey along the place and see more of Soyuz-U rocket firing. Read more...

Categories Culture, Economics, History, Photos, Society

Having seen the title of the post, many probably thought that it would be about a wild, backward, medieval country with even worse living conditions than now. But you are wrong. Some time ago, it was an absolutely different country. Afghan women made a career in medicine, went to the movies and studied at the universities of Kabul. Afghan

factories produced fabrics and other goods. There was law and order and the government could implement such large infrastructure projects as the construction of hydroelectric plants and roads (though not without help from outside). Ordinary people had hope for the future... All this was destroyed by thirty years of war.

Categories Automotive, Culture, Photos

Lately considerable sums have been appropriated for roads repair in many Russian cities. However it seems

things haven't got forward an inch... The roads of the city of Pskov after 20-minute rain...

Categories Funny, Photos

Do you know how to turn a simple sunflower seed into a piece of delicious meat? If not,

ask the Russians - some of them know nice ways of how to survive the crisis...

Categories History, Photos, Russian Art, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society

Welcome to Kuskovo Manor, the summer entertainment country-house of count Peter Sheremetiev which was intended for parties, celebrations and entertainments. For more than half a century beginning with 1739 and ending with 1792 count P.

B. Sheremetiev, son of Peter the Great’s associate Field-Marshal B. P. Sheremetiev, has built and decorated the manor. His summer residence was not inferior to the tsar’s palace in refinement and magnificence.