The life story and military feats of an incredible woman, Yevdokiya
Zavaliy, the only female commander of the platoon of marines during WWII.
Categories Automotive, Photos, Society
Speaking about Georgia, the thing that everybody usually remembers the first is the police reform. And indeed, the most notable changes took place in this field. Before Saakashvili's accession to power the Georgian Interior Ministry was considered synonymous with corruption, lawlessness and thieves in law, but now this opinion has changed to opposite. The Georgian police hasn't been taking bribes for already several
years and, according to surveys, 87% of Georgian people have trust in this organization (only the Orthodox Church has the greater authority). Ordinary citizens say that getting rid of the traffic police was a great relief for the people... Now a Georgian police officer receives a salary of $ 500-700 (which is higher than the national average), doesn't take bribes, polite and punctual.
Categories Automotive, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Technology
Today we'll visit a training center of the railway
service and examine its fantastic equipment.
Categories Automotive, Culture, Photos, Sports, Technology
Fast cars, beautiful girls, loud music - all this is familiar from films. Furious speed, breaking rules, car roar, fear of passersby - all this can be seen on
the streets of Kazakhstan cities. Speed for some Almaty drivers is a lifestyle. Fortunately they have a special place to let their energy out.
Categories History, Photos, russian army, Russian People, Society
We can never forget the events that happened on August 19 1991 and led to collapse of the country that used to be huge and powerful once. The pictures below remind us
of those times. They were published in a popular Russian magazine after the events. Another part of the pictures related to the theme are shown in the
Categories Automotive, Photos, russian army
Throughout the war in Afghanistan, the Taliban blow up gasoline tankers intended for
the NATO forces. So here is a very interesting collection of them burning.
Categories Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Science, Technology
A new Russian airplane Sukhoi Superjet 100 was demonstrated at the aviation show MAX-2011. This unique vehicle is claimed to have no analogues.
The plane that is shown in the picture is related to a trial version and has some shortcomings that need to be eliminated in future.
Here is a set of old Soviet photos. Private stories in the whole
history of the country. A street photographer, 1920.
Categories Culture, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society
An ordinary Ukrainian village. 40 houses, 120 permanent residents most part of whom are old men. Many drink, heavily. Living conditions are far from perfect... Sounds
awful? Don't worry. These people love their life as much as you do and would probably never agree to leave their native village if they had a chance.
Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Art
The collection of hand-painted posters that you still
can sometimes see near some Russian movie theaters.
