54 What They Were Supposed To Sell In The USSR

What They Were Supposed To Sell In The USSR

This collection of boringly looking tomes was published in 1956-1961. They were intended for sales workers to learn about peculiarities of this and that product. There, you could find information almost about
anything, from ingredients of the 'Doctorskaya' boiled sausage to kinds of diamond cuts. So, looking at these tomes, you might come to think that in the USSR they had no food deficit at all.
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7 Bird Eye View Of Novosibirsk

Bird Eye View Of Novosibirsk

Enjoy these beautiful photos of Novosibirsk taken from a helicopter in 2011. Its population is 1.5 million people which makes it the third most populated
city in Russia. It is located on the Ob River. Novosibirsk is also an important cultural, business, transport and scientific center of Siberia.
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5 Soft Drinks Production In Minsk

Soft Drinks Production In Minsk

Have you ever wondered how they make products which you eat every day? This time we're going to take
you to the Minsk Soft Drinks Factory which produces juices, sodas and other soft drinks.
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25 Soviet Nivas For America

Soviet Nivas For America

It looks like America likes old Soviet cars and thinks them to be retro. Look at this Lada Niva 4x4 with a 1981 4-cylinder Fiat Spider
engine, for example. This 'Made in USSR' SUV was put up for e-bay auction for 6 thousand grands! An the price may go up!
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5 The 23 Highest Paid Ukrainian Soccer Players

The 23 Highest Paid Ukrainian Soccer Players

Ukrainian soccer has its traditions. One of them is to keep financial details in secret. This also concerns plaeyrs' profits. Eurpean footbal clubs don't hide this information from public. For example Madrid Real and Manchester United show all the details about thier profits, costs and players' salaries on the official websites. Experts explain this situation as following: Clubs'
managers and owners want to reduce their tax payments, so they don't show their profits in public. So to evaluate players' salaries is very hard. And here comes an approximate evaluation. You should note that the figures shown below are not fixed in the players' contracts. This is just information given by experts, agents, trainers and players.
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22 Instead of a Real Baby?

Instead of a Real Baby?

Reborn baby dolls look so real that sometimes you don’t even think it is a doll! It takes them up to a year to make a doll. They are made in a sole copy and sold by auction, on the Internet and at fairs. The hobby of creating reborn baby dolls began around 1990 when doll enthusiasts wanted more realistic dolls.
Since then, an industry surrounding Reborn dolls has emerged. Depending on craftsmanship, they range in price from hundreds to thousands of dollars. On the Internet, there are hundreds of mummies who are crazy about Reborn babies and this is what they say about it in specialized blogs...
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4 Factory 5 That Used to Operate

Factory 5 That Used to Operate

Let's make a short tour to once operating
reinforced concrete products factory № 5.
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5 One Of The Oldest Photos Of St. Petersburg

One Of The Oldest Photos Of St. Petersburg

  One of the oldest photos of St. Petersburg. It dates back to 1861. If you take a look at the panorama you will see that there are no people
on the streets. The reason of it is too low shutter speed. And if you take a look at the ships you will see that they are blurred.
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12 What Is Supposed To Bring Good Memories

What Is Supposed To Bring Good Memories

People always get very excited when they recall their summer camps, because nothing campares with childhood
and its serenity. What will you feel when you see photos of these summer capms in the Moscow Region?
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3 Tolmachevo Airport: Landing Of Boeing 747-8F

Tolmachevo Airport: Landing Of Boeing 747-8F

Tolmachevo Airport is the only operating passenger airport in Novosibirsk. Kernel port of regional and international air traffic. This airport has become the first Russian airport that received the largest commercial cargo aircraft
Boeing 747-8 owned by Luxemburg airlines "Cargolux". In connection with this event official spotting was conducted. It had begun 3 hours before the aircraft landing, so at the beginning are some morning traffic photos.
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