February | 2012 | English Russia

Categories History, Photos, Technology

Some flowerbeds in Moscow guard amazing secrets. The photograph above has been taken 48 underground under one of the flowerbeds of the city. Enormous money was poured into all these underground complexes for J. Stalin but today they lost their significance and their current condition leaves much to be desired. Abandonment, darkness, dust… It is only people who sacrificed

their health and time to build these constructions who still keep some of their secrets in memory. The only place of this kind which managed to rise from the ashes is object #42 in Taganka which has been turned into a museum of the cold war. Below is a story of another underground facility, similar to object #42 but with a much sadder fate…

Categories Photos, Technology

Zagorsk Pumped Storage Station is located near Sergiev Posad, Russia. The project was approved in 1974, the first two generators operational in 1987 and the rest by 2000. Zagorsk-2 with a future installed capacity of 840 MW is currently being constructed adjacent to it. Each pumped storage station is a unique construction which allows preserving energy to supply the power system when necessary. People living in the region have an approximately similar schedule – they wake up in the morning and switch on the lights and their electrical appliances, boil

water for morning tea or coffee and this is when the region needs a lot of power. When people go to work, the energy-requirement decreases to rise again then they return home from work. The storage plant consists of two reservoirs located at different levels and a machinery hall in between. At night, when people use little electricity, they pump water from the lower reservoir into the upper one. In rush hour, the water returns back to the lower reservoir turning the generators, thus producing electricity.

Categories Business, Economics, Other, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society, Technology

The Federation Tower of the city of Moscow is a complex of skyscrapers that will turn into the highest building in Europe and one of the highest buildings in the world

after its construction is completed. The Western Tower of the complex has a unique roof in the form of a beak. We found out how they remove snow from the roof.

Categories History, Photos, russian army

Balaklava is crammed with unique military constructions built during the cold war. Today, we

want to take you to "Object 100", a missile complex which controlled the Black Sea.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Photos, Technology

What comes to your mind when you think about the subway? Turnstiles, ticket offices, trains? Today, we want to take you

to Metrowagonmash, an engineering company in Mytishchi, the Moscow Region, to see how they make trains there.

Categories Funny, Other, Photos, Russian People, Society

Dogs and cats have been enemies for ages. A cat that could not stay at home for long in the past is now tamed by people. A dog

has always been a loyal friend of a human being. Let us see whether women prefer seeing dogs or cats as their pets.

Categories Automotive, Photos, russian army, Technology

On February 23rd, over 4,500 viewers could enjoy watching a firework show in the Moscow

sky. They fired the fireworks to celebrate Defendant of the Motherland's Day.

Categories Photos, russian army, Technology

This 156-meter long monster is a true Motherland's defender. The guided missile destroyer Bespokoiny is powered with a total

of eight Moskit 3M80E missiles, two Shtil surface-to-air missile systems, 130-mm artillery complex and so on.

Categories Business, Culture, Funny, Other, Photos, Russian Art, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society, Video

A 24-year-old tattoo artist from Naberezhnye Chelny named Timur find out a way how to create a spiritual alliance with his cat. He sent his

favorite to sleep for an hour and made a tattoo on its chest. The sign means 'Seize the moment' but there is a spelling mistake.

Categories Automotive, History, Photos, russian army, Technology

Let's take another tour of the Military-Technical Museum

located in Ivanovo Village, the Moscow Region.

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