March | 2012 | English Russia

Categories Automotive, History, Photos, russian army, Russian People, Society, Technology

An armored vehicle near General Rozanov’s residence, 1919. Few people know this car was manufactured in Vladivostok in 1919. It was also a left-hand drive car. The idea of using cars for military purposes appeared shortly after the first automobile was

manufactured. Thus, inventor Dvinitsky brought forward his plan to equip a car with rapid-fire weapons back in 1897 but he was denied. The first armored car was manufactured in France in 1905. It was powered with a gun and its armor width was 4.5 mm.

Categories Automotive, History, Photos, russian army, Technology

The Old-Russian-Norwegian offensive operation had been carried out by the troops of the Baltic Front from February 18th, 1944 till March 4th, 1944 liberating the Leningrad Region, the Novgorod Region and part of the Kaliningrad Region and entering

Estonia. Over 300 members of military-historic clubs from Kolomna, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow and Saint Petersburg participated in its reconstruction held in Chernogolovka, the Moscow Region. Check out some photos of the event:

Categories Culture, Funny, Photos, Russian Art, Russian People, Society, Technology

These people create an impression of a regular

family until you look in their eyes....

Categories Business, Culture, Economics, History, Photos, russian army, Russian People, Science, Society

The main Soviet events of 1961

were described in LIFE magazine.

Categories Photos, Technology

Let us take you to some bomb shelters located in the Moscow

Region to give you a general idea of what they look like:

Categories Photos, russian army, Technology

On March 12th, 2012 Russian people celebrated the 96th anniversary since foundation of the first fighter air group. Today we want to visit Buturlinovka, the Voronezh Region, where Kursk Air Group

featuring fighters Mikoyan MiG-29SMT and MiG-29UBT is temporary stationed. 4+ generation crews are preparing for practice shoot. Graduates of flying schools have started practicing.

Categories Culture, Photos

This house is more than 100 years old. It could have become an architectural monument but the

people who lived here were evicted. Now it's abandoned and is slowly going to pieces.

Categories Business, Economics, Other, Photos, Science, Technology

The photos were taken at EUROCEMENT enterprises processing

concrete located in Bryansk, Belgorod, Ulyanovsk, Mikhailov, etc.

Categories Photos, Russian People

Eduard Knyaginin keeps 50 dogs in his house and spends his last money on food for the animals. He is also

looking for fellow-thinkers who would join him in the attempt to create a breeding nursery for hunting dogs.

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

Salt mines of Soledar city in Ukraine located 300 m below the sea level can be reached by a speedy elevator. Having left the elevator, one appears to be in a huge hall the walls of which

are higher than 9-storey building. In 2003 the place got into the Guinness Book of World Records as the first underground area being examined by people flying with balloons.

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