Have you ever eaten pigeon meat? Did you know that wild
pigeon is very very tasty? Have you hunted after them?
Perm. A huge city, the third largest in Russia, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is growing fast, invading more and more territories from the Ural forests. Old blocks are being promptly rebuilt too. Walking we pass by office buildings, banks, stores, cafes and restaurants, and somewhere in the end of the
street we find ourselves ... in the past. Soviet past, almost forgotten. Six two-storey wooden houses, with no gas, central heating or water supply. Each is a hundred years old or even more. They stood here before the revolution! And people who inhabit them are also not from modern time.
Horse statue of Genghis Khan is a symbol of 800-years anniversary of Mongolia. Many historians believe that the greatest invader of all times was not Alexander the Great but Genghis Khan. Alexander inherited the strong army and the powerful state from his father while the freat Mongol started all from null, he united desolated steppe tribes and for 21 years of his governing (1206-1227) he created the huge state that occupied 22% of all the terrestrial territory. His name awed many peoples of Eurasia, but for Mongols the great khan was and is
father of the nation. Despite all the respect to Genghis Khan Mongolia does not have many places where tourists may learn the story of the legendary leader. But today, after all these 800 years, he is back ahorse! The huge 40 meters statue covered with 250 tons of stainless steel towers over the plateau. The great Mongol is erected on a 10 m pedestal and is surrounded by 36 columns symbolizing 36 khans who ruled the country after him. The horse statue was solemnly opened on the 26th of September, 2008.
Categories History, Photos, russian army, Technology
The plane performed the forced landing on the ice of Krivoye lake in November, 25th, 1943. The pilot and the wounded shooter survived, but the ice didn't
bear the weight of the plane and it the Il-2 sank on the bottom of the lake. Now it's going to be sent to Novosibirsk for restorarion.
Categories Automotive, Business, Photos, Technology
KazAz is like a heavy weight boxer in the Russian
automobile industry. Let's shortly see how it's produced.
Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society
We've already published some posts about beautiful Khiva (1, 2, 3).
Some more photos of local people and sunset over the city.
Categories Other, Photos, Technology
Story of a flight by a hot-air ballon and
life of balloon pilots from inside.
Categories Business, Photos, russian army, Russian Nature, Science
Attempts to cross dogs and wolves have been made since the time of the Ancient
Rome. And only the project of the Perm wolf-dogs can be called successful.
It's still unknown for certain if a bunker of Hitler really existed under Smolensk. The bunker represents a concrete cubic construction
where only several persons can be in. Nearby used to be a railway. The road to the bunker goes from the Vitebsk highway.
