The museum of long-range aviation in Dyagilevo is a small but very interesting place because it contains exhibits
that can never been found anywhere else. Let us visit the museum and see what is so interesting about it.
Only 4 hours flight from St. Petersburg and you find yourself in such a different place beyond the Polar Circle. Sometimes winters here are -50C (-58F)
cold. Since the Soviet time the city has been rather industrial. Much rare metal such as nickel has been extracted right near the city.
This is one of the most beautiful Kiev bridges - South Bridge (Yuzhny). Photographers seemed to catch all the best
angles to shoot it. This time we gonna show you night views of South Bridge from the angles you have hardly seen.
Soviet photographer Naum Granovsky was a real toiler. He always carried a heavy camera and photographed with glass photogenic plates. On his pictures is mostly Moscow - the center of the Russian capital,
construction sites and villages of the Moscow region which have turned into huge urban blocks... These photos were taken by Naum Granovsky in the period since the 1920s to the 1980s.
Categories Automotive, Photos
Even if do not know much about modern Russian trucks, these pictures might seem interesting to you anyway. Some muddy trials, stairs,
pools and other obstacles - all successfully passed by the URAL. This vehicle seems to be perfect for any evil Russian roads...
Categories Business, Economics, History, Photos, Russian Nature, Science, Technology
In 1966 when the Beatles said good-bye to their fans giving the last concert in San-Francisco, far away in Soviet
Dagestan they started construction of a hydropower plant which is the largest vaulted dam in Russia today.
Categories History, Photos, russian army, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society
Russian people have been neighbors of the Chinese for centuries and got used to peaceful life and friendly relations.
However, in 1969 there had been an armed conflict when China occupied a disputed territory deciding to capture it.
Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society
Visiting ghost-towns must be an exciting experience. But once you decided to go to such a place, you'd
better hurry up and see as much as possible before the sunset. Who knows what may happen after?
Categories Automotive, History, Photos, russian army, Science, Technology
Numerous interesting exhibits can be found in the internal yard of the Armed Forces Museum. Often visitors come
directly to the museum itself and miss this exposition nearby. Let us see what exhibits are shown there.
The abandoned aircrew training center is located next to a former military airfield. The place that used to be
in demand is semi-destructed now. It seems that nobody is going to use it and its equipment in future.
