September | 2012 | English Russia

Categories Business, Economics, History, Photos, Technology

Gas masks are often seen as attributes of some plants or shelters. They are purchased by a city or a company in accordance with regulations of civil defence and safety measures in emergency situations. But where do they come from? From

plants where they are produced, of course. The USSR has such plants almost in every region, but today most of them do not function anymore. One of the abandoned places where gas masks were produced is on the photos below.

Categories Automotive, Exclusive, russian army, Technology, Video

Have you ever thought how it feels to be at the helm of an infantry fighting vehicle? Might be an exciting journey especially if

you first ram thru a forest and then need to cross a lake in a gang of three more of such. Take a look: it's all here.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Russian People, Society, Video

When people try to rescue animals from some troubles the last ones are not always grateful for this. They can even escape without any

"thanks" and take something that belonged to the rescuers. Ungrateful moose and other funny videos in the selection of today.

Categories Economics, History, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society

The swimming pool in Moscow was built at the place of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour that had been demolished in 1930. The construction started in 1958 and in 1960 the swimming pool welcomed

its first visitors. That was the largest swimming pool in the USSR and one of the biggest pools in the world that time. Today it is just a history as the construction was demolished.

Categories Business, Photos, Technology

Moneral water bottling plant "Omsky" began working in 1973. It has been using the artesian well 1506 m (4940 ft) deep that was

opened in 1963. According to the hydrologists study the approximate age of the water in the well is 105 million years.

Categories Other, Photos

We often plan vacations, choose countries where to go. We take cameras with us and usually start using them only upon arrival. And in vain. Because in such a way we risk to miss the most

interesting shots, breathtaking views that can be photographed from a plane. One Russian photographer always has his cam with him when he flies. Here are some of his shots.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Russian People, Society, Video

For some unknown reason one guy confused a park with a carriageway where he came for jogging. The tram driver

decided to teach him a lesson. This video and other cool moments caught these day here and there by Russians.

Categories Photos, Russian Nature

This summer was a hard time for the land of Kazakhstan. It brought various incidents which ended with a terrible fire that destroyed one of the most beautiful places of Central Asia - mountain resort Medeo. Many zones are still under the threat of fire.

Planes kept flying over the region for all the summer period and one journalist often joined them to collect some material about the nature of south-east Kazakhstan and take photos of the region. Some of them are presented in this post.

Categories Culture, History, Photos, Science

Lviv, Ukraine, is a nice city with cool old architecture. Today we are going to visit a House of Scientists which

is located in Lviv. Its interiors are even richer than those of some average palaces. Check out yourself.

Categories Culture, Funny, Russian People, Video

Sometimes it's enough to take a camera and go for a walk along your native city to catch some cool moments to shoot. One of

such moments was caught in a Moscow park: a positive guy was dancing to some ethnic music in a cool robot disco style.

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