4 Russian Soldiers In Tajikistan

Russian Soldiers In Tajikistan

This is a Russian military base in Tajikistan where Russian soldiers stand guard on the boarder with Afghanistan
- the main source of illegal supplies to Europe. The set of pictures was shared by blogger codename-it.
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0 Cars Get Damaged by Falling Bricks in Brest, Belarus

Cars Get Damaged by Falling Bricks in Brest, Belarus

Stormy wind in Brest, Belarus, collapsed the brick wall of the garage cooperative and seriously damaged ten cars parked on the facility. In
other areas of the Belorussian city trees fell and collapsed four more cars. Some pictures of the cars under the bricks are inside.
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1 Industrial Paintings of Maxim Titov

Industrial Paintings of Maxim Titov

Just some cool paintings of an artist from Perm, Russia.  Maxim Titov. Some of his work will be shown in the "Nord Art" exhibition in
Germany. Maxim depicts workers of big Ural factories focusing on beauty of industrial constructions. These were painted in 2014.
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4 What Is It Like to Live in the Northernmost Place of Russia?

What Is It Like to Live in the Northernmost Place of Russia?

Tiksi is the northernmost settlement of Yukutia, Russia. It is home to a polar station and a geocosmophysical observatory. The population of Tiksi has been
decreasing since 1989, today it is about five thousand people. Blogger chistoprudov has shared interesting picturers of the settlement with us.
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2 A Village In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

A Village In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Novoshepelichi village used to be a densely populated place (3000 people). During the first days after the Chernobyl catastrophe on April 27, 1986, the radiation background here was equal to 110-130 mР/h. But the citizens were evacuated only on May 3. They stayed there for a week! The village had a school, a house of
culture, a library, a cafe, a boarding school and a kindergarten. A woodworking plant, a sewing studio and a fire station were there as well. Among those who lived in Novoshepelichi were builders of Pripyat. Blogger zametkiev paid a visit to the abandoned place to take these interesting photographs.
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2 Following the Traces of Snow Leopards

Following the Traces of Snow Leopards

Snow leopard is a large predator from the cat family that is rather shy towards people, it may attack a man only in rare situations.
People, on the contrary, are not shy to break the law and kill these animals and use their fur for making carpets and coats.
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3 The Nuclear Arsenal of Chukotka

The Nuclear Arsenal of Chukotka

This unique installation is situated in cold Chukotka of Russia, it was built in the time of confrontation of two strong nations. It is a kilometer long self-contained underground structure cut in the rocks. The
facility has a lot of branches provided with full nuclear protection. The object was created for storage and maintenance of nuclear weapons. Blogger underspace has been to the place and shared these images.
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2 Photographing Aircraft In the Sheremetyevo Airport of Moscow

Photographing Aircraft In the Sheremetyevo Airport of Moscow

Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow has a round pavilion called "Ryumka" ("wineglass") by people. Some bloggers were invited
to come up to the roof of the structure for taking beautiful shots. These ones were made by fotografersha.
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2 Just a Remote Russian Winter Road

Just a Remote Russian Winter Road

These images were taken in the remote region of Russia, on the road Yakutsk-Magadan which is also called the Kolyma road (Kolyma used to be the place of Gulag location). The road is said to be built on human
bones, it was made by hands of Gulag prisoners. Time has changed but the road still requires sacrifice. Blogger karpukhins has made a winter trip along the road and showed us how the it looks today.
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0 Instagram Pictures of Baikonur Cosmodrome

Instagram Pictures of Baikonur Cosmodrome

Baikonur is the first and the largest cosmodrome created in the 1950s as a scientific-research ground for testing ballistic missiles in Kazakhstan. Russia is paying the rent to the country amounting to annual 115 million dollars, 23 million dollars
more is spent to maintain cosmodrome objects in a functional condition. Blogger TJ has collected cool Instagram images from Baikonur - from the priest taking a selfie on top of the rocket to the rocket-shaped garbage can.
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