A Terrifying Smash-up
A dreadful thing happened last week. One of the fastest express trains of the whole Russia, Nevsky Express, which was going from Moscow to Saint-Petersburg and having more than 600 passengers on its board was blew up. At 9:34 pm, when train was going somewhere near Aleshinka – Uglovka towns, 7 kilos of TNT which were buried under the tracks detonated and as a result of which the train was derailed.
Sayano-Shushenskaya again
As most of you know, some several months ago a real disaster happened on the one of the biggest hydroelectric power stations in the whole Russia. There was a huge explosion which burst the outward fortified walls. It is thought that the accident happened because of negligence on the workplace and some people are still missing. Moreover it left all nearby towns and cities without electric light at all for a few days.
Pripyat, Black and White
Here is a darkly beautiful set of photographs taken in Chernobyl, Ukraine, the sight of the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history.
As these relics have barely been touched in the 23 years since the accident, they provide a rare glimpse of original USSR architecture and artifacts.
The Station Panic
Remember that blast on Russian hydro power station? We had it here and here.
Now there are surveylance cams video footage has been released, that’s where real
panic is.
The Station: Repairworks
Remember, that station that got accident on it a few weeks ago? We had it here.
They still can’t understand what has happened. “It’s not watter-hammer effect, as we thought before”, say officials, “but still it is unclear what has happened.”
New Technology of Construction
In good old times they had built houses differently. In Russia there was a construction standard of two and a half brick thickness for a wall of a residential house. This was done in order to insulate the people’s dwellings from -30 frosts hitting Russia in winters.
Later, when USSR collapsed, and they started free economics the standards were no longer followed by the most of the developers due to the high cost of the brick. It is much cheaper to make a thin one brick wall and then cover it with some high-tech insulation materials that provide same heat conservation as three brick thick wall.
It is even more cheaper to buy such materials from Chinese producers. Unfortunately, those are not always made according to industry standards. Insulation layers should be extremely fire proof. Unfortunately, not this time.
Venice, Minsk
Broad streets of Minsk city turned into Venice styled channels full of water channels when suddenly the 20% of annual raining amount happened in one day.
It’s Stormy Weather
Seems like Russia becomes a land of storms lately, the previously unseen severe hurricanes struck the cities, like this one from Novosibirsk city a few days ago.
The Kiev Sea
These days Kiev’s downtown has turned into a small lake where everyone could give a bath to his car or just wander around shoeless.
People seemed to enjoy the situation and even smiled a lot.
Russian Tornado
Looks like thanks to global warming tornadoes become a normal thing in Russia. A few days ago one hit the small town of Krasnozavodsk near Moscow, leaving after itself landscape of destruction. People were shocked - they were never seen such before.
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