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Every year Russian people gather and go to demonstrations on the 1st of May, that is the holiday of all workers. Veterans like such events

most of all, because they perfectly remember the Soviet times. The whole epoch and hard lives are seen on their wrinkled faces.

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These photos show only a tiny part of what was happening in Grozny at the time of armed conflicts. But local people do not live in the past. They actively construct new

houses. Here and there you can see unique architectural landmarks. People communicate openly with each other, and youngsters freely walk down the streets.

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Ukraine has its own rocket forces of special purposes. But all nuclear weapons were moved from the country in 1990s and only one base was saved and soon became a museum. This is not just an exposition of rocket engines, it is the command post located

deeply under the ground. Several details of the infrastructure are still operational and real missiles didn't lose their military might. This base or museum is located in the village Pobugskoe that is famous for the iron nickel plant.

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These pictures of Pripyat are quite fresh. They were taken in March.

Abandoned, dark and depressive, this place will never be peopled again...

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The Museum of the Great Patriotic War is located in Kiev, Ukraine. It's a huge memorial complex covering the area of 10 hectares. Today we're going to visit its main part - the museum building located at the base of

the famous Motherland monument. The entrance fee is 1 euro, plus 2 euros for getting a permission to take photographs. But it's really worth it as all the exhibits are rare and perfectly preserved.

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From ancient times every Russian town had its own kremlin that protected it from enemies. A kremlin was considered to be a center of all settlement. Firstly kremlins were wooden then stone and refractory with impregnable towels and moats. Nowadays Russia has about 20 such historic and cultural

buildings that are not just military fortresses but also great architectural complexes with temples, palaces and halls. Practically everybody knows about the famous Moscow Kremlin and only few know about the second kremlin in Moscow, that is called the Izmailovo Kremlin.

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The main military parade in honor of the 66th anniversary of the Great Victory is always held in Moscow, on Red Square. Two days ago there was its first rehearsal in which about 20.000 soldiers and officers took part. The "Tiger" cars, "BTR-80" APC, "T-90" tanks, "Msta-S" self-propelled howitzers, "Topol-M" ballistic missiles, eight

launchers of an anti-aircraft weapon system "S-400 Triumph", eight of the newest anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "Pantsir-S1", "Tornado" multiple launch rocket systems, "Buk-M2" anti-aircraft missile systems and some other best models of Russian military equipment proceeded down Red Square that day.

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Recently the Central Museum of WWII had the 25th anniversary. In honor of this date there was the

unique exhibition "War Engines" with Soviet, German and their allies' cars from the war time.

Categories Culture, Funny, History, Science

A curious experiment. Today's children talk about old things which were

actively used by representatives of older generations in Russia.

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You have already seen the photos of the Moscow of 1931. And now it's time to show you the pictures of St. Petersburg that were shot by

the same traveller in the same year. Later they were colored with acrylic paints. Check out, the result is really beautiful!

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