While in Iraq or Saudi Arabia it is enough to bore one superficial chink in sand, Russian oil is
concentrated in the Siberian bogs where the winter is extremely cold and the summer is very hot.
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Ulyanovsk TTP-1 was launched in 1946 and first belonged under the automobile plant evacuated from Gorky, which
is now UAZ. In this photo-excursion we'll try to show the operating principle of a TTP in a few words.
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Another nuclear power plant - Kalininskaya is the closest to Moscow. The station consists of 3
power-generating units. Let's explore the building inside, at least where people are allowed to get.
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Atomic energy as well as atomic power plants themselves are undoubtedly hot issues today.
This post is going to be about the Kola APS, its structure and operating priciple.
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Fumaroles are cracks and holes in craters and slopes of a vulcano from which vulcanic gases come out. To have a
look at fumarole glade of Mutnovsky volcano in Kamchatka one has to climb its extreme steep slopes.
Many people say Buryatia is a very awesome place. The Eastern Sayan has a breathtaking landscape . The main difficulty is getting to the border village of Mondy, which is separated from Irkutsk by several hundreds of kilometers. Several areas of Buriyatia do not have public transport and Tunkinsky Valley is not an exception.
Lucky enough there are guides who take people through montain tours. Though it's not that easy to get an experienced and knowledgeable guide. A ten days hike is so satisfying since the Siberian Taiga is a manifold - morning fogs, icy fords, mountain passes, rain, storms, emerald-green mountain lakes ...
These science-fiction pictures are the works sent to the "USSR-2061" contest which gave the
possibility to dream of the Soviet Union in 50 years. If it existed, of course.
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These pictures were drawn by a science-fiction writer Andrey Sokolov in collaboration
with Soviet astronaut Aleksey Leonov. Discover Soviet outer space visions.
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Quite fresh and unusual object - institution where
future astronauts had their medical examination.
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Take a tour over Russian Austronauts Training Center Museum and
discover how astronauts use a swimming pool for open space training.
