This photo album is devoted to the Soviet aviation 1941-1945. Check out the
aircrafts used to defend the USSR and other countries from the Nazi enemy.
Categories History, Photos, Science, Technology
Do we really know what is there, out in space? Not really much, we can only look at stars or ... hear them. Smart radiophysicist gave us such an opportunity when had built their huge metal plates in dense pine forests far from big busy cities. The grand ears of the planet were intended to contact the far and
alien space. They used to sit at a fire and sing their romantic songs when rested from numerous devices, apparatuses, indicators... We don't know what stars told them. But today all those devices are broken, the grand ears of the planet only hear rustling leaves of young birches....
Categories History, Photos, Technology
It is known that Prokudin-Gorsky was taking pictures of the battleship "Potemkin" in 1905, but unfortunately those unique photographs were lost together with other original works from photo
collection devoted to Sevastopol. The pictures shown in this post give you a chance to imagine how they could look in color. On the picture above is a squadron battleship "Navarin", 1902.
Categories Photos, Russian Nature, Technology
This is another hydro power plant of North Ossetia - Zaramagskaya HPP. It is definitely worth visiting. The whole structure is very complicated and divided into two interconnected plants - the main one and the one being built, HPP-1. When finished it will become the largest hydro power plant of the North Caucasus and
will have the highest water pressure compared to other hydro power plants of Russia - 630 meters. Zaramagskaya HPP has already been built for thirty years. The head HPP with power of fifteen MW was put into service in 2009. It is located on the Ardon river near the gorge up to 1000 meters deep.
Categories Culture, History, Photos, Technology
This post is about the hotel "Moskva", one of the biggest and most splendid Soviet hotels. It occupies
the whole residential quarter. "Moskva" became one of the first hotels built in Soviet Moscow.
Categories Photos, russian army, Technology
This is the Moscow Helicopter Building Factory named after M. Mil' which is a part of the holiding "Helicopters of Russia". In fact not everything is allowed to be shown here and the place is rather big to see most
of it at once. So we will only see the HeliVert shop where an Italian helicopter Agusta Westland 139 is assembled, one of the main exhibits of the event that took place recently - Heli Russia 2013.
Categories Exclusive, History, Photos, Technology
These rare photographs were taken by one Moscow professor in winter
1914-spring 1915, they show how gas masks were tested in those times.
Categories Funny, History, Technology, Video
Can you guess what it is
and what it is used for?
Categories Photos, russian army, Technology
The newest invisible corvette "Boikiy" of project 20380 has been given to the Baltic Fleet. The navy flag of Russia was solemnly hoisted on the ship which is standing in St. Petersburg now. Project 20380 includes three ships in general: the main corvette, "Guarding", was given to the Baltic Fleet in February 2008, another
one was called "Smart" and joined the fleet in October 2011. All corvettes of the project are armed with 100 mm universal artillery systems, anti-aircraft missile and artillery systems, supersonic missiles and automatic gun mounts. The air group of the ship also includes one helicopter Ka-27PL.
Categories Economics, Photos, Russian Nature, Technology
Approximately in the 1970s they started development of this pit for subsequent ore extraction
for the Soviet metallurgy. Today the place is abandoned as thousands of others...
