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It's not the first time we are coming to the Moscow brewing plant "Ochakovo". But the place is worth visiting again. We are

going to show you how they make beer at the plant, show you all these pipes and tanks with the golden liquid.

Categories Business, Economics, Photos, Russian People, Society, Technology

Peter Prigara is the one whose dream came true. Ten years ago he built a small creamery in the Ukrainian

Carpathians. Today his cheese is eaten far beyond Ukraine as well. His story is rather inspirational.

Categories Funny, Technology, Video

This is An-24 plane that is trying to take off on the very very muddy runway. It seems that it won't manage but

it keeps moving and splashing all this mud around. The video was taken in Bodaybo, the Irkutsk region.

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One boy liked to walk in the forest. He walked alone because he lived in a small village and he was the only child there. Recollecting the stories about the war which had been told him by his grandfather he

was dreaming to find something that remained from that immemorial time. He even didn't suspect that he would touch the history once and find himself in an underground shelter of the war times.

Categories History, Photos, Technology

The Kamov Ka-26 is a Soviet light utility helicopter with co-axial rotors. The Ka-26 entered production in 1966. 850 have been built.They were used in various sectors of economy but some people associate them

with the Soviet traffic police. Yes, orange and blue Kamov helicopters used to patrol Soviet roads. Today it's a luck to see a Ka-26 in the air, Mi-2 helicopters are far more frequently seen.

Categories History, Law, Photos, Technology

Looking at this photo you may exclaim "some bunker again!" Is there anything we haven't seen yet? But yes, there

is. This one is in Moscow. It has a museum inside, but it's only the small part of the whole structure.

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This fish plant on the bank of Volga has been producing fish products for more than fifty years. 250 types of fish

products are made there: salted, dried and smoked fish, salmon fillet, fish preserves, seaweed salads etc.

Categories Automotive, History, Photos, russian army, Society, Technology, Video

"Stalinets" tractors were produced in 1937-1941 in Chelyabinsk for industrial and construction works. But they were also often used by the Red Army as a prime mover. This "Stalinets" tractor sank in winter 1942 in Usoditsa lake of the Zapadnodvinsky district of the Tver region, Russia. It was repeatedly searched and when was finally found there were

some attempts to pull it out. But it was not easy. The tractor was under the marsh bog. However the last attempt made by the volunteers together with the Russian Ministry of Defence and the Moscow search and restoration center "Rearguard", divers from Pskov and other specialists finally managed to pull the tractor out.

Categories Automotive, Business, Economics, Exclusive, Photos, Technology

Here they create by breaking. They make raw material, but not from ore or oil. They produce raw material from old cars, fridges, hair dryers,

bread machines, TV sets etc. There are no many enterprises like this in Russia. And this one, "Petromax" company, is run by the Finns.

Categories Economics, History, Photos, Technology

We have already written about the Chiryurtskaya hydropower plant (1, 2). Now you are about to see how its water intake is arranged and how Gelbakhskaya hydro power plant is concerned. But let's refer to some history first. In the central mountains of Dagestan, at the confluence of the Avar and Andi Koisu forms a

rapid river Sulak. This is one of the largest river systems of Dagestan with its total length of 144 km (89,5 miles). The complex of the Chiryurtskiye hydro power plants includes three power plants: Chiryurtskaya HPP -1, Chiryurtskaya HPP -2 and Gelbakhskaya HPP (Chiryurtskaya HPP -3).

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