It's nice to be a jeweller. Especially if you are going to get married. You can save some
money and make rings that nobody has. Here's what Julia and Alexey exactly did.
The asbestos open pit we are going to visit today is the richest pit in the world that lacks crocidolite and tremolite - substances harmful
for people. The deposit was opened in 1885 during development of gold placer. The first tones of asbestos were extracted in 1889.
These are three abandoned places located in different places of the Moscow region. The only common thing about them is that
they are all factories that used to be needed in the past. Unfortunately, the situation is not like this anymore.
Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People, Science, Technology
A guy from Odessa whose name is Vasily Chikur has designed and built a cool single-seater submarine. It has already successfully passed several tests at the shore of the Black Sea. Vasily even demonstrated
several tricks like sailing under the rescue boat whose passengers were watching the experiment. According to Vasily if he uses a dry accumulator he could rotate along the fore-and-aft axis.
Categories Economics, History, Photos, Russian Art, Russian People, Science, Technology
Have you ever seen how they make explosions for movies? Today we'll go to a set of a Russian movie about the events that took place during
the battle for a Russian city Stalingrad. It's always interesting to spend some time backstage and watch how magic is happening.
Categories Russian Nature, Russian People, Society, Technology
These days the environment conservancy awareness is at the rise. More and more ways to go green appear worldwide, replacing the traditional but nature unfriendly methods of doing things with more greener ones. Not to miss that, one Russian inventor reportedly started a production of the most green lawnmowers one can imagine. The idea was to build a large size mobile rabbit cage without the flooring inside. It could fit enough rabbits and cover some part of the
lawn for a few hours while rabbits eat. Then in a few hours its being moved to another neighbor spot and then stays there for a few hours more while rabbits finnish all the grass around. The more rabbits you have inside the faster this "lawnmower" works. At a good pace you can get your yard mowed just in one day, wasting zero gas and chilling around while it mows itself. Also no annoying noise is being heard while it works.
Categories Funny, russian army, Technology, Video
So when you drive thru Russia what can you encounter on the road? Well, almost anything as most of
the videos show. But how about a head-to-head encounter with a large war plane? Easy!
Categories Technology, Video
The planes that get a water from lakes or rivers are not new. However, on this video shot made by some lucky witnesses by the river it looks somehow mesmerizing as they slowly
descend to the river surface cruising not faster than you can expect from an UFO rather from a big JET plane. Then grabs some water and accelerates. Awesomeness.
Categories Economics, History, Photos, Russian People, Science, Technology
We are again at the decommissioned nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine. Reactor Four exploded in Chernobyl in 1986 and the
power plant is now within a large restricted area known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. What is the situation there today after so many years?
Categories Business, Economics, History, Photos, Russian People, Technology
Tourists who come to Abkhasia never miss their chance to try legendary cheese pastry called khachapuri. Its taste and quality
have been excellent for many years. Here you can see how it is made so that you could enjoy its delicious taste at home.
