Another photo set of cars from Autostrada
2012 in Tula. The first part is here.
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The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has recently claimed that 1/3 of Ukrainian protective shelters are not ready for evacuation of people. In fact 95% of shelters are not ready for something... Older generations know better what is hidden behind the ground,
young people luckily do not even care that under almost every yard is a protective construction that may save a human life in case of technogenic accidents. Let's see how such a construction should look like by the example of one Kiev shelter.
Categories Culture, History, Photos, russian army, Technology
The legendary ice-breaker "Baikal" was considered to be the second largest and most powerful ice-breaker while its construction. By the end of the XIX century they could not end the construction of the Siberian railway, Baikal was the breakpoint. So in 1883 Julius Witte, the secretary of finance, offered to arrange ship crossing over Baikal. In
1885 they decided to build an ice-breaking ferry. 12 plants participated in the construction: Soviet and foreign ones. The ice-breaker travelled much from place to place being tested, assembled and dissassembled... In fact it was mainly built by constructors from St. Petersburg. They used the best Martic steel to build it.
Categories Automotive, Culture, History, Photos, russian army, Technology
We are at the Central Armed Forces Museum of Moscow. Where else one can see so much military equipment in one place? The museum has been existing since 1919, in the new
building - since 1965. It's one of the largest historic and military country museums. More or less modern equipment was brought here 15-20 years for the last time.
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More than 300 militarymen and 50 units of combat equipment were used in
training of the marines at the polygon "Klerk", the Khasansky district.
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We've already shown you a set of photos from the new
airfield in Novinki. Check out some more.
Categories Automotive, Culture, Photos, Technology
In June, 10 a car festival Autostrada 2012 took place in Tula. Retro
and modern cars, American cars were presented at the event.
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We are at the garbage polygon of Perm to see
how a local garbage collector works.
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Novosibirsk aeronautic production association named after V. P. Chkalov (Chkalov plant) is one of the largest plane making enterprises of Russia that is a part of "Sukhoi" company. In the beginning of the 90s the
plant began to master multi-purpose aviation complex Su-34. The first plane took off in 1993. Since 2006 they have started series delivery of these vehicles to the Russian air military forces.
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Guests of EURO 2012 championship and citizens of Kiev have a chance to have a short trip by a real retro-locomotive along the Kiev ring railroad. The
excursion lasts 2 hours. In the locomotive one may listen to some story about the history and modern situation of the South-West railroad.
