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More and more Ukrainian army forces are reportedly leaving the territory of Crimea. Here are a couple of photos. In the picture above, a

Russian soldier is showing the way to the Ukrainian tank, which is going to be loaded onto the train (north of Crimea, March, 27).

Categories History, Photos, Technology

Today, we want to show you a nice big protective shelter that served as an alternate control post and a training center. This well-preserved building is spacious enough for 3000 people and has a

standard layout. By the way, in the image above you can see the map depicting strategic offensive American forces attacking the USSR... Yeah, they were trying to take all precautions...

Categories Other, Photos

When I first saw those macro photos by Vasiliy Menshov, I was a bit stunned with the quality of detail he achieved. Yes, I had seen some insect macro photos before, but this particular Russian photographer made me

want to post his photos as a separate post. The best way, in my opinion, to enjoy this post is to click on the first (or second) photo, get it wide screen and then move with arrows across them.

Categories Photos, Society

Indeed, this must be the spookiest place in Pripyat. Only nurses with bloody knives are missing... Rooms of this hospital are overgrown with cobwebs, and old paint is cracking on the walls. It was once a place where people's lives were being saved, and

after the catastrophe as well. The basement might be even more interesting, but we are not going to go down there because the background radiation down there is too high. It's definitely not the place where you'd wish to be after sunset...

Украинские военнослужащие в Крыму, желающие записаться в российскую армию

Categories Photos, Society

March 26, 2014. Ukrainian soldiers who wish to join the Russian army are standing, together with their

families, in the line at the temporary registry office in the vacinity of the military unit in Sevastopol.

Categories Automotive, Photos, Technology

Russian strategic rocket forces take necessary measures to enhance manoeuvrability and survivability of

mobile basing combat missile complexes - they need to be disguised well. This is how they cover their weapons.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People, Society

A few widescreen and clickable photos of Sochi on

the sunset of the final day of the Olympics.

Categories Photos, Russian army, Russian People, Society

A few hours ago, Russian twitter users started reporting that the Russian defence department has published an article and photos of the Russian chief of defence arriving in Crimea and awarding soldiers and local officials with a new award. The medal was called "For getting back the Crimea". These photos show the Russian chief of defence awarding something to the people in camouflage. Some camouflaged people have the insignia "BERKUT" which is the name of a Ukrainian special forces unit which became better known after the clashes in Kiev this past winter. Also a photo of the award

itself reportedly was published. That particular medal in the photo was in the name of Aksenov, the current leader of Crimea, who declared the Crimea independent. His personal numbered award had the number 136, so people supposed that at least a hundred more of the same medals were awarded. Later, people started to report that this article was removed from the official defence department website. The photos still could be opened if you knew their direct web address, however after a little more time you could not open the photos either.

Categories Automotive, Funny, History, Russian People, Technology

When "Perestroika" - a term coined by Mikhail Gorbachev, was a trend in one large country, another "Perestroika" which literary means "rebuilding" was conceived by the engineers of Minsk Auto Factory or MAZ, one of the largest Soviet truck manufacturers. This somehow unusual looking truck is

"Perestroika" itself. You might have already noticed a gap between the truck's cab and the headlights, that is because the truck was not one solid truck but rather a set of modules or blocks that could be conjoined. Let me try to explain what this Perestroika truck was about.

Categories Photos, Russian army, Russian People, Technology

A new modified "flying radar" plane, the A-50U or called "Mainstay" by NATO, has been shipped to the Russian air force recently. Basically as I understand it, these planes provide radar coverage where the army has no radar. So when a part of the air force or navy is going somewhere they would probably like to have a powerful radar with them, capable

on spotting any enemy units that may be around or to use it more for targeting their attacks. Such planes began being used in the 1980s but in 2011 they released an upgraded version of the old plane which can conduct its functions digitally. More pictures inside, also the photos are clickable and are pretty widescreen.

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