A set of pictures taken by
Ed Clark in Moscow, 1955.
Categories History, Photos, Science, Technology
Our destination today is the space communications centre "Medvezhye Ozera" ("Bear Lakes"). Here at the polygon they provide TV broadcast and satellite communication not only for Russia but for outside too. One of the four grand radio telescopes is located here. It's unique due to its power and dimensions of the
antenna providing data reception from satellites. The diameter of the antenna mirror is 60m. The construction is dated 1983. It used to be almost impossible to come close to such strategic constructions without special permission. Today any countryside boy may play on its territory...
If you have no safety equipment, your friend is always there to help you. That's one
of the principles of the guest workers who are building a house in Tomsk.
Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Nature
Long-awaited spring in
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk! At last it's
Categories Automotive, Exclusive, Funny, History, Photos, russian army, Russian People, Technology
A man from the Sverdlov region, Alexander Porubaiko, has built a copy of a German tank Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.F2 in accord with the drawings he had found, using details of trucks and tractors. The
tank can drive, its turret rotates, changes a tank gun cant angle. Unfortunately it's not armoured. But even without it the tank weighs 10 tons, such vehicle cannot drive along roads.
Categories Exclusive, Other, Photos, Russian People
Can a sunrise be more wonderful? Pictures
were taken from Southern Bridge in Kiev.
Pevek is the northmost city of Russia. 25 000 people used to live here, 2 500 have remained... Life in Pevek is expensive and boring. The city has two cafes and one of them will probably close soon... No movie theatres, no night clubs... The city lives from plane to plane that arrive once in 2 weeks.
Everyone knows when the next plane arrives, cause it means that fresh food will appear in the shops. Prices here are unbelievably high but an average salary of a waitress, for example, is about 1000 US dollars. According to locals a 3 roomed flat could be changed for a ticket to Moscow...
7th of April, 2012 the Moscow airport Domodedovo turned 50! It's big, comfortable and modern. Each day the airport is changing for the better. It was the first airport to accept Aeroexpress trains. It was the first to begin reconstruction and become the most modern airport of Russia. One year ago it set an absolute record of flights sent off. 425 planes
left the airport with 51 000 passengers. 25 March 1964 was the day of the first passenger flight by TU-104 from Moscow to Sverdlovsk. On 20 May 1964 they opened the air-terminal complex. Regular flights have been performed since 1966. Today we are going to show you some archival photos of the airport and some modern ones.
Categories Culture, Photos, Russian People
It seems that age-old Russian shawls become fashionable again.
Ladies from Chita show all advantages of such accessories.
Categories Photos, Technology
Olovozavodskoy (Bugrinsky) bridge in Novosibirsk is the third bridge over the Ob that unites Kirovsky and Octyabrsky districts. The construction began in 2010 and is to be continued through 2014. Its capacity is 60 000 cars a day. The bridge is a part of the future south-western transit
of the Novosibirsk region from route M51 "Baikal" to M52 "Chuya Highway" or "Chuysky Trakt". The crossing with total length 5,5m includes an arch bridge over the Ob 2,4 km long, two overpasses over Bolshevistskaya street and Vatutin street with road interchanges.
