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Categories Culture, History, Photos, Society

We are going to have a trip to an interesting Caucasian place - Fiagdon gorge located in North Ossetia. The mouth of the

gorge starts about thirty kilometers from Vladikavkaz, it's where one can already observe very beautiful landscapes.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Video

Have you ever seen a car wich such brakes? However, when you break you may see what you ate in the

morning again. Will they be able to save the driver in an accident? Check this out yourself!

Categories Culture, Exclusive, Photos, Russian People, Society

...But they died 200 years ago. So these photographs are really unique. Maxim P. Dmitriev was a Russian photographer of the XIX-XXth centuries, founder of the photojournalismt genre, member of the Russian Photographic Society. He was

a talented person who travelled to all cities near the big Volga river, he took pictures of Volga landscapes, cities, everyday scenes and people. His works were awarded in Paris, Amsterdam, Chicago and New York.

Categories Photos, Technology

All houses in Russian cities are heated by one source, which is called TPP (thermal power plant). They heat water and spread it over the city via special hot pipes to provide warmth to houses. Krasnoyarsk is a big Russian

city where eight months of a year are freezing cold. And how can such a large Siberian city be heated from one source? It's impossible. So the city has three sources like this. One of them is TPP - 3.

Categories Culture, Other, Photos

Today you have a chance to see Moscow from above in summer. We are going to have a flight in a

little helicopter with dismantled doors. So let us put some warm clothes on and start our tour.

Categories Photos, Russian Nature

We have already written about the TV tower of Ostankino which is located in Moscow and was considered to be the highest man-made tower in the world after its completion in 1967.

But today we are not going to tell you about its history and structure, we are going to see some winter landscapes of the Russian capital from this high TV tower.

Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian Art

This unique map is located in the geological museum of Saint-Petersburg. It is made from gemstones in the Florentine and

Russian mosaic technique. 45 000 gemstones 4-6 mm (0.15-0.23 inches) thick were used to make the panel of the map.

Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian People, Science, Society, Sports, Technology

So popular National Geographic used to write much about Russia / Soviet Union as well. Here

is a nice selection of Soviet images from National Geographic magazines dated 1976-78.

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Categories Culture, Funny, Photos, Society, Sports, Technology

Life is full of amazing things we don't even know about. When we have a chance to see them we

feel bright emotions and delight. One of such things is an unusual gym in Kiev, Ukraine.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Russian People, Video

If someone has a problem on the road you should not stay indifferent! Who knows how soon you will

need help yourself. It's good to see that Russian still has strong and polite people like this.

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