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Categories Culture, History, Photos, Society

They are called in various ways: "badiz" or "musin", but the most widespread variant sounds like "balbaltas". They can be met from the Mongolian sacred Orkhon River to the very Caspian Sea: in

Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, China and Kazakhstan. The political scientist Yerlan Karin had been researching the warriors for five years and issued his photo album devoted to this research.

Categories Funny, Russian People, Society, Video

It is never quiet in a Georgian family!

Especially if they have a very angry sheep!

Categories Funny, Russian People, Society, Video

Drinking is not that fun as it seemed from the beginning as a shovel turned out to be such a thing that can be used in many

various, sometimes dangerous ways. Russian villagers entertainment went wrong. Just watch this video till the very end.

Categories Economics, Photos, Science, Technology

Surgut state thermal power plant is one of the most powerful power plants in Russia. The CPP of high power functions within

the system along with other large power stations and is located in Surgut, the Khanty-Mansiisk region of Russia.

Categories History, Photos, Society, Technology

Bragin is an urban settlement in Belarus located not so far from the city of Gomel in the direction of the Chernobyl NPP. It's a nightmare of

graduates who were provided state-subsidized education and the place where such "stars" perform who don't sound familiar to others.

Categories History, Photos, Russian People, Society

Military photojournalists often were with their cameras at places where they almost had no chances to survive. Thanks to their enormous work we have an oppurtunity to touch the history today and to see the war with our own eyes. Mikhail Savin was one of such photojournalists. His shots are real classics today. Mikhail was born in far 1915, started to take photos in 1941. He managed to catch interesting moments of Soviet

troops retreat, the defense of Moscow, the Kursk battle, attack of Soviet troops in Europe etc. He had a talisman and believed it always helped him to survive on the most difficult and hopeless days. It was a porcelain ring for curtains hanging. All his work is one of the best samples of how a real professional treats what he does. It gave us a chance to see the war the way it really was.

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Categories History, Photos, russian army, Technology

"Ruslan" or "Condor" is the plane with the world largest carrying capacity (excluding "An-225 Mriya" which is the only one). It can carry 880 soldiers, some tanks, a garage of cars, a train with a locomotive and even other

planes. To fully load it there must be 150 tons of cargo. It broke the record when carried 171 tons in the Soviet time in response to the American C5-Galaxy. Let's have a closer view of the plane right now.

Categories Photos, Russian People, Society

Maybe you still remember the artist from St. Petersburg who sewed his mouth last year. Just recently he appeared in the center of public attention

again. Being absolutely nude he wrapped himself into barbed wire and was posing for cameras of journalists in the centre of St. Petersburg.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Law, Russian People, Society, Video

It sooner resembles some Hollywood movie but in fact it's happened recently in the very centre of Moscow. One addict stole a police car and started his crazy road rage.

Everything he was doing was shot with a cam inside of the car... He crashed three cars more and tried to escape but was hit by another car and hospitalized.

Categories Automotive, Business, Economics, Photos, Technology

The Kolyvansky coal mine is situated in the Novosibirsk region. In 2011 its proven reserves amounted to 97 million tons of useful material. The

mine will be used for forty eight years more. The mine belongs to the only coal mining company in the region - "Siberian Anthracite".

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