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We are at the Novosibirsk Plant of Chemical Concentrates where fuel assemblies for nuclear power plants are made. Nuclear reactor is something like a huge kettle that boils

water. The water is heated under the impact of the chain nuclear reation that happens in the fuel assembly. Such assemblies are produced just here, in Novosibirsk.

Categories Business, Economics, Law, Photos, Society, Technology

A new bridge appeared in the Kirov region of Russia. Thirty

million rubles (one million dollars) was spent to build it.

Categories Culture, Economics, History, Photos, Russian People, Society

"Russian People and Progress" is a collection of shots of "Life" magazine about life and work of Soviet

people in 1960s. The collection consists of 687 photographs, some of them are inside this post.

Categories Culture, Photos, Sports, Technology

This is a photo report from the Moscow Open Sports Sniping Championship that was held in July 2012. Eight types of exercises were planned for

shooting at the distance of 50-650 m. (165-2130 ft). A shooter had to have a rifle with a telescopic sight and fire accuracy 0.5-1.0 MOA.

Categories Business, Culture, Economics, Other, Photos

Here is a selection of photographs of a Russian city Yekaterinburg taken from the helicopter in

autumn 2012. The scale of the ambitious construction projects is better be seen from above.

Categories Funny, Russian People, Video

Two weird guys seem to be true lovers of plants. They are so much concentrated on its leaves and

inflorescence! They are looking at it from above and from below, maybe something is hidden in the pot?

Categories Business, History, Photos, russian army, Science, Technology

This helicopter was flying over the burning reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and over hot spots around the world in the UN peacekeeping missions. It carry cargoes with weight of twenty tons at the distance of 2000 km (1242 miles). The diameter of its screw is equal

to the wingspan of Boeing-737. It has two engines, 11 000 hp each. Mi-26 is the largest serial transport helicopter in the world! "Utair" air company uses the biggest helicopters, the fleet of the company amounts to 352 helicopters, 25 of them are Mi-26.

Categories Automotive, Photos, Technology

It often happens that people try to transform their old Soviet cars into something that will attract others in the

streets. But such transformation definitely stands out! A sports car BMW M6 turned into the Soviet car GAZ-21.

Categories Automotive, Culture, History, Photos, russian army, Russian People, Society

Now goes the final and the most spectacular event of the reconstruction devoted to Kiev liberation from the Nazi invaders. 800 people and 30 units of equipment took

part in it. You are about to see the event with the eyes of one participant who was on the battlefield and in the trenches. See the previous reports: 1, 2.

Categories Law, Photos, Russian People, Society

On November, 10th the day of police was celebrated in Russia. Maybe this selection of

photos is late a bit but let it be here anyway. Congratulations, dear police officers!

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