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The TV tower is the world highest lattice structure - the tower height is 385 m. While the construction not a single bolt or a rivet were used. All the details were fastened by welding. The building process took 5

years - 1968-73 and it was quite unusual. The tower was not built from bottom upwards but on the contrary - from the top downwards. The ready construction was lifted and other parts were put under it.

Categories History, Other, Photos, Technology

Let's read about the creation and work of the construction thanks to which the metro

could cross the Dnieper many years ago and come to the left bank of Kiev.

Categories Funny, Other, Photos, Russian People, Video

Would you dare to raise 116 m up along the

stay cables of the bridge? Badass...

Categories Funny, Law, Photos, Society

FEMEN arranged an act of sabotage and planted a bomb. The evil object was found at Kreschatik metro station in Kiev. People in pink suits surrounded the bomb and forced people to leave the dangerous zone. One of the activists was beaten by an unknown man and

hospitalized with probable brain concussion. Thus the girls wanted to mock of the bombers who made a series of terrorist acts in Dnepropetrovsk and show the impotence of special services who could only remove trash cans to oppose the bombers...

Categories Culture, Funny, Photos, Russian People, Society

Last week it was Lugansk whose graduates had fun in the fountains. This time it's Kiev whose school leavers go mad in the streets.

Location: Kiev

Categories Automotive, Business, Economics, History, Photos, Technology

Founded in 1956 the plant produced a lot of models of trolley-buses, repaired them, also trams and subway

cars. Today it has almost decayed, partially it's rented out, other rooms are simply abandoned.

Categories Exclusive, History, Photos, Science, Technology

We are back in Kiev, at the abandoned

shop of printed circuits production.

Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian Art

It's out of the question that Kiev is a pearl of architecture, its buildings are gorgeous. In all post-Soviet territory Kiev's multistory buildings are

probably the most beautiful. LJ user under nickname ked-pled takes unreal photos of architecture. Some of them are presented in the post.

Categories Exclusive, Other, Photos, Russian People

Can a sunrise be more wonderful? Pictures

were taken from Southern Bridge in Kiev.

Categories Culture, Photos, Russian People, Society

In the prestigious contest "Miss Ukraine-2012" held in Kiev won Karina Zhironkina, 21, from Kharkiv. The winner studies in the Kharkiv Academy of Design and Artsm plans to

become an interior designer. Karina has been working as a model since the age of 13. In August 19th she'll participate in the contest "Miss World" in China.

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