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This is a copy of the space rocket "Vostok" ("East") located at the All Russia Exhibition Hall (VDNKH) in Moscow. The family of rockets "Vostok"

launched the first artificial satellite and the first manned spacecraft in human history. It was a subset of the R-7 family of rockets.

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Numerous interesting exhibits can be found in the internal yard of the Armed Forces Museum. Often visitors come

directly to the museum itself and miss this exposition nearby. Let us see what exhibits are shown there.

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Today we are going to visit the Academy of the Strategic Missile Troops of

the Russian Federation located in Balabanovo-1, the Kaluga Region.

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Would you like to enter the territory of a rocket plant hidden

deep in the forest? You will have such a chance today.

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Some pictures of a military launch area located in Plesetsk were shown in a previous post. Today we'll continue our journey along the place and see more of Soyuz-U rocket firing. Read more...

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These photos were taken in the Plesetsk cosmodrome during preparations of the rocket for a launch:

from the transportation to the assembly place to the installation on the launch platform.

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Have you ever witnessed a missile launch? Anticipation and

expectation of the sight last much longer than the event itself.

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The territory of the former USSR is abundant with lost bunkers and

command posts. Today we'll get a chance to investigate one of them.

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The Urals inhabitants witnessed a rare sight, that was the light in the sky visible in Perm, Ekaterinburg and some other

settlements. The reason for this glow was the Soyuz carrier rocket launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.