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Big Russian Producer of Armored Troop Carriers

2016/02/23

"Arzamas engineering plant", JSC. is one of the leaders of the defence industry complex of Russia and the leading engineering enterprise in Nizhny Novgorod. It is also the only enterprise that makes wheeled armored vehicles cooperating with 35 countries.

The plant began its work in 1972 as a car maker. In 1980 it made its first armored troop carrier.

The most famous of its products are BTR-70 and BTR-80 armored troop carriers, multipurpose cars of "Tiger" family, medical cars BMM, wheeled maintenance-recovery vehicles BREM-K and unified chassis UNSH. The plant not only produces machines, but also maintains and repairs them.

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Big Russian Producer of Armored Troop Carriers

2016/02/23

The plant began its work in 1972 as a car maker. In 1980 it made its first armored troop carrier.

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Breathtaking Photos of Kazakh Nature From the Height

2016/02/23

Now, when so many people feel tired of winter and cold, we come up with these beautiful and sunny pictures of the Semirechye (Seven Rivers) region of Kazakhstan. It has a wide spectrum of climatic zones and impresses with its landscape diversity.

Almost all the photos were taken by journalist and aviation lover Grigory Bedenko. He tried to choose the most unusual angles.

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Legendary River Under Central Minsk

2016/02/23

The legendary river Nemiga is hidden under central streets of Minsk, Belarus. The first description of the river is dated 1985, its first photos appeared in the Internet in 2001. But today the web is flooded with its images, as more and more people dare to come down under the ground for makingtheir own photo reports.

Such tour is not safe, especially when it may start raining. Some people have already died in manifolds of Kiev in rainy weather due to heavy flooding.

The images of voolchitza are the most "honest", without abundant effects and filters. They reveal the true atmosphere of the Nemiga and the Soviet time manifold.

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The Lonely Giant

2016/02/23

It's hard imagine that such a huge building has been fully abandoned for several years...

.. We are in a Russian city of Taganrog and here's a main building of a former combine harvester factory. We are going to join blogger kerrangjke and visit each storey of the building, go down to the shelter and climb to the roof to observe the city from its height.

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