July 2016

Postcards of Leningrad of the 80s

2016/07/28

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Views of Leningrad in the 1980s on the Soviet photo greeting cards. Luckily, all of them have captions in English on their backward side. Also can be clicked to see it full size. via

Postcards of Leningrad of the 80s

2016/07/28

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Views of Leningrad in the 1980s on the Soviet photo greeting cards. Luckily, all of them have captions in English on their backward side. Also can be clicked to see it full size. via

Winter Russia. Karelia

2016/07/28

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The advantage of tourists over local residents is that one sees everything in a new way, watching open-mouthed, another one indifferently passes by, they had seen it a hundred times.

Here is a village in Karelia, the Russian Finnish region, typical for the whole phenomena of the country, but still different.

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*Attention! Dangerous road section!*

Fairy tale, a true fairy tale! I dislike winter but that's because I live in a big city. Karelia is beautiful in snow. I did not cease to admire the beautiful roads.

A lot of Finnish names, and it is clear why. Part of the modern territory of Karelia was Finland.

*Leppäsyrjä*

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Winter Russia. Karelia

2016/07/28

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The advantage of tourists over local residents is that one sees everything in a new way, watching open-mouthed, another one indifferently passes by, they had seen it a hundred times.

Here is a village in Karelia, the Russian Finnish region, typical for the whole phenomena of the country, but still different.

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*Attention! Dangerous road section!*

Fairy tale, a true fairy tale! I dislike winter but that's because I live in a big city. Karelia is beautiful in snow. I did not cease to admire the beautiful roads.

A lot of Finnish names, and it is clear why. Part of the modern territory of Karelia was Finland.

*Leppäsyrjä*

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Omsk Plant of Civil Aviation

2016/07/28

*The second Life of helicopters: Blog Tour at Omsk Plant of Civil Aviation*

1. On February 5, 1945, based on production of aircraft repair base no. 406 capacity in Aktyubinsk town (Kazakhstan) there was created "Omsk aircraft repair workshops no. 41 West Siberian management of civil aviation". From 1945 to 1956 years in the workshops there was overhauled 1235 aircrafts Po-2 and 2008 engines M-11.

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In 1956, they started repairing the new type of aircraft Yak-12 and engine AI-14 R . From 1956 to 1969, there were repaired 695 aircraft Yak-12 and engine AI-1931 14 R. In 1960 they mastered repair of Mi-4. From 1961 to 1985 the enterprise completed overhaul of 2638 helicopters Mi-4. Omsk

2. In 1969, the Ministry of civil aviation renamed aviation workshops to factory number 41 of civil aviation. In the late 60-ies the plant mastered the repair of Mi-8 helicopters (T, P, PS). In 1994, the plant mastered the repair of helicopters MTV-1 Mi-8. During the period from 1969 there had been renovated more than 5,000 Mi-8 helicopters of various modifications. By far, the Mi-8 is the main type of aircraft undergoing repair at the factory. Monument to the helicopter is set in fromt of the factory. On February 2015, Omsk Plant of Civil Aviation celebrated the 70th anniversary.

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Omsk Plant of Civil Aviation

2016/07/28

*The second Life of helicopters: Blog Tour at Omsk Plant of Civil Aviation*

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Best Russian Videos Daily Part 4

2016/07/27

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Russian best videos daily compilation part 4, collected by us yesterday for you to see today!

Best Russian Videos Daily Part 4

2016/07/27

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Russian best videos daily compilation part 4, collected by us yesterday for you to see today!

Therapeutic Mud of the Caucasian Dead Sea

2016/07/27

This is a unique source of health — Lake Tambukan.

During the WWII, wounded soldiers liberated Pyatigorsk from the Nazis, applied on a bandage a layer of mud from this lake. Today, manufacturers of cosmetics are looking at the lake at their point of view: in Tambukan mud, they say, one can find youth and forget about the shortcomings of the skin.

Healing — if not invaluable — mud they compare to the famous Dead Sea mud. When a couple of years ago, the lake overflowed its banks and washed away the track "Caucasus" - the main road on the Russian south, no alarm sounded about a strip of asphalt, even federal one. Environmentalists were worried about the unique properties of the pond and mud at the bottom. As a result, the unusual lake saved itself: the best defense against poison of asphalt became supersalt water.

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What science says about Tambukan.

"Tambukan is a large basin that receives moisture from rain and snowmelt. The Sun evaporates excess water. The Lake is endorheic, and the skeletons of all micro-organisms that have ever lived in it, remain at the bottom," said Eugene Potapov, a candidate of geological and mineralogical Sciences. "Deposits of mud are formed in the same way as oil fields: they need organics — deposits of dead plants and animals. Layer of sulfide silt mud accumulates 700 years, it is estimated the age of the Lake.

The water in the Lake is a saturated salt solution with a salinity of 30 grams per liter. When Tambukan dried, salt content in the waters reached 360 grams per liter, it's even greater than in the famous Dead Sea.

What history says about Tambukan.

Tambukan had dried up many times for 700 years of its life. Then again filled with water — and again dried up. But it has always been salty, and it was into the hands of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages. Salt is one of the main minerals at all times.

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Therapeutic Mud of the Caucasian Dead Sea

2016/07/27

This is a unique source of health — Lake Tambukan.

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What science says about Tambukan.

What history says about Tambukan.

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Residents of Samara City Undressed for a Full Tank of Gas

2016/07/27

Yesterday an unusual action was held at the gas station in Samara for everyone who wanted to fill a full tank of the car. Terms were as simple as possible and exactly the same for everyone! Both girls and guys could refuel, the conditions were equal for all!
* Enter the territory of the filling station in bikini and in shoes with heels
* Without the aid of tankers, boyfriends/husbands/wives, etc. (i.e. independently), insert the refueling nozzle into the tank;
* Go to the cashier and name the column number, the brand of fuel and add with a smile - TO FULL !!!

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By the way, the action that day lasted for three whole hours. Ready, set ... GO! A formed queue was very long...

The first tanker...

According to the action, there worked two columns (№1 and №2). Rivers of gas!

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Residents of Samara City Undressed for a Full Tank of Petrol

2016/07/27

Yesterday an unusual action was held at the petrol station in Samara for everyone who wanted to fill a full tank of the car. Terms were as simple as possible and exactly the same for everyone! Both girls and guys could refuel, the conditions were equal for all!
* Enter the territory of the filling station in bikini and in shoes with heels
* Without the aid of tankers, boyfriends/husbands/wives, etc. (i.e. independently), insert the refueling nozzle into the tank;
* Go to the cashier and name the column number, the brand of fuel and add with a smile - TO FULL !!!

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By the way, the action that day lasted for three whole hours. Ready, set ... GO! A formed queue was very long...

The first tanker...

According to the action, there worked two columns (№1 and №2). Rivers of petrol!

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Chinese Tanks and Chinese Flying Leopards Arrived to Russia

2016/07/27

As announced on July 23, 2016 by the Kaliningrad branch of the "Vesti-24" TV channel, a team of Marines from China arrived at the main base of the Baltic fleet of the Navy of Russia, Baltiysk (the Kaliningrad region) to participate in the international competitions in field training "Marines 2016." The Chinese team brought with them four modern Chinese marine corps combat vehicles ZBD05.

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The combat vehicles were reported to have been delivered to Kaliningrad by ferry, then they were transported to Baltiysk by rail, and then they were delivered to the shooting range of the Baltic fleet marine corps in trailers. The Chinese team is the only team inf the "Marines-2016" competition to use their own combat vehicles, the rest of the competing teams will use Russian vehicles. In 2015, during similar competition, "The Caspian Derby", the Russian team was the first in the team event, while the Chinese team was the second.

The ZBD05 marine corps combat vehicle of the Chinese Marines team that arrived for participating in the international competitions in field training "Marines 2016." Baltiysk (the Kaliningrad region), 23.07.2016 (C) Daria Kalinicheva / vesti-kaliningrad.ru.

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Chinese Tanks and Chinese Flying Leopards Arrived to Russia

2016/07/27

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Guinness World Records record-holder, Kirill Shimko, has pulled the biggest helicopter in the world that weighs 35 tons

2016/07/26

Famous Belarusian strongman Kirill Shimko has pulled a helicopter from the movie Die Hard for about 20 meters at Lipki airport, which is the largest helicopter in the world, whose weight is 35 tons. The action is timed to the birthday of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry and at the same time draws attention to the avia festival #pronebo which will be held in Minsk on Borovaya on 30 and 31 July. This is not Kirill’s first record. Over the years, he pulled BelAZ trucks, trains and cranes. And he is just a nice person, whom I know for a long time.

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Guinness World Records record-holder, Kirill Shimko, has pulled the biggest helicopter in the world that weighs 35 tons

2016/07/26

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Daily Best Russian Videos Compilation, part 3

2016/07/26

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A selection of the best videos we could find in past 24 hours, narrated. Take a look! Hope you like this idea.

Daily Best Russian Videos Compilation, part 3

2016/07/26

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A Tour to the Aeroclimatic Camera

2016/07/26

Now I would like to write about one of the greatest facilities of the ZIL plant. It is an aeroclimatic camera.

An aeroclimatic complex is a unique facility that simulates various weather conditions for vehicle testing. Environmental testing and research were conducted in a wide range of ambient temperatures from -60°C to +65°C with regulation of the object air-flow speed of 0:150% km/h, at a relative humidity of 0:100%.

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The picture below shows a detailed complex operation scheme:

Unfortunately, during out visit, lots of the equipment had already been gone, so in some cases there will be pictures of other authors.

Aside from the aeroclimatic camera itself, the facility hosts a laboratory and an archive.

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A Tour to the Aeroclimatic Camera

2016/07/26

Now I would like to write about one of the greatest facilities of the ZIL plant. It is an aeroclimatic camera.

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The picture below shows a detailed complex operation scheme:

Unfortunately, during out visit, lots of the equipment had already been gone, so in some cases there will be pictures of other authors.

Aside from the aeroclimatic camera itself, the facility hosts a laboratory and an archive.

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Neon of the Soviet country

2016/07/25

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Soviet country also had neon ads, though not so numerous like West did. Let's see a few photos of Soviet Russia with its ads glowing at night.

Neon of the Soviet country

2016/07/25

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Soviet country also had neon ads, though not so numerous like West did. Let's see a few photos of Soviet Russia with its ads glowing at night.

Best Russian Videos and Curiosities Part 2

2016/07/25

Hey everyone! We are up with part two of our experimental daily show covering all the best videos and little cool thingies we can find. Please take a look and tell us what you think!

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Best Russian Videos and Curiosities Part 2

2016/07/25

Hey everyone! We are up with part two of our experimental daily show covering all the best videos and little cool thingies we can find. Please take a look and tell us what you think!