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All these buildings might remind some objects from Sci-Fi movies of the past. In the former USSR you can meet such buildings. They are not very often but there are some like in this photo series. Some of the buildings have weird history. For example the building number 3, the “Friendship� hotel attracted a great part of attention from USA intelligence agency. They thought it was some sort of m
"Chernobyl-2" - a Pearl of the Past - English Russia
Today we are going to visit the legendary and mysterious Chernobyl-2 and have a close look at a masterpiece of a constructive idea, feel the spirit of the past epoch of “the cold war”. Training ground Checkpoint Officially “Chernobyl-2” is called as the long-haul radio center. Chernobyl-2 is a “shadow” of a small and calm Chernobyl city. Most of the secret objects of military operations support we
Ekranoplan - English Russia
1987 was the year when the first 350 tons ground effect “ship” from the series of Soviet battle missile carriers was produced. It was called Lun after the Russian name for a bird of prey – hen harrier. Another name for this vehicle was Project 903. It carried 6 Moskit cruise missiles (SS-N-22 Sunburn in NATO classification). Hitting four of them causes inevitable sinking of a vessel of any know ty
The Abandoned Machinery - English Russia
For years some great pieces of abandoned machinery have been seen near Moscow, Russia Now when those attracted so much attention from visitors some people found them to be a good source of profit rather than just a cool site and decided to.. dismantle those to scrap metal. As being reported, today you can’t find any single of those to be intact there. Sadly, all of the are not much than a pile of
The Airport as a Suitcase Sees It - English Russia
Do you know what happens with your suitcase in the airport behind the window with rubber cilia after registration? Passengers leave their baggage when registered for a flight. A label is attached to a suitcase here, it contains information about an owner and his destination. Oversized baggage may be checked in at a special check-in counter. Here fragile baggage is labeled as “glass” and sent down
Building A Metro - English Russia
In St. Petersburg they have almost the deepest subway in the world, according to wikipedia: “The deepest metro system in the world was built in St. Petersburg, Russia. In this city, built in the marshland, stable soil starts more than 50 metres (160 ft) deep. Above that level the soil mostly consists of water-bearing finely dispersed sand. Because of this, only three stations out of nearly 60 are
Kiev: Moscow Bridge - English Russia
There is one thing that every big city cannot be borne and live without. Water is the only vital source that exists on the Earth and we cannot hold out even a day without it. Therefore every capital city has a river flowing through the very center of it. And so Dnepr the Great streams through the center of Ukraine’s capital, the city of Kiev. There are lots of bridges that are built in Kiev but
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