Mikhail Mikhailov singing song “Horse-drawn sleigh dashing”

Tags: Mikhail Mikhailov · old Russian · song

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works plant or Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Kombinat (MMK) is the largest plant in Russia of such kind located in Magnitogorsk city. Here is a nice video of the plant in the production process.

Tags: Magnitogorsk city · MMK

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Several Russian regions suffer heavy forest fires because of the extremely hot weather. Here is the video of escaping from the village of Tamboles by the only available road. The village is located in Nizhegorodskaya oblast. Attention! The video is full of offensive Russian language.

Tags: action · forest fire · Nizhegorodskaya oblast

The following video presents a small number of color photos captured by Russian photographer Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky in the beginning of 20th century. Unique photos give us the opportunity to see the life of Russian Empire in color just before its end.

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In addition to the previous post about the travel to Karskoye Sea coast of Russian North here is an interesting video of this travel by ashotog.

Tags: expedition · Yamalo-Nenets okrug

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The accident happened yesterday (May 20) with the new bridge across the Volga river situated in Vologograd city. The bridge was opened in October 2009 and it is one of the longest and most complicated structures of such types in Russia. All the traffic was immediately stopped. According to the eyewitnesses accounts the amplitude of fluctuations was about 2 meters. There is no information if the bridge was damaged and if it is possible to reopen it. Here are a couple of videos of the accident.

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Tags: bridge · Volgograd city

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