Archive for January 2014
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One of the main symbols of Russia from an unusual angle
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, Photos, Travel
Really beautiful and unique photo of one of the main symbols of Russia – St. Basil Cathedral standing on the Red Square in Moscow. Photo by mysea
Tags: Moscow city
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Smoke City – Saint Petersburg on a frosty day
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos
Beautiful photo of Saint Petersburg, the second capital of Russia, made in a really cold day by Ivan Turukhano
Tags: Saint Petersburg city
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Soviet sports pin-up calendar 2014
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Funny, Sports
Russian artist and illustrator Andrew Tarusov made a special Sports Calendar for 2014.
There are no Olympic symbols in the calendar which will become boring soon. Instead, it has some excellent pictures of drawn pin-up girls, and every month also has perky poem about different sports.
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Aerial views of Sochi Olympic venues and infrastructure
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Sports
The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi will start in less than a month. Let’s take a look at the Olympic venues and infrastructure from the air. Photos by Dmitriy Zotov
The Coastal Cluster (the Olympic Park)
Tags: Sochi city · Sochi2014
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The Best Commercials of the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Sports, Video
The Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi will start in less than a month. TV channels around the world are showing a lot of different commercials related to this event. We have tried to gather the best ones here.
Winter Games during Australian summer (Channel Ten)
Tags: Sochi city · Sochi2014
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Scenes from the life of frosty Yakutia
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
European part of Russia is dominated by abnormally warm weather. The temperature often rises above zero degrees; it is raining; snow in many places has almost completely melted. Global warming?
However, there are still places in Russia “enjoying” ringing frost, and they are located in Siberia of course. In particular, you can see how life looks when the temperature is below 30 degrees Celsius in Yakutia. Photos by Alex Cheban
Tags: Sakha Republic
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Futuristic Soviet Assault Rifles
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Technology
During the Soviet era, a lot of different and sometimes strange small arms were created. Nowadays, something is used worldwide, for example, Kalashnikov assault rifles. But some interesting firearms were almost forgotten.
Herman A. Korobov was one of the talented Soviet designers of small arms. Along with a number of other firearms, he was the author of these unique futuristic assault rifles created in the late 1950s – early 1960s.
TKB-011M and TKB-011
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