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Volgograd speed underground tram
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Entertainment, Video
Volgograd speed tram (Metrotram) is a transport system with 22 stations carrying about 10 million passengers annually.
7.1 km long section is built under the city center. Volgograd city speed tram is one of the most interesting tram routes in the world. Photo by parovoz.com
Tags: Volgograd city
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Flying near the Kremlin in Moscow
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Entertainment, Technology, Video
This is absolutely insane video with a flight around the Kremlin and other objects in the center of Moscow.
Surprisingly, the quadcopter was not shot down and the pilot was not detained. Apparently, no one expected such courage and foolishness.
Tags: Moscow city
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Moscow Kremlin in the early 19th century
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Entertainment, History
Moscow Kremlin 1800 is a project of recreating Moscow city fortress buildings of the early 19th century. It is based on various paintings depicting the architecture of the Kremlin made by artists of the time.
From a historical point of view, these images are closest to how the Kremlin looked like in 1805. Pictures by Moscow Kremlin 1800
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The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2014
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Photos, Sports
Olympic Games in Sochi have been very successful for the Russian team – the total number of medals won (33) is a national team record. The same number of gold medals (13), the Russian national team (at that time the Soviet Union team) won only one time in 1976.
Our congratulations to all the athletes with this result! Some photos of the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi by drugoi
Tags: Sochi city · Sochi2014
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Sochi Olympic Park and surroundings from space
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Photos, Sports
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Photo report from the opening ceremony of the Olympics
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Sports
The opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games took place at the Olympic Stadium “Fisht” in Sochi on February 7, 2014. The history of the Russian state was shown in the theatrical part of the ceremony.
Over three thousand dancers, acrobats, actors, aerialists, ballet dancers and singers took part in this show. About three billion people watched the broadcast of the ceremony. Source: drugoi
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National show-museum “Grand Model of Russia”
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Photos, Travel
Not so long ago, in St. Petersburg, a new attraction “Grand Model of Russia” has appeared. It is the largest model in Russia (800 square meters) showing cities and towns, forests and seas, people and animals, roads and railways.
The exposition has all key and typical objects of every Russian region. You can see different scenes from the life of the country: moving trains and cars, naval base, spaceport, a shepherd with a flock of sheep, ships at sea, etc. Here is just a small part of the models presented. Photos by deletant
Tags: museum · Saint Petersburg city
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Russian man and his pet bear
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Entertainment, Funny, Video
Typical Russian story – a man and his pet bear. But in this case it is really cool video that is worth watching. This bear is just like a dog, very big dog.
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Multimedia show for the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Photos, Politics
September 5-6, 2013, St. Petersburg hosted a meeting of the G-20 countries leaders. At Peterhof (museum, a monument of world architecture and the palace and park art of the 18th-19th centuries located on the territory of St. Petersburg), colorful multimedia performance was shown to the leaders of the countries.
Guests of the summit enjoyed the unusual show with light, lasers, fire, video mapping, pyrotechnics, high-altitude fireworks, special three-dimensional sound effects. Multimedia show was lasting 22 minutes. Photos by Petr Ushanov
Tags: Saint Petersburg city
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Hollywood stars photographed with a Russian newspaper
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Funny, Photos
These photos are not fake. At least so say the editors of the newspaper “Kopeysk Worker” published in Kopeysk town (Сhelyabinsk region).
Authors of these photos are American reporters Jack Tewksberry, Ali Sar. For four years, they get into the dressing rooms of Hollywood celebrities and offer to take a picture with the latest issue of the newspaper. Photos from hornews.ru
Johnny Depp
Tags: Chelyabinsk oblast