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The Medieval Church Shelled during the Military Exercises
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, History, Photos
Lutheran church in Gross Engelau was built in the 14th century during the reign of power and financial prosperity of the Teutonic Order. Lutheran church tower was often used as an observation post during military conflicts.
In 1807, the Russian officers observed the battle of Friedland from it. In August 1914, Gross Engelau was again in the thick of things, the tower was used by the military again.
Photo of the church before 1945
Tags: churches · Kaliningrad oblast
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Decommissioned Equipment of Russian Engineering Troops
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Photos, Regions
Defense expenditures in Russia are growing every year (about 14-18% of the total expenditure of the budget). In 2012, these costs amounted to about 1865 billion rubles (62 billion USD).
Some of these funds are spent on the purchase of new equipment, weapons, warehousing of the equipment at military bases scattered throughout Russia.
Tags: Abandoned
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The Russian Imperial Army, Part 2
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, People, Photos
The second part of unique high quality historic photos showing various troops of the land army of the Russian Empire.
The first part of the Russian Imperial Army photos
Tags: Russian Empire
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Funny Incident on the Investment Forum “Sochi-2013”
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Funny, Photos
Important guests, traffic jams, big money… Investment Forum “Sochi-2013” was basically the same as all the previous ones. But this time was not without incident.
Krasnodar region prepared the pavilion with 1,800 projects, for example, the F1 track. Among the projects was the ski resort Lagonaki. At first glance, nothing out of the ordinary was noticed: the snow-capped peaks, green fir-trees, etc. But photographers found something else…
Tags: Krasnodar krai · Sochi city
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The Russian Imperial Army, Part 1
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, People, Photos
The Russian Imperial Army was the land army of the Russian Empire. Since the second half of the 19th century, the army was formed on the basis of conscription.
The entire male population was subject to compulsory military service from the age of 21. The term of active service in the land army was 6 years, in the Navy – 7 years.
Tags: Russian Empire
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Walking Down the Streets of Cherkessk
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Cherkessk, founded in 1825, is the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia Republic located in the North Caucasus. It has a favorable geographical position, standing on the right bank of the Kuban River.
The city is the center of a unique multi-ethnic culture. The national structure of the population brings together more than 80 nations. Let’s walk through the streets of this small and quite cozy city. Photos by Timur Agirov
Tags: Cherkessk city
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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
Baskunchak is a salt lake located in Astrakhan region, about 270 km north of the Caspian Sea, and 53 km to the east of the Volga River.
The lake is a kind of hollow on top of the salt mountain. Numerous springs flow into the lake on the north-west coast bringing in the lake more than 2.5 thousand tons of salts per day. Baskunchak Lake location on Google Maps. Photos by Denis Frantsouzov
Tags: Astrakhan oblast · landscapes
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Moscow from the top of Ostankino TV tower
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos
Ostankino TV tower constructed in 1963-1967 is a television and radio broadcasting tower located in Moscow. The height of the tower is 540 meters. It is the 8th highest free-standing structure in the world.
It is very hard to get to the top – the antenna tower. It is possible only on the night of Monday to Tuesday, during a few hours of scheduled maintenance. These unique photos were taken by Dmitry Chistoprudov
Tags: Moscow city