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Blagoveshchensk – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Blagoveshchensk is the fifth largest city in the Russian Far East, the capital of the Amur region.
This city, located on the left bank of the Amur River, is the only administrative center in Russia standing on the state border. Chinese city of Heihe is located on the right bank of the Amur, at a distance of half a kilometer. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
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Construction of the cosmodrome “Vostochny”
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Regions, Science, Technology
The Vostochny (“Eastern”) Cosmodrome is the future Russian spaceport being constructed near the village of Uglegorsk in Amur region, in the Far East.
In September 2011, the preparatory construction work began, and, in mid-2012, the full-scale construction of infrastructure and technological facilities of the cosmodrome started. Photos by: Stepanov Slava.
walk through the unique construction site
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The construction site of the new Russian cosmodrome “Vostochny”
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Technology
Cosmodrome “Vostochny” is being built in the Far East of Russia in Amur region, near the village of Uglegorsk. The total territory reserved to the needs of the cosmodrome is 1035 square km.
The first launch is scheduled for the end of 2015, the first launch of manned spacecraft – in 2018. The total cost of the project is about $ 9 billion. Several new photos from the construction site taken two days ago (June 1, 2014) by Dmitry Rogozin.
future of Russian space program
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