You probably know already that we are very biased towards Russian Cops on this site, mainly because most of them have no honor and take bribes constantly, nevertheless we are probably even more biased towards the insanely expensive cars some of them get to drive. Here is a gallery that shows you what they used to drive back in USSR days, make sure to click on the link down in the gallery to see what some of them drive these days…
Pictures from the private archive of the pilot of the Su-25 which he flew in the Afghanistan during its war with Russia…
Here is a collection of ads that Russian car manufacturers did in order to appeal to the Russian, as well as the foreign customers…
Ekranoplanes were invented by the Soviet Union engineer Rastislav Alexeev. They were created during Cold War, to serve as fast moving strategic “aircrafts” and were based on Caspian as well as Black Sea. These ekranoplanes could fly only meters off the ground, but had an advantage of flying fast under the radars (up to 550km/h on MD-160), carrying heavy loads as well as missiles. The “Caspian Sea Monster” also went into the history for being able to lift and fly 544 tons of dry weight, which is more weight than the biggest airplane in the world AN-225 can fly with…
“Lun” with 6 anti-ship missiles…
Even though this video is in Russian, it’s still worth watching since it shows you the rare archive videos of these birds in action…
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We’ve already had shown you what the “Russian Cops Shouldn’t Be Driving“, which basically shows you all of the expensive rides that Russian police drive these days. It won’t come as a surprise to those of you who lived in the former USSR republics, that their police departments would often drive Russian made cars. Here is a gallery that shows you some of the infamous Russian cars, being used by the foreign police departments…
We have already shown you the extensive collection of “Soviet Union Cars Part 1” and Part 2, as well as the showing you what the “Soviet Union Government Cars” had looked like, now it’s the turn of mighty cabriolets. Naturally people wouldn’t assume that Soviet Union with it’s harsh climate would even need to have a cabriolet, but nevertheless USSR had made quite a few interesting cabriolet designs, and here they are…
GAZ-14 Seagull Cabriolet
Recently the news had surfaced that a Swiss pilot Yves Rossy a.k.a. “Fusion Man” had flown over the Alps using his jet powered wing. That’s all nice and everything, especially knowing that back in 1935 a Soviet engineer Mr. Sanfirov had himself designed and then tested his wing while parachuting out of an airplane, except that his wing didn’t cost $285,000 to build…
We already have shown you the “Happy Days in USSR“, “Life in the USSR“, “Positive Look at life in USSR part 1, and part 2“, “USSR Without Glamor“, and “USSR from Westerner’s Perspective“, now here is another gallery showing you what life behind the iron curtain had looked like…
Here is a gallery of Soviet soldiers and all of those who worked on the factories and in hospitals, helping bring about victory and defeat NAZI Germany 63 years ago…
These pictures depict the fall of Berlin and the final days of WW2. The NAZI regime had been defeated by the Allies, which ultimately ended the war in Europe 63 years ago…
Here is the gallery of pictures from the WW2. It depicts Soviet soldiers and civilians all working towards the same cause…
Here are the pictures of Joseph Stalin’s Bunker that was built in the 1930s. This bunker is 50 meters below ground, and is located 17km away from Kremlin. The bunker is connected to Kremlin via the underground passages. During the WW2 Stalin often found himself living in this bunker, and undoubtedly that’s where a lot of important decisions were made…
We already had shown you pictures of one abandoned mansion in Russia. What you see on the pictures below is another abandoned mansion called “Otrada” which is located on the property of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) vocation resort 80km from Moscow. The first owner of the mansion was the youngest of the Orlov Brothers, count Vladimir Grigorievich (1743-1831). After retiring in the mid 1770s Orlov decided to first build and then settle in this mansion. Mansion’s design was heavily influenced by the English architecture. Around the mansion there were gardens with hills, statues, and benches. In the front there was a magnificent fountain, and in the mansion’s ponds there was plenty of fish. After the death of Vladimir Orlov, the mansion was given to his grandson count Davidov who was also known as Orlov-Davidov. Even after the death of Orlov, the cultural life of the mansion did not stop. Vladimir Orlov had organized an in house theater with orchestra which was performing even after his death. The indoor library, as well as a telescope of Russian scientist Michael Lomonosov were all kept in the mansion for 150 years. Later the mansion became a hot spot for famous Russian writers such as Bolotov, Tutchev, Bunin, and Chehov. In the mid 1980s the restoration of the mansion had began and stopped abruptly, leaving this mansion standing abandoned…
This is a very interesting video about experimental tanks that the former USSR was building. Swimming tanks, tanks with turbojets in the back, hovercraft tanks, certainly not many people ever knew about these projects, and even less had a chance to see those tanks in action. Even if you don’t understand Russian this video is still worth watching…
