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Huge diamond mines can create tornadoes that suck down helicopters
The world's most expensive Mir diamond mine in eastern Siberia can create a vortex strong enough to suck helicopters flying across the depths.
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An-225, the world's largest transport aircraft
An-225 aircraft by airline carrier Antonov, Ukraine is currently the world's largest transport aircraft, with a payload of up to 640 tons.
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A close-up of the Soviet antiques moon explorer
Born in 1969, the lunar exploration vehicle, Lunokhod, is one of the devices in the Soviet moon exploration program.
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7 premature Soviet works
The monumental buildings hundreds of meters high on the Soviet drawing sometimes result in the fact that buildings are several stories high, with completely different us…
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The ghost town near Chernobyl
A small city with nearly 50,000 people was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster and stayed in ruin for over a quarter of a century.
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Discover Russia's unique 'unique' rockets once
SS-24 is the fifth generation intercontinental ballistic missile of the former Soviet Union. The missile can carry 10 warheads equivalent to 10 to 35,000 tons of explosi…
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The US Air Force used to make Soviet bombs
A top-secret document has been put in the storage compartment in 1997, revealing that the US Air Force used to design and manufacture
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The first half-century satellite of humankind
Rounded 50 years ago on October 4, 1957, world history marked a new milestone by the Soviet Union launching its first satellite into space. This event kicked off a space…
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UNESCO awarded medal to Cuban astronaut
UNESCO decided to award the Medal of Science in Space to Mr. Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, the first astronaut of Cuba and Latin America to fly into space.
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Belarusian female writers won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature
The literary career of the writer Svetlana Alexievich fully portrays the Soviet Union in human history.
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Super nuclear bomb has the most explosive power in the world
The Tsar Bomba is the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever exploded, and remains the most powerful explosive device ever detonated in human history.
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Mutara Boy is more attractive than ASIMO
At the Japanese technology exhibition that is taking place at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace, the two most popular robot shows are Mutara's ASIMO and Muta…
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Auction of space equipment of the former Soviet Union
The auction house of Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris has auctioned the space equipment of the former Soviet Union. The most 'top' artifact is the set of flying suits
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Vietnam organized an international nuclear power exhibition
The exhibition takes place in 3 days from October 25 - October 27, 2012 at the Vietnam - Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace. Besides the exhibition area of Vietnam, the…
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Russia's first female astronaut to ISS
Yelena Serova, the first female astronaut of Russia, will be taken to the 2013 International Space Station, Vladimir Popovkin, Director of the Russian Space Agency (Rosc…