Russian Helicopters Mi-38 flies

Mil Moscow Helicopters and Kazan Helicopters - part of holding group Russian Helicopters - have flown the second prototype of the M-38 medium twin-turbine helicopter, designed to replace the Mi-8/17. Production is planned to begin in 2013. LINK: Youtube. More at http://rus-helicopters.ru/en/

Bike Helmets Have Never Been More Fun

Funny helmet designs created by Russian advertising company 'Good.'

(Via: 2leep), Via: The Presurfer

Russian board games from the 1920s and 1930s

A gallery of lighthearted Russian board games from the 1920s and 1930s. (Via: Phillip Torrone) Via: Boingboing

The History of The Battleship Potemkin

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This silent video made in 1925 was in response to the uprising on the Russian Prince Ship Potemkin. These sailors where brutalized at the hands of the ships officers. The meat that the had to eat routinely had maggots in it. In response to the intense brutality, the men forged a mutiny.


Via: christonecipher-friends, Via: Neatorama

Abandoned Army: 200 tanks left in Russian woods

The fate of 200 tanks left in woods in the Urals, is raising further questions from the public over mismanagement in the Russian army. This amateur footage reportedly shows locals with unrestricted access to the tanks, walking freely among them, and even climbing inside them. And that's despite claims by the authorities they're being guarded around the clock, and will be relocated next month. Locals say the Ministry of Defence brought the tanks to the woods in November. LINK: Youtube

Russian Sand Sculptures

These days there was a sand sculptures contest in Moscow. Some of the most cool looking ones you can find in this post.

The organizers didn’t realize that Moscow is not the best place to held such an event because of unstable spring climate. Usually those contests are being conducted in the regions where the rains are not so often, but in this place and this time of the years rains just can go daily, so it’s big pity they didn’t last long. LINK

A Motorcycle With a Tank Engine

The Panzerbike is a German-built motorcycle with the engine of a T-55 tank inside. That’s a diesel V12 with 620 HP. The bike is 19 feet long, 9 feet wide, and weighs nearly 5 tons. Actually, it’s more like a tractor than a motorcycle, since the sidecar is built-in and it takes two people to steer. Still, Tilo Niebel and his friends at the Harzer Bike company created quite an impressive piece of machinery.

Link, Via: Ride Fast & Shoot Straight, Via: Neatorama

"Panzerbike Zilly T55 Russian Tank Engine" LINK: Youtube

Creepy Russian high-voltage towers

These beautiful high-voltage towers in Istra, Russia, near Moscow are the Experimental Grounds for High-Voltage Generation. They still light up and fire streaks of lightning into the night. LINK

Creepy High Voltage Installations

The First And Only Flight Of The Russian Space Shuttle.

Test Flights:

The first suborbital test flight of a scale model of Buran took place in July 1983. There were five additional flights of the scale model in following years. Aerodynamic tests of the full-scale Buran analogue began in 1984. This aero-Buran was worn out after 24 test flights and would not fly again. The last of these aerodynamic test flights was in April 1988. LINK

Spoon made in a Russian POW camp

The clenched fist with a straight thumb was a symbol of rebellian against orthority and was probably the only way this prisoner could show disent, hand carved, probaly by the owner/user. LINK

Utter Loneliness By Dmitry Maximov

Russian artist Dmitry Maximov eloquently captures one of our most painful emotions in these set of pictures. Using a mixture of illustration and photographic technique, he beautifully creates a world unlike our very own. LINK

Crazy Car Design

A drunk Russian decided to make his car look like an old melted banana. w/ photos. LINK