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Incident during the loading of an air defense radar
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Army, Funny, Video
The following incident happened somewhere in Eupatoria during the loading of all-round surveillance radar 9S15 used with S-300 air defense system that provides defense against ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and aircraft.
Target detection range of the radar is 250 km or 155 miles, simultaneously it can detect up to 200 targets. But with all these abilities it is a huge and hulking vehicle as you can see below.
Tags: Evpatoria city
In continuation of the previous post about walking the streets of Lviv this time you can see the views of the city from the sky. Photos by Oleg Grigoryev
Tags: Lviv city
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Walking the streets of ancient Lviv
1 Comment · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Architecture, Cities, Video
Lviv architecture reflects a lot of European styles corresponding to different historical epochs. Fortunately the city was not heavily damaged during the wars of the 20th century.
After fires of 1527 and 1556 there were almost no traces of Gothic Lviv, but the following epochs are well presented: Renaissance, baroque, classicism. The historical center of Lviv has a lot of architectural monuments of the 14th-17th centuries.
Tags: Lviv city
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The hippie festival “Shipot”
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, People, Photos
Every year (July 1-10) the area near the waterfall Shipot (Volovets district of Zakarpattia region) becomes the place of festival “Shipot”. All kinds of informal people are going to the festival: punks, hippies, rastaman, representatives of other subcultures and, of course, ordinary tourists.
The first festival was held in 1993. The motto of “Shipot” is “Love, Peace & Wine!” The main day of the festival is the day of Ivan Kupala – July 7. Photos by Oleg Grigoryev
Tags: Zakarpattia oblast
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How Ukrainian Cossacks play football
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Culture, Sports, Video
“The Cossacks” is a series of animated shorts produced in the USSR by the Ukrainian film studio “Kievnauchfilm”. The following cartoon about how the Cossacks play football was filmed in 1970.
The cartoon surprisingly accurately predicted the group of Ukraine at the recent European football championship 2012, and even the order of the matches is correct: Sweden, France, England. The score of the match Ukraine-Sweden (2-1) is also correctly predicted.
And finally there is a scene with heavy rain that is similar to what happened during the match Ukraine-France in Donetsk.
Tags: Euro 2012
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Picturesque sceneries of Chernaya River near Sevastopol
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos
Chernaya (Black) River is one of the few rivers of the Crimea. The river flows along the bottom of a picturesque gorge in the vicinity of Sevastopol city.
Below, in the dense thickets of overgrown vegetation, it is not hot even in summer scorching heat. Pure water of the river gives the air its freshness and coolness. The relative proximity of the city makes this place quite crowded on weekends and holidays. However, on weekdays, there is almost no one here.
Tags: Crimea Republic · Sevastopol city
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The church soaring in the clouds in Crimea
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Travel
This church can be seen by anyone who is traveling by Yalta highway from Sevastopol to Yalta, or vice versa. Church of the Ascension is standing on the red rock at an altitude of 472 meters above sea level high above small town of Foros, which is why it is also called the Foros church.
Church of the Ascension built in the Byzantine style was constructed in 1892. In the 1930s, crosses and bells were removed from the church. It was restored and re-consecrated in 1990. Photos by Sergey Anashkevitch
Tags: church · Crimea Republic
Ukraine national team lost to England with a score of 0-1 and finished its participation in the European Championship 2012, ranked third in the group.
The team can be congratulated on a good debut in the final stages of the European championships. Ukrainians showed the ability to play great games and to accept defeat bravely and with dignity.
Let’s recall the most striking moment when the Ukrainian national team won its first game with Sweden and what were the emotions of fans across the country.
Attention! Reduce the volume.
Tags: Euro 2012
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Downpours stop play in crunch Euro 2012 match as France and Ukraine game
No comments · Posted by admin in Sports
Tags: Donetsk city · Euro 2012
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Andrew’s Descent – one of the main sights of Kiev
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Travel
Andrew’s Descent in Kiev is one of the oldest ways connecting the Upper Town, its central part, with the trade area Podil.
Today Andrew’s Descent is a street-museum. This is one of the major tourist attractions in the Ukrainian capital. Many famous figures of science and culture: scholars, writers, composers, painters, sculptors lived and worked here.
Tags: Kiev city