Monthly Archives: April 2010

Vitas: Komarovo!

Vitas: KomarovoPeople in Russia just love “old songs”. “Komarovo” is one of them. Maybe it is not too old poet Mikhail Tanich and composer Igor Nikolayev wrote the song in 1985. The Igor Sklar was the first who sang the song 25 years ago.. But songs should not die and now Vitas sings “Komarovo” and a lot of others pop songs from Soviet time. And public really appreciates it and loves the singer!

You might like to watch the original performance Komarovo in 1985 – WATCH IT.

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Russian Video: Engineer's Toys!

What to do With Old Mufflers and ConvertersWhat would you think are toys for Russian engineers. I think like anywhere in the world that could be different metal parts using like a constructor.

We already published plenty great pictures of different creatures made from Old Mufflers and Converters (What to do With Old Mufflers and Converters!)

Today we’ll watch a video about one of Russian engineer who even…. !


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Pripyat (Chernobyl) in 1970s – Soviet Documentary Video!

26th of April we remember the day of Chernobyl disaster. Pripyat – a city what was founded in 1970 to house the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers. Now it’s dead city.

Today we are watching a parts of Soviet documentary videos made in 1970s about this great city of Soviet Atomic Power…

The song accompany this videos “We’ll understand later”:

The beam of crystal utensils blinds eyes,
carpets weigh on walls
We frequently remember the price of any things,
but we don’t remember about invaluable.

We’ll understand later, we’ll understand later,
having wandered over world a lot,
how much dear for us the things,
which fortunately haven’t the price.
We’ll understand later, we’ll understand later

The river runs far somewhere,
the stars captivate in height
About a rain, about a snow, about clouds
nobody will ask: how many costs?

We’ll understand later, we’ll understand later,
having wandered over world a lot,
how much dear for us the things,
which fortunately haven’t the price.
We’ll understand later, we’ll understand later

How it is good that to singing birds,
to a grass and to these spring dews,
to a dawn and to light of summer lightnings
the label with the price was not been attached…

We’ll understand later, we’ll understand later,
having wandered over world a lot,
how much dear for us the things,
which fortunately haven’t the price.
We’ll understand later, we’ll understand later

We accept everything in the life,
We laugh, joy, we cry
And how conscience? How honour?
Really we shall appoint the price to them too?

We’ll understand later, we’ll understand later,
having wandered over world a lot,
how much dear for us the things,
which fortunately haven’t the price.
We’ll understand later, we’ll understand later

Watch and read more about Pripyat:
Russian Video: Chernobyl – Pripyat: Ghost City Chronical!
Russia: 23 Years Ago – The Worst Man Made Disastor in History! (Chernobyl)
Pripyat.com

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Documentary Movie About Vladimir Lenin!

Tribute to Vladimir Lenin’s 140 anniversary.


We are watching a documentary movie about Vladimir Lenin, Russian Revolution and early years of Soviet Union.

You can like this movie or not but I am sure that everyone who wants to consider himself as educated person should watch it whole.

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Svet and Kyle

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Boris Shtokolov – One of the Greatest Basses of all time!


I found this song by accident and it really caught my ear, so to speak. Svet has posted another song by this man, but until today I never realized much about him.

Boris Shtokolov (Russian: Борис Тимофеевич Штоколов) (March 19, 1930 – January 6, 2005) was a famous Soviet and Russian singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.
Boris Shtokolov was born in the city of Kuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast (USSR). In 1949 he entered the Ural State Conservatory in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) but wanted to became a military pilot. Georgy Zhukov having heard his singing said: “There are many guys like you in aviation, but in opera singing you are unique”. In 1950-1951 he was singing at the Sverdlovsk Philarmonic Society before he became a soloist at the Sverdlovsk Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1959 he was invited to the Mariinsky Theatre in Leningrad where he gained world fame as a leading soloist from 1959 to 1989. At the Mariinsky Theater he sang a great number of roles, such as Ruslan, Don Basilio, Boris Godunov, Ivan Susanin, the title role in Anton Rubinstein’s The Demon, Prince Gremin, Mefistofele, and many others. (Link)

Here he is singing Evening Bell – Evening Bell (Вечерний звон) is a popular Russian song written in 1828 by Ivan Kozlov and Alexander Alyabyev. The lyrics are adapted from a Russian-themed verse by Thomas Moore. (Link)

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Russian Video: Admiral Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carrier!


I just love this video about life on Admiral Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carrier. I think I never watched such beautiful videos – so calm music accompany the live on the aircraft carrier. Such calm and peaceful life on a such powerful military ship.

For our readers who wants to know more about Admiral Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carrier:

Aircraft

The flight deck area is 14,700m² and aircraft take-off is assisted by a bow ski-jump angled at 12°. The flight deck is equipped with arrester wires. Two starboard lifts carry the aircraft from the hangar to the flight deck.

The ship has the capacity to support 16 Yakovlev Yak-41M (Nato code name Freestyle), 12 Sukhoi Su-27K (Nato codename Flanker) fixed-wing aircraft and a range of helicopters including four Kamov Ka-27-LD (Nato codename Helix), 18 Kamov Ka-27 PLO and two Ka-27-S.

Missiles

The ship has a Granit anti-ship missile system equipped with 12 surface-to-surface missile launchers. The Granit missile (Nato codename SS-N-19 Shipwreck) is reported to have a range greater than 400km and is capable of carrying either a nuclear or conventional warhead.

The Klinok air defence missile system, with 24 vertical launchers and 192 missiles, defends the ship against anti-ship missiles, aircraft and surface ships. The system has a multi-channel electronically steered phased array radar and can achieve a firing rate of one missile every three seconds. Four targets can be engaged simultaneously in a 60°×60° sector. The range of the system is 12km to 15km.

The Kashstan air defence gun / missile system, supplied by the Instrument Design Bureau and Tulamashzavod JSC in Tula, provides defence against precision weapons including anti-ship and anti-radar missiles, aircraft and small sea targets.

Eight systems are fitted, combining missile launcher, 30mm twin gun and radar / optronic director. The range of the laser beam-riding missiles is from 1.5km to 8km. The gun can fire up to 1,000 rounds a minute in the range 0.5km to 1.5km. Six AK630 AD 30mm air defence guns are also fitted.

Anti-submarine warfare

The ship is equipped with an Udav-1 anti-submarine system with 60 anti-submarine rockets. Udav-1, supplied by the Splav Research and Production Association in Moscow, protects surface ships by diverting and destroying incoming torpedoes.

The system also provides defence against submarines and saboteur systems such as underwater vehicles. The system has ten barrels and is capable of firing 111SG depth charge projectiles, 111SZ mine-laying projectiles and 111SO diverting projectiles. The range of the system is up to 3,000m and the submarine engagement depth is to 600m.

Links about Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov:
1) Kuznetsov Class (Type 1143.5) Heavy Aircraft Carrying Cruiser, Russia)
2) Wikipedia: Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov

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Artem Justin Hanson is Back in Russia!

Tonight I was just shocked when I’ve read a story of 8 year old boy whose American foster parents sent him alone back to Russia because… because they didn’t want him anymore.

Russia Today video on Artem Justin Hanson

Pavel Astahov (the Russian representative on children’s rights) on RIAN Video speaks about Artem Justin Hanson)

More information on this case you can find here: American Parents Just Shipped Adopted Child Back To Russia Alone, With Note! (a lot of addition info in the comments also). Now Windows to Russia published two more articles on Artem Justin Hanson and since there are more and more new information in Russian sources is going to continue and update this theme.

Our friend from USA Marley an author of The Daily Bastardette already put two very impressive articles about this case what I highly recommend you to read! It’s even easier to follow the articles in her another blog Nobody is forgotten follow this topic Artem (Artyom) Justin Hansen

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Blagoveschenie – Annunciation in Russia!

Today as I was walking to work I stopped at Donskoy Monastery which is near my office. I happened to notice a huge crowed of people and went to investigate. I found, as you can see by this video. That Patriarch Kirill had given a special Annunciation Service at the Church that you will see in the video. So watch the video and you will see Russia’s Patriarch Kirill who is in charge of the Russian Orthodox Church.

This video will give you a good view of the Orthodox religious side of Russia. We put picture on the photoblog of Patriarch Kirill: Original Photos By Svet: Patriarch Kirill…

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