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more about #soviet tennis_king81001: Wrong. I saw this documentary by Quentin Tarantino called "Inglorious Basterds," and Hitler's body, as well as the bodies of other members in the Thir... more » vangorder: They're not powered by reactors, they're powered by RTGs. more » stryder100: That lighthouse is beautiful. more » jblock: I remember this on NPR, the story was that some of these were so remote they didn't check up on them too often, and when they went to check one of the... more » Lorem Ipsum: I assume РААИАЦИЯ means "RADIATION" and not "Welcome Nice People to Glorious Atomic Beacon to make Benefit of Motherland". more » strider_mt2k: I thought it was going to say they're still operating. Some of that Soviet-era stuff is awesomely designed and built. Some of it. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: In Soviet Russia, house lights you! more » takemetoyourtoaster: TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY more » Skiphex: "people in Russia used big moustaches" I'm afraid to ask, but what exactly did they use big moustaches for? more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: So did they use lightbulbs, or just have a viewport directly into the reactor? more » Nacon: It's Nuclear abandoned. Meaning they already took the nuclear out but the radiation are still imprinted in the lighthouse. It doesn't run anymore. Pl... more » -
#hitler
Who Stole Hitler's Corpse? The Truth Revealed
Ever wondered what happened to the corpses of Hitler, Eva Braun, and Goebbels? Russia has just released the official story of what happened after the KGB grabbed the corpses in Berlin. -
#boom
Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
Once upon a time, back when people in Russia used big moustaches and sent other people to Siberia, there were no GPS or tacky cellphones. But they had atomic lighthouses to light the Artic shores. More » -
#steampunk
Steampunk Soviet Gas Mask Looks Like That Nazi From Hellboy 1
This specially-created one-off steampunk gas mask was made from leather, brass, and a Soviet-era gas mask. What's special about this isn't that it looks incredibly creepy and incredibly cool, it's that it looks kinda similar to that Nazi villain from the first Hellboy movie. Maybe it's just us and our excitement for Hellboy II that we're even thinking of buying this on eBay for $650 to use in our "LARPing". Yeah, that's the ticket. [ebay via Livejournal via Steampunk Workshop via Wired] More » -
#spacefleet
Buran Space Shuttle Floats Along the Rhine
The Buran space shuttle was once the apple of the Soviet space fleet's eye. Unfortunately, it has now been reduced to floating peacefully down the river Rhine, where it will eventually come to rest at the Technik Museum Speyer in Mannheim, Germany. The great shuttle took to the skies only once during an unmanned test flight, but two decades later, the modern relic has gone the way of a crushed Buzz Lightyear—it's realized it can't fly, but at least it can put on one hell of an exhibition. Good on you, Buran. The images of the final float look stunning, and the video of the event, which is set against some seriously melancholic music, makes the whole event look like a sad and dignified funeral procession. Check out the pictures in the gallery below, then jump in to see the clip. Warning: have your hankies ready. More » -
