Legendary Tu-134 conducts its last flight in Russia
The iconic Tupolev Tu-134 plane conducted its last flight in Russia on May 20, Monday, from Irkutsk to Mirny. The aircraft will now be displayed in Museum of Aviation and Astronautics in Novosibirsk.
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Roscosmos Meeting With NASA CANCELLED! Trump’s Showdown With Congress Has Ripple Effect!
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Roscosmos is waiting for an official explanation from NASA regarding the visit of the Russian delegation to the USA. Previously, the American aerospace agency declared that the visit was rescheduled but didn't give the new date for Rogozin's visit. It's a known fact that some US officials have been demanding for his visit to be canceled.
Russia: Drone captures Yuri Gagarin monument on 55th anniversary of mission
Drone footage shot in Moscow on Cosmonautics Day, Tuesday, offers a brand new perspective on the enormous monument dedicated to the legendary Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, ahead of the 55th anniversary of his historic trip into space. Gagarin was the first human to travel into outer space, completing an orbit around the earth in the Vostok spacecraft on April 12, 1961.
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Video of a Russian Bell P-39 Airacobra Miss Lend Lease coming home to Niagara falls, NY to the Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum.
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Antonov on lentokonesuunnittelija Oleg Konstantinovitš Antonovin (1906-1984) työlle perustuva neuvostoliittolainen (nyk. ukrainalainen) lentokonesuunnittelu- ja valmistusyhtiö. Raskaita Antonovin An-124 Ruslan -kuljetuskoneita käytetään muun muassa YK- ja NATO-johtoisten rauhanturvaoperaatioiden tukemiseen.
Antonov-kuljetuskoneita on sotilaskäytössä Venäjän ja Ukrainan ja useiden Afrikan maiden asevoimien lisäksi muun muassa Kiinan Kansan vapautusarmeijan ilmavoimilla ja laivastolla.
Antonov (Антонов), ou Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex (Antonov ASTC) é uma companhia estatal ucraniana fundada em 1946, especializada em projetar e construir aeronaves, notadamente aviões de grande porte.
A companhia leva o nome de Oleg Antonov (Олег Антонов), projetista dos aviões An-2, An-22, An-24 e outros aviões lendários.
Constituída logo após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, no início da Guerra Fria, suas unidades de produção foram divididas em várias partes da então URSS, a fim de minimizar o risco de afetar a produção em caso de novos conflitos.
Como resultado desta política, os aviões Antonov são construídos em várias indústrias aeroespaciais, localizadas em Kharkiv (Ucrânia), Novosibirsk (Rússia) e Tashkent (Uzbequistão).
Antónov, o Complejo Técnico Científico Aeronáutico Antónov (Antónov ASTC)1 (en ucraniano: Авіаційний науково-технічний комплекс імені Антонова, АНТК ім. Антонова), antiguamente Oficina de Diseño Antónov, es una compañía fabricante de aeronaves y proveedora de servicios aeronáuticos ucraniana, con sede en Kiev, con particular experiencia en el campo de la construcción de aeronaves con gran tamaño. Antonov ASTC es una compañía de propiedad estatal.2
Fundada el 31 de mayo de 1946 en la Unión Soviética, por orden de Consejo de Ministros y Comité Central VKP con el nombre de OKB-153, y localizada en fábrica aeronáutica en Novosibirsk (hoy llamada NAPO). Por la misma orden, como constructor principal del nuevo OKB era nombrado Oleg Konstantínovich Antónov.
El primer resultado del trabajo de nuevo OKB era el mítico An-2 (construidos más de 18.000 unidades). En el 1952 OKB se traslada a Kiev, donde desarrollan el An-8. Luego vienen entre otros, el An-10 , An-12 , An-14,An-22, An-24, An-26, An-30, An-32, An-72, An-70, An-74, An-124, An-148 y An-225.
El 4 de abril de 1984 muere Oleg Antónov, y se decide llamar a la OKB con su nombre.
Flight with Russian Warbirds L-29 on Stord airport - Sørstokken
A flight with an Aero L-29 Delfin trainer plane.
Strategic Missile Troops
The Strategic Missile Troops or Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or RVSN RF are a military branch of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. The RVSN was first formed in the Soviet Armed Forces, and when the USSR collapsed in 1990–1991, it effectively changed its name from the Soviet to the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces.
The Strategic Rocket Forces were created on December 17, 1959 as the main Soviet force used for attacking an enemy's offensive nuclear weapons, military facilities, and industrial infrastructure. They operated all Soviet nuclear ground-based intercontinental, intermediate-range ballistic missile, and medium-range ballistic missile with ranges over 1,000 kilometers. Complementary strategic forces within Russia are the Long Range Aviation and the Russian Navy's ballistic missile submarines.
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Moscow Drone Racing (FreeStyle №1)
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B-2 Stealth Bomber over The Big House - HD
It came and went...FAST. This stealthy jet flew over the stadium after the National Anthem for The Big Chill Hockey Game between U of M and Michigan State. Largest outdoor hockey event EVER!
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Russia Military Parade - Victory Day 70 - St. Petersburg Naval Salute May 9,2015
Russia celebrates 70 years since the allied victory over Nazi Germany on May 9.
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Mr. Bedell and Mr. Granio fly to Salt Lake City to experience Northrup Grumman Foundation's Weightless Flights of Discovery. The flight consists of 15 parabolas that simulate Mars gravity (1/3 Earth's), Lunar gravity (1/6 Earth's), and zero gravity. The flight was paid for by Northrup Grumman Foundation with the goal of inspiring young learners to pursue careers in science and technology.
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00:06:32 1 Etymology
00:08:41 2 History
00:08:51 2.1 Early history
00:10:56 2.2 Kievan Rus'
00:14:52 2.3 Grand Duchy of Moscow
00:17:32 2.4 Tsardom of Russia
00:22:40 2.5 Imperial Russia
00:29:11 2.6 February Revolution and Russian Republic
00:31:01 2.7 Soviet Russia and civil war
00:32:50 2.8 Soviet Union
00:37:29 2.8.1 World War II
00:41:28 2.8.2 Cold War
00:46:28 2.9 Russian Federation
00:52:03 3 Politics
00:52:13 3.1 Governance
00:54:43 3.2 Foreign relations
01:00:35 3.3 Military
01:04:04 3.4 Political divisions
01:07:27 4 Geography
01:08:51 4.1 Topography
01:13:30 4.2 Climate
01:16:04 4.3 Biodiversity
01:17:30 5 Economy
01:26:22 5.1 Corruption
01:29:29 5.2 Agriculture
01:32:05 5.3 Energy
01:35:09 5.4 Transport
01:40:52 5.5 Science and technology
01:48:14 5.6 Space exploration
01:50:29 5.7 Water supply and sanitation
01:51:21 6 Demographics
01:57:01 6.1 Largest cities
01:57:11 6.2 Ethnic groups
01:57:41 6.3 Language
01:59:20 6.4 Religion
02:11:26 6.5 Health
02:13:42 6.6 Education
02:15:56 7 Culture
02:16:06 7.1 Folk culture and cuisine
02:20:06 7.2 Architecture
02:24:14 7.3 Visual arts
02:27:49 7.4 Music and dance
02:31:04 7.5 Literature and philosophy
02:35:14 7.6 Cinema, animation and media
02:39:41 7.7 Sports
02:47:57 7.8 National holidays and symbols
02:52:37 7.9 Tourism
02:56:04 8 See also
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. However, Russia recognises two more countries that border it, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are internationally recognized as parts of Georgia.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on th ...
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00:01:08 1 Globally prominent clusters (with specific dominant markets listed)
00:04:59 2 List
00:05:07 2.1 Africa
00:05:59 2.2 Americas
00:10:00 2.3 Asia
00:15:53 2.4 Oceania
00:16:24 2.5 Europe
00:20:01 3 Places with Silicon names
00:20:27 3.1 Africa
00:20:51 3.2 Americas
00:21:00 3.2.1 Brazil
00:21:28 3.2.2 Canada
00:22:05 3.2.3 Chile
00:22:28 3.2.4 Costa Rica
00:22:42 3.2.5 Mexico
00:23:04 3.2.6 Peru
00:23:16 3.2.7 United States
00:26:33 3.3 Asia
00:27:23 3.4 Europe
00:27:32 3.4.1 Estonia
00:27:42 3.4.2 France
00:28:11 3.4.3 Germany
00:29:03 3.4.4 Greece
00:29:21 3.4.5 Ireland
00:29:41 3.4.6 Italy
00:29:53 3.4.7 The Netherlands
00:30:05 3.4.8 Norway
00:30:17 3.4.9 Russia
00:30:41 3.4.10 Switzerland
00:30:54 3.4.11 Slovakia
00:31:06 3.4.12 United Kingdom
00:32:40 3.4.13 Ukraine
00:32:51 3.5 Middle East
00:33:14 3.6 Oceania
00:33:23 3.6.1 Australia
00:34:13 3.6.2 New Zealand
00:34:25 4 See also
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This is a list of technology centers throughout the world. Governmental planners and business networks like to use the name silicon or valley to describe their own areas as a result of the success of Silicon Valley in California. Nevertheless, there are a few qualitative differences between these places, and metrics may be applied to measure their dominance.
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00:00:01 1 Polymaths
00:06:03 2 Earth scientists
00:12:02 3 Biologists and paleontologists
00:22:10 4 Physicians and psychologists
00:29:18 5 Economists and sociologists
00:31:49 6 Historians and archeologists
00:43:43 7 Linguists and ethnographers
00:53:09 8 Mathematicians
01:07:46 9 Astronomers and cosmologists
01:14:41 10 Physicists
01:28:08 11 Chemists and material scientists
01:35:49 12 Structural engineers
01:37:46 13 Aerospace engineers
01:46:24 14 Naval engineers
01:48:53 15 Electrical engineers
01:51:11 16 Computer scientists
01:53:43 17 See also
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00:00:13 1 Permanent planetariums
00:00:37 1.1 Africa
00:01:21 1.2 Asia
00:06:51 1.3 Europe
00:21:00 1.4 North America
00:21:09 1.4.1 Canada
00:22:56 1.4.2 Costa Rica
00:23:08 1.4.3 Mexico
00:25:50 1.4.4 United States
00:40:49 1.5 Oceania
00:41:41 1.6 South America
00:44:17 2 Planetarium computer software
00:45:02 3 Planetarium manufacturers
00:50:40 4 See also
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Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk (Russian: Красноярск; IPA: [krəsnɐˈjærsk]) is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Omsk, with a population of 1,035,528 as of the 2010 Census. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of aluminium.
The city is notable for its nature landscapes; author Anton Chekhov judged Krasnoyarsk to be the most beautiful city in Siberia.
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east.Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, twelve independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Baltic states regained independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and a successor of the Soviet Union. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic.
Russia's economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is a great power as well as a regional power and has b ...