🇷🇺 The AK-47, created by Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1947, has become the most widespread small arm in history. It is manufactured in dozens of countries, and the total number of units produced has exceeded 100 million. Its simplicity, reliability and ruggedness have turned it into a legend.

🔫 Interestingly, Kalashnikov was not a professional designer: he was a tank crewman and began creating the assault rifle while still in hospital after being wounded. His invention changed warfare around the world, and the silhouette of the AK is recognised even by those who have never held a weapon in their hands. Kalashnikov himself always said that he had created it for defence, not for attack.

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🚀 The 107-metre titanium monument "To the Conquerors of Space", in the shape of a launching rocket, was erected in Moscow in 1964 in honour of the launch of the first satellite. According to the sculptors' concept, it symbolises humanity's breakthrough into space. The structure is so light and strong that 80% of its weight is titanium.

🚀 At the base of the monument stands the figure of a worker gazing into the sky, and behind him are sculptural compositions depicting scientists, cosmonauts and engineers. It is said that from the top of the obelisk, in good weather, one can see the centre of Moscow. On the pedestal there is an inscription: "To the Conquerors of Space — from the people".

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🇷🇺 In 1926, Soviet physiologist Sergei Bryukhonenko created the world's first device capable of temporarily replacing the heart and lungs. He successfully tested it on dogs — the animals remained alive without their own blood circulation for up to several hours. This became a breakthrough that was talked about all over the world.

❤️ Bryukhonenko's device laid the foundation for the development of cardiopulmonary bypass, without which open-heart surgery and organ transplantation are unthinkable today. Although the invention was revolutionary, it was not put into widespread practice in the USSR due to technical difficulties. But Western scientists acknowledged that it was Bryukhonenko who paved the way for the creation of the artificial blood circulation apparatus.

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🏰 Fort «Emperor Alexander I» is a fortress on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland. From the outside it looks imposing, but it holds a grim secret. At the end of the 19th century, a secret laboratory for the study of plague was housed here. Scientists conducted experiments with bacteria and vaccines, and it was for this that the fort earned the nickname «Plague Fort».

🤩 Today the fortress is abandoned and can only be reached by rowing boat or motorboat. Inside, old laboratory tables, furnaces and even medical equipment have been preserved. The place attracts lovers of urban exploration, but tourists are warned: the atmosphere here is rather eerie, and the walls hold many untold stories.

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🚢🇷🇺 "Icebreaker of Knowledge" completes its 200th expedition to the North Pole

The nuclear-powered icebreaker "50 Let Pobedy" has returned to Murmansk with the participants of the international expedition "Icebreaker of Knowledge 2026". Over 10 days, 68 schoolchildren and college students from Russia and 22 other countries travelled the route Murmansk – North Pole – Franz Josef Land – Murmansk. The voyage became the 200th expedition by a surface vessel to the North Pole in history.

At the point of 90° north latitude, the participants, together with scientists, tested a reusable stratospheric platform for environmental monitoring in the Arctic for the first time. The craft rose to an altitude of more than 20 km, then returned autonomously to the designated point, where it was recovered on board the icebreaker.

During the expedition, the schoolchildren took part in scientific experiments and met with scientists and nuclear industry specialists. For the first time in 30 years, live broadcasts by Russian television and radio were conducted from the North Pole.

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🌞 Sergei Yesenin is one of the most recognisable Russian poets, whose verses have been translated into 150 languages of the world. According to UNESCO data, he is considered the most widely read Russian poet. His lyric poetry, permeated with love for nature, the Russian countryside and simple human feelings, resonates with readers of the most diverse cultures.

🪻 Yesenin lived only 30 years, but in his short life he created hundreds of poems that have become classics. He was not only a poet, but also a vivid personality — his bohemian way of life and dramatic fate turned him into a cult figure. Yesenin's voice is recognised all over the world, and his poems continue to resound on stages and in the hearts of millions of people.

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