🇷🇺🙏🇮🇳 Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory message to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of India's Independence Day:
"Please accept cordial congratulations on the occasion of the Indian national holiday – the Independence Day. Your country has achieved universally acknowledged success in economic, scientific and technical, social and other fields. India enjoys well-earned respect on the world arena and plays important constructive role in the international affairs.
We attach great importance to the relations of the special and privileged strategic partnership with New Delhi. I am confident that with joint efforts we will further enhance fruitful bilateral cooperation in all areas and constructive partnership in solving topical issues of regional and global agenda. This, undoubtedly, meets the core interests of our friendly nations and contributes to security and stability of the planet.
Sincerely wish the best of health and every success to you as well as happiness and well-being – to all Indian citizens."
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"Please accept cordial congratulations on the occasion of the Indian national holiday – the Independence Day. Your country has achieved universally acknowledged success in economic, scientific and technical, social and other fields. India enjoys well-earned respect on the world arena and plays important constructive role in the international affairs.
We attach great importance to the relations of the special and privileged strategic partnership with New Delhi. I am confident that with joint efforts we will further enhance fruitful bilateral cooperation in all areas and constructive partnership in solving topical issues of regional and global agenda. This, undoubtedly, meets the core interests of our friendly nations and contributes to security and stability of the planet.
Sincerely wish the best of health and every success to you as well as happiness and well-being – to all Indian citizens."
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🔴 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the XI Moscow Conference on International Security
📍 Moscow, August 15, 2023
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202308150700-live15211-xi-moscow-conference-on-international-security-kicks-off-outside-moscow-
📍 Moscow, August 15, 2023
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202308150700-live15211-xi-moscow-conference-on-international-security-kicks-off-outside-moscow-
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📹 President Vladimir Putin’s video address to the participants and guests of the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security (August 15, 2023)
💬 Vladimir Putin: We see a multipolar world order gradually take shape. Most countries are ready to assert their sovereignty and defend their national interests, traditions, culture and way of life. New economic and political centres are consolidating their standing.
⚠️ At the same time, long-standing hotbeds of conflict are simmering in various parts of the world, and new ones are being provoked.
NATO member states persist in ramping up and upgrading their offensive capabilities, striving to bring the military confrontation into outer space and the cyberspace. They use military and non-military means to pressure others. And all this is taking place amid a disintegrating arms control framework.
The United States is intent on reformatting the existing system of interstate relations in the Asia-Pacific region as it deems fit. In fact, efforts to promote these so-called Indo-Pacific strategies are aimed at creating US-led military and political associations.
There are simmering hotbeds of tension in other regions of the world too. Every region may be special in terms of the security challenges it faces, but all these issues stem from the West’s reckless geopolitical undertakings and selfish neo-colonial actions.
☝️ Let me reiterate that it is only by having the international community work together that we can lower the degree of confrontation on the global and regional levels, neutralise challenges and risks and build confidence between states, while also creating broad development opportunities. This is rather obvious today.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: We see a multipolar world order gradually take shape. Most countries are ready to assert their sovereignty and defend their national interests, traditions, culture and way of life. New economic and political centres are consolidating their standing.
⚠️ At the same time, long-standing hotbeds of conflict are simmering in various parts of the world, and new ones are being provoked.
NATO member states persist in ramping up and upgrading their offensive capabilities, striving to bring the military confrontation into outer space and the cyberspace. They use military and non-military means to pressure others. And all this is taking place amid a disintegrating arms control framework.
The United States is intent on reformatting the existing system of interstate relations in the Asia-Pacific region as it deems fit. In fact, efforts to promote these so-called Indo-Pacific strategies are aimed at creating US-led military and political associations.
There are simmering hotbeds of tension in other regions of the world too. Every region may be special in terms of the security challenges it faces, but all these issues stem from the West’s reckless geopolitical undertakings and selfish neo-colonial actions.
☝️ Let me reiterate that it is only by having the international community work together that we can lower the degree of confrontation on the global and regional levels, neutralise challenges and risks and build confidence between states, while also creating broad development opportunities. This is rather obvious today.
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🇮🇳स्वतंत्रता दिवस की आपको बधाई!
भारत के 77वें स्वतंत्रता दिवस के मौके पर RT डॉक्यूमेंट्री, विविध संस्कृतियों और लोगों के अद्भुत संगम की भूमि भारत के देशवासियों को, रूस की तरफ से आज़ादी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं व बहुत-बहुत बधाई देता है! दो ऐसे देश जो इतिहास और दोस्ती के गहरे संबंधों को साझा करते हैं। आइए हम स्वतंत्रता की उस भावना का जश्न मनाएं जो हमें सीमाओं के पार एकजुट करती है। हम दिल से दुआ करते हैं कि इन दो महान राष्ट्रों का भविष्य सदैव उज्ज्वल हो!
आप सभी को स्वतंत्रता दिवस की ढेर सारी शुभकामनाएं!
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भारत के 77वें स्वतंत्रता दिवस के मौके पर RT डॉक्यूमेंट्री, विविध संस्कृतियों और लोगों के अद्भुत संगम की भूमि भारत के देशवासियों को, रूस की तरफ से आज़ादी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं व बहुत-बहुत बधाई देता है! दो ऐसे देश जो इतिहास और दोस्ती के गहरे संबंधों को साझा करते हैं। आइए हम स्वतंत्रता की उस भावना का जश्न मनाएं जो हमें सीमाओं के पार एकजुट करती है। हम दिल से दुआ करते हैं कि इन दो महान राष्ट्रों का भविष्य सदैव उज्ज्वल हो!
आप सभी को स्वतंत्रता दिवस की ढेर सारी शुभकामनाएं!
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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security (Moscow, August 15, 2023)
🔹 The very possibility of the dominance of one country or even a group of states is disappearing into oblivion. Today, it is of the essence to build a truly democratic multipolar world order based on generally recognised international legal norms, primarily the principles of the UN Charter.
🔹 In violation of the UN Charter, the Americans and their NATO satellites are trying to tell other countries which allies to choose or avoid. Westerners demonstrate blatant intolerance towards dissent, seeking to usurp the prerogative to shape the global agenda in all its aspects.
🔹 Washington and its allies are not embarrassed by the fact that through their actions they are threatening global stability, creating new risks, and undermining supply chains, as well as food and energy security.
🔹 In order to save their geopolitical project to “contain Russia” and to split the Russian world, the United States, NATO and the EU are flooding Ukraine with increasing amounts of modern weapons, thus stoking the conflict and provoking the unchecked spread of weapons around the world.
🔹 The geopolitical situation makes it difficult for us to pool efforts to neutralise the threats that are common to humanity, including fighting international terrorism, especially jihadist organisations.
🔹Everyone should learn their lessons from the tragic consequences of the wars unleashed by the United States and its allies. We believe it is important that the UN, which has of late been fairly quiet in this regard, should act proactively and step up its efforts in fighting terrorism without relying on double standards.
🔹 Russia will continue to consolidate the efforts of the international community to counter global and regional challenges and threats, to promote a positive agenda, to contribute to strengthening international security and stability
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🔹 The very possibility of the dominance of one country or even a group of states is disappearing into oblivion. Today, it is of the essence to build a truly democratic multipolar world order based on generally recognised international legal norms, primarily the principles of the UN Charter.
🔹 In violation of the UN Charter, the Americans and their NATO satellites are trying to tell other countries which allies to choose or avoid. Westerners demonstrate blatant intolerance towards dissent, seeking to usurp the prerogative to shape the global agenda in all its aspects.
🔹 Washington and its allies are not embarrassed by the fact that through their actions they are threatening global stability, creating new risks, and undermining supply chains, as well as food and energy security.
🔹 In order to save their geopolitical project to “contain Russia” and to split the Russian world, the United States, NATO and the EU are flooding Ukraine with increasing amounts of modern weapons, thus stoking the conflict and provoking the unchecked spread of weapons around the world.
🔹 The geopolitical situation makes it difficult for us to pool efforts to neutralise the threats that are common to humanity, including fighting international terrorism, especially jihadist organisations.
🔹Everyone should learn their lessons from the tragic consequences of the wars unleashed by the United States and its allies. We believe it is important that the UN, which has of late been fairly quiet in this regard, should act proactively and step up its efforts in fighting terrorism without relying on double standards.
🔹 Russia will continue to consolidate the efforts of the international community to counter global and regional challenges and threats, to promote a positive agenda, to contribute to strengthening international security and stability
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⚡️ Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on US military-biological activity (August 16, 2023)
◽️ Despite the fact that the stated goals of US programmes are to monitor disease incidence and provide assistance to developing countries, in fact, we see the Pentagon conducting uncontrolled dual-use research in circumvention of international obligations under the BTWC.
☝️ There is a clear trend: pathogens that fall within the Pentagon's area of interest, such as COVID-19, avian influenza, African swine fever, subsequently become pandemic, and American pharmaceutical companies become the beneficiaries.
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◽️ The next step, taken by the United States to realise its strategic plans in establishing global biological control, was the creation of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy.
It is envisaged that the new structure will be responsible for setting the course and coordinating actions to combat known and unknown biological challenges, including pathogens that could trigger another global emergency.
👉 Thus, as in 2019, the US has begun preparing for a new pandemic by searching for virus mutations.
The US Army Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, currently headed by Colonel Constance Jenkins, will play a leading role in the military department's biomedical warfare programme.
⚠️ Documents, obtained during the special military operation, show that the institution is directly involved in the collection of dangerous pathogens in various regions of the world, testing of unregistered drugs, as well as the implementation of dual-use programmes, ordered by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the US Department of Defense.
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◽️ Despite the fact that the stated goals of US programmes are to monitor disease incidence and provide assistance to developing countries, in fact, we see the Pentagon conducting uncontrolled dual-use research in circumvention of international obligations under the BTWC.
☝️ There is a clear trend: pathogens that fall within the Pentagon's area of interest, such as COVID-19, avian influenza, African swine fever, subsequently become pandemic, and American pharmaceutical companies become the beneficiaries.
***
◽️ The next step, taken by the United States to realise its strategic plans in establishing global biological control, was the creation of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy.
It is envisaged that the new structure will be responsible for setting the course and coordinating actions to combat known and unknown biological challenges, including pathogens that could trigger another global emergency.
👉 Thus, as in 2019, the US has begun preparing for a new pandemic by searching for virus mutations.
The US Army Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, currently headed by Colonel Constance Jenkins, will play a leading role in the military department's biomedical warfare programme.
⚠️ Documents, obtained during the special military operation, show that the institution is directly involved in the collection of dangerous pathogens in various regions of the world, testing of unregistered drugs, as well as the implementation of dual-use programmes, ordered by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the US Department of Defense.
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🔴 #LIVE: The UN Security Council holds a meeting on the supply of arms to Ukraine.
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/ru/events/202308171400-LIVE15264-UN-Security-Council-meeting-on-arms-supplies-to-Kiev
🔗 https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19nd8e4od
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⭐️ #OTD in 1921, legendary Soviet fighter pilot Lidiya Litvyak was born. She went down in history under the call sign «White Lily». According to legend, this flower was painted on her aircraft.
Since childhood, Lidiya had dreamed of conquering the sky. Already at the age of 14, she enrolled in an aeroclub, and at 15, she made her first solo flight. After graduating from the aviation school, the 19-year-old herself prepared cadets for flights.
⚔️ After the start of the Great Patriotic War, Litvyak enrolled in the women’s 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, where she piloted the Yakovlev Yak-1 fighter.
In September, Lidiya participated in the fierce battles over Stalingrad. Due to her successes in the sky, Litvyak was transferred to the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, the «regiment of aces». After the successful counter-offensive at Stalingrad in 1943, Lydiya Litvyak was sent to fight in the skies over Donbass.
🕯 On August 1, 1943, during the defence of Donbass, Litvyak engaged in an air battle with several Messerschmitts, which were superior to the Yak-1 in speed and manoeuvrability. The radio operators intercepted alarming reports from the pilots in the sky: «Lily has been shot down!». The crash site of the Litvyak fighter could not be found for decades. At the time of her last combat mission, she was only 21 years old.
The «White Lily» carried out 168 combat sorties and destroyed 16 enemy aircraft (12 solo and four shared victories). She became the most effective female pilot of World War II.
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Since childhood, Lidiya had dreamed of conquering the sky. Already at the age of 14, she enrolled in an aeroclub, and at 15, she made her first solo flight. After graduating from the aviation school, the 19-year-old herself prepared cadets for flights.
⚔️ After the start of the Great Patriotic War, Litvyak enrolled in the women’s 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, where she piloted the Yakovlev Yak-1 fighter.
In September, Lidiya participated in the fierce battles over Stalingrad. Due to her successes in the sky, Litvyak was transferred to the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, the «regiment of aces». After the successful counter-offensive at Stalingrad in 1943, Lydiya Litvyak was sent to fight in the skies over Donbass.
🕯 On August 1, 1943, during the defence of Donbass, Litvyak engaged in an air battle with several Messerschmitts, which were superior to the Yak-1 in speed and manoeuvrability. The radio operators intercepted alarming reports from the pilots in the sky: «Lily has been shot down!». The crash site of the Litvyak fighter could not be found for decades. At the time of her last combat mission, she was only 21 years old.
The «White Lily» carried out 168 combat sorties and destroyed 16 enemy aircraft (12 solo and four shared victories). She became the most effective female pilot of World War II.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Permament Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN:
🎙 Statement by Chargé d'Affaires of the Russian Federation Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC briefing on the issue of weapon deliveries to Ukraine (August 17, 2023)
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💬 The complete collapse of the Ukrainian system of military administration, widespread corruption and disorganization repel even Western mercenaries, who begin to realise that the only role assigned to them is not the fight for Ukraine’s freedom, but being ordinary "cannon fodder".
🔹 Due to the all-out corruptness of the Ukrainian army, Western weapons are spreading uncontrollably around the world. Through black markets, they end up in conflict zones, in the Balkans, Africa, and Latin America, directly undermining regional security.
🔹 By emptying the arsenals of its satellites and promising subsidised supplies of Western-made equipment in return, the US authorities are "vacating" the market for the products of the US military-industry to sell them to partners – all according to a well-established pattern that dates back to the post-World War II period. Europe is once again paying for these new weapons not only in money, but also in sovereignty.
🔹 There is no doubt that in its "proxy war" with Russia to the last Ukrainian, the West is purposefully turning Ukraine into an uninhabitable testing site, contaminated with radioactive elements and unexploded ordinance.
🔹 The people of Ukraine begin to realise more and more clearly that the Kiev regime is pushing them down a suicidal path to serve the interests of Western countries.
🎙 Statement by Chargé d'Affaires of the Russian Federation Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC briefing on the issue of weapon deliveries to Ukraine (August 17, 2023)
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💬 The complete collapse of the Ukrainian system of military administration, widespread corruption and disorganization repel even Western mercenaries, who begin to realise that the only role assigned to them is not the fight for Ukraine’s freedom, but being ordinary "cannon fodder".
🔹 Due to the all-out corruptness of the Ukrainian army, Western weapons are spreading uncontrollably around the world. Through black markets, they end up in conflict zones, in the Balkans, Africa, and Latin America, directly undermining regional security.
🔹 By emptying the arsenals of its satellites and promising subsidised supplies of Western-made equipment in return, the US authorities are "vacating" the market for the products of the US military-industry to sell them to partners – all according to a well-established pattern that dates back to the post-World War II period. Europe is once again paying for these new weapons not only in money, but also in sovereignty.
🔹 There is no doubt that in its "proxy war" with Russia to the last Ukrainian, the West is purposefully turning Ukraine into an uninhabitable testing site, contaminated with radioactive elements and unexploded ordinance.
🔹 The people of Ukraine begin to realise more and more clearly that the Kiev regime is pushing them down a suicidal path to serve the interests of Western countries.
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📰 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with The International Affairs journal (August 19, 2023)
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🔹 The ill-conceived policy pursued by the United States and its followers has made the current aggravation of the international situation inevitable despite our many years of attempts to prevent it, which is another manifestation of that degradation. I am referring to the full-scale crisis of European security, the blame for which lies entirely with our former partners.
🔹 Modern Russia sees its mission in maintaining a global balance of interests and building a fairer architecture of international relations. We believe that creating favourable conditions for the peaceful and steady development of humanity on the basis of a unifying agenda should be a universal priority.
🔹 A great danger in the context of the Ukrainian conflict is linked with the fact that the United States and NATO countries, while gearing up for confrontation, run the risk of becoming involved in a direct armed clash between nuclear powers. We think that this course of events can and must be prevented.
🔹 The essential thing we must understand is that the West wants to do away with our country as a serious geopolitical rival. It is for this reason that Washington and Brussels have unleashed a hybrid war against us.
🔹 The West must understand: Russia will use all means to defend its people and its vital interests. It would be better for our opponents to understand that confrontation with Russia is futile and switch to more civilised, i.e., political and diplomatic means for achieving a balance of interests.
🔹 Lecturing other states or dictating to them which partners to choose or avoid is not what we do. Russia does not forbid any of our neighbours or partners from establishing ties with anyone, but always asks them to consider our legitimate interests. I think they hear us.
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🔹 The ill-conceived policy pursued by the United States and its followers has made the current aggravation of the international situation inevitable despite our many years of attempts to prevent it, which is another manifestation of that degradation. I am referring to the full-scale crisis of European security, the blame for which lies entirely with our former partners.
🔹 Modern Russia sees its mission in maintaining a global balance of interests and building a fairer architecture of international relations. We believe that creating favourable conditions for the peaceful and steady development of humanity on the basis of a unifying agenda should be a universal priority.
🔹 A great danger in the context of the Ukrainian conflict is linked with the fact that the United States and NATO countries, while gearing up for confrontation, run the risk of becoming involved in a direct armed clash between nuclear powers. We think that this course of events can and must be prevented.
🔹 The essential thing we must understand is that the West wants to do away with our country as a serious geopolitical rival. It is for this reason that Washington and Brussels have unleashed a hybrid war against us.
🔹 The West must understand: Russia will use all means to defend its people and its vital interests. It would be better for our opponents to understand that confrontation with Russia is futile and switch to more civilised, i.e., political and diplomatic means for achieving a balance of interests.
🔹 Lecturing other states or dictating to them which partners to choose or avoid is not what we do. Russia does not forbid any of our neighbours or partners from establishing ties with anyone, but always asks them to consider our legitimate interests. I think they hear us.
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🇷🇺 🛰 Luna-25 Mission: Unveiling Lunar Mysteries from Orbit
Russia's Luna-25 station has performed several instrument activations with scientists obtaining the first results during its flight along the Moon's orbit, Roscosmos reported.
🌔 One of the key highlights involves the meticulous calibration of the ARIES-L instrument. This device will study the solar wind and the composition of the regolith. Additionally, the PML instrument captured a meteorite collided with the Moon's surface. Initial analysis points to this cosmic intruder being a bolide from the Perseid stream, a challenge Luna-25 successfully braved.
📸 Captivating images have also emerged from the mission. On August 17th, the STS-L landing cameras captured breathtaking visuals. These images showcase the ethereal Zeeman crater, nestled on the Moon's far side.
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Russia's Luna-25 station has performed several instrument activations with scientists obtaining the first results during its flight along the Moon's orbit, Roscosmos reported.
🌔 One of the key highlights involves the meticulous calibration of the ARIES-L instrument. This device will study the solar wind and the composition of the regolith. Additionally, the PML instrument captured a meteorite collided with the Moon's surface. Initial analysis points to this cosmic intruder being a bolide from the Perseid stream, a challenge Luna-25 successfully braved.
📸 Captivating images have also emerged from the mission. On August 17th, the STS-L landing cameras captured breathtaking visuals. These images showcase the ethereal Zeeman crater, nestled on the Moon's far side.
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Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Urals, marks its 300th anniversary
The city was founded on November 18, 1723, by decree of Emperor Peter the Great, but its ‘City Day’ is officially celebrated on the third Saturday of August (August 19 in 2023). The name of the city was given in honor of Empress Catherine I, wife of Peter the Great.
The history of Yekaterinburg began with an ironworks in the center of the city, which operated until 1808. And up until the end of the 19th century, among other things, most of the coins of the Russian Empire were minted in the city. A historical square with several museums now occupies the site of the old workshops.
In Soviet times, Yekaterinburg (which, from 1924-1991, was named Sverdlovsk, after the revolutionary Yakov Sverdlov) became a major industrial center. During the Great Patriotic War, the legendary T-34 tank was produced there and after the war, - quarry excavators and steam-hydraulic presses. Because of this, Yekaterinburg has also become a heavy engineering industry leader.
The architectural appearance of the city is mainly formed by buildings in the style of Soviet constructivism. And, in 1991, the only subway in the Urals was opened there. It connects the ‘Uralmash’ factory district with the historical center and the outskirts.
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The city was founded on November 18, 1723, by decree of Emperor Peter the Great, but its ‘City Day’ is officially celebrated on the third Saturday of August (August 19 in 2023). The name of the city was given in honor of Empress Catherine I, wife of Peter the Great.
The history of Yekaterinburg began with an ironworks in the center of the city, which operated until 1808. And up until the end of the 19th century, among other things, most of the coins of the Russian Empire were minted in the city. A historical square with several museums now occupies the site of the old workshops.
In Soviet times, Yekaterinburg (which, from 1924-1991, was named Sverdlovsk, after the revolutionary Yakov Sverdlov) became a major industrial center. During the Great Patriotic War, the legendary T-34 tank was produced there and after the war, - quarry excavators and steam-hydraulic presses. Because of this, Yekaterinburg has also become a heavy engineering industry leader.
The architectural appearance of the city is mainly formed by buildings in the style of Soviet constructivism. And, in 1991, the only subway in the Urals was opened there. It connects the ‘Uralmash’ factory district with the historical center and the outskirts.
📷 Legion Media, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
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