I. V. Romanov's electric car at Gatchina Palace. 1900.

🔻In 1899, engineer Hippolyte Romanov built and demonstrated the first Russian electric car in St. Petersburg. It was designed to carry two passengers.

#brief_and_interesting
#Russia_in_photos

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🇷🇺 Тем временем в России...
🇬🇧 Meanwhile in Russia...

❓Who knows what's going on there?

#just_a_joke

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The Lada 2101: A Soviet Icon

🔻The Lada 2101, also known as the Жигули Zhiguli, is a small family car that was produced by the Soviet car manufacturer AvtoVAZ from 1970 to 1988.

🔻It was the first car to be designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union under a licensing agreement with Fiat.

🔻Technical Specifications:
Engine: 1.2L or 1.3L petrol engine
Power: 64-69 hp
Transmission: 4-speed manual
Top speed: 140 km/h
Length: 4.07 meters
Width: 1.62 meters
Height: 1.44 meters

🔻The Lada 2101 was nicknamed 'копейка' (kopeycka, a Soviet coin) in the Soviet Union because of its number: VAZ 2101.

🔻The Lada 2101 was exported to many countries around the world, including Western Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

🔻The production of the Lada 2101 ceased in 1988, but the car remains popular in Russia and other former Soviet republics. 

🔻While new Lada 2101s are no longer manufactured, you can still find them for sale in the used car market not only in Russia.

#USSR
#VAZ
#Russiancars

💙 Вечерняя Москва
Night Moscow

Video: moscowoutskirts

#Moscowsights
#chat_box

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🇷🇺 Сезон "похудею к лету" объявляется закрытым. Сезон "похудею к новому году" торжественно открыт!
🇬🇧 The "Get Skinny for Summer" season is officially closed! The "Get Skinny for New Year's" season is now open for business!

• Худеть (imperf.)
[khu-det']
=
• Похудеть (perf.)
[pa-khu-det']
To lose weight, to get skinny

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#just_a_joke
#just_cats

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Fyodor Andreevich Makhnov (1878-1912): The Tallest Man in History?

🔻Fyodor Andreevich Makhnov, a peasant from Vitebsk Governorate (now Belarus), is believed by some to have been the tallest man ever recorded.

• His height was estimated at a staggering 285 centimeters (9 feet 4 inches)!
• His foot measured 51 centimeters.
• His hand was 32 centimeters wide.

🔻Makhnov's extraordinary size led him to work in a circus, where he captivated audiences with his towering presence. 

🔻Later, he used his earnings to buy back land from his former landlord, achieving a sense of independence.

🔻Though young women were afraid of his sizes, he also married a village schoolteacher and they loved each other. They had several children.

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#tallestman
#history

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• С Днём Учителя!
[s dnyom u-chi-ti-lya]

🍁𝑀𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠!

𝐵𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚! 𝐼𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒!

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦,

𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒

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#RussianHolidays
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