The Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday, August 19th, it lost control of its Luna-25 lander. The agency explained the spacecraft “switched to an off-design orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface.” ...
Every year on July 8, Russia celebrates its traditional “Family Day.” This day is dedicated to celebrating family, love, and loyalty across the nation — a nationwide occasion known as the Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity. Establishment of Family Day In 2008, a proposition from the Russian State Duma initiated the celebration of “Family ...
Unveiled a decade ago, a curious mouse monument stands in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. The Monument to the Laboratory Mouse is located in a park at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics — a research institution associated with Novosibirsk State University. The laboratory mouse statue is a scholarly-looking elderly mouse with pince-nez glasses balanced on the ...
The extraordinary footage of a Russian jet intercepting a U.S. drone over the Black Sea demonstrates just how potentially disastrous such encounters outside actual war zones can be. Released by the Pentagon, the drone’s own video captures the Russian aircraft apparently spraying the drone with fuel, then deliberately colliding with it. The incident matches similar ...
How did one Russian painter create works of art emphasizing the sky? Learn more about Ivan Shishkin and his landscape artwork. The sky is already a work of art, and this is something Ivan Shishkin, a great Russian painter, knew too well. The artist is well known for landscapes and how he can divinely capture ...
As the sun rose over Russia’s Ural Mountains shortly after dawn on February 15, 2013, the largest mid-air meteor explosion since the Tunguska event of 1908 occurred. The undetected meteor, or bolide, which measured around 60-65 feet across and weighed around 12,000-13,000 metric tons, hurtled into Earth’s atmosphere at 40,000 mph. A blast more potent than a ...
Everyone in the literary and nonacademic world is familiar with Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), usually referred to as Leo Tolstoy. He is affectionately known throughout the world simply as Tolstoy. The Russian author Tolstoy is considered one of the world’s greatest novelists. Gorky, another Russian writer, once said: “It is impossible to know Russia without ...
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China’s propaganda machine has been actively promoting an alternative reality that pushes pro-Russia and pro-Putin messages. On heavily censored social media platforms in China, Internet users share their support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. As documented by The New York Times, while the world overwhelmingly condemns the ...
Gas supplies in Europe are now very uncertain. Ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, neighboring European countries and the U.S. have been watching developments with anxiety. While the U.S. and its European allies have imposed a series of financial sanctions on Russia, they have evaded getting into a direct conflict with the Kremlin. ...
Finland’s Winter War of 1939-1940, also known as the Russo-Finnish War, saw the tiny Finnish army take on the might of the Soviet Union’s communist army. There was mistrust between the two countries. Finland believed the Soviet Union wanted to expand into its territory, and the Soviet Union feared Finland would allow itself to be ...
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