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How was the Transpolar Mainline built? (VIDEO)
Anna Sorokina
Sep 21 2026
History
The most ambitious project of the Stalin era – a railway beyond the Arctic Circle. How was it built and what remains of it today?
Anna Sorokina
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How the FIRST ever flight suit was invented in the USSR
Chekhov’s beloved town of Zvenigorod (VIDEO)
This cossack remained the Russian empress’ bodyguard even after the revolution
Where did the famous Orlov diamond originate from? (VIDEO)
How did Soviet soldiers relax between battles during World War II? (VIDEO)
This Nazi officer became a Russian Orthodox saint (VIDEO)
How they PARTIED in Moscow before the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution
Why did people in old Russia put FROGS in milk!?
Why did Russians sleep on... stoves!? (VIDEO)
Space crew splashdown training (VIDEO)
How the first amusement park appeared in Tsarist Russia
From England to Moscow: why a British man decided to link his future with Russia (VIDEO)
