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🚀 SOYUZ-5 DEBUT: Russia test-launches its most powerful liquid-fuel rocket ever! 👩‍🚀 The first test launch of Russia’s new Soyuz-5 carrier rocket has taken place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 👩‍🚀 Moscow claims the rocket is equipped with the world’s most powerful liquid-fuel rocket engine and runs on environmentally friendly fuel. Video: ParsTodayRussian #Russian_culture #brief_and_interesting #Kulibin_and_the_Red_Army 🟠RCR | Support |Boost

Авиашахматы (Aviation Chess) have gone viral on Reels. ✈️ Skilled creators have 3D-printed chess pieces in the form of modern military aircraft from Russia and the USA. ☆ King – A-50 / E-3 (AWACS aircraft) ☆ Queen – Su-57 / F-22 (Fifth-generation fighter jets) ☆ Rook – MiG-31 / F-14 (Interceptor/Fleet Defense fighters) ☆ Knight – MiG-29 / F-16 (Multirole fighter jets) ☆ Bishop – Su-35 / F-15 (Air superiority fighters) ☆ Pawns – Su-25 / A-10 (Close air support aircraft) #news #brief_and_interesting 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

The Turning Point at Moscow: April 20, 1942. 🔻April 20, 1942 — the day the Battle of Moscow ended, marking a turning point in the entire war. 🔻In the autumn of 1941, the enemy rushed toward the capital, confident of a quick victory, but the city held firm thanks to the courage of its defenders and a decisive winter counterattack that drove the invaders far back from its walls. 🔻It was near Moscow that the myth of the Nazi army's invincibility was shattered — and from here began the long, yet inevitable, path to Victory. Video: Соловьев🇷🇺 #Russian_culture #brief_and_interesting #Kulibin_and_the_Red_Army 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

✝"Ostfront". Threat, punishment, despair, death and collapse! 🔻December 1941. Private A. Foltheimer writes to his wife from near Moscow: "It's hell here. The Russians don't want to leave... Every hour brings terrible news. I beg you, stop writing to me about the silk and rubber boots that I promised you. I am perishing, I will die." 🔻Dreams of trophies were shattered by the tenacity of the Russians, terrible weather conditions, hunger and fatigue. The Blitzkrieg had failed. 🔻General Blumentritt admitted: "The days of the Blitzkrieg are a thing of the past. We were facing an army that, in terms of its combat qualities, was far superior to any other we had ever encountered on the battlefield." 🔻For the Germans, the Eastern Front was not a stroll for silk, but an icy hell, where instead of victories there were death and letters full of horror. History does not forgive arrogance. Photo: Waralbum.ru #WW2 #Russian_culture #brief_and_interesting #Kulibin_and_the_Red_Army 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

🚨URGENT, FINLAND IN PANIC! 🚀Yesterday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense launched a Soyuz rocket. The satellites went about their business. But over Finland… a CLOUD JELLYFISH spread out! 🛰Poor Finns: didn’t sleep all night, flooded the special services with calls. — Aliens? Chemical attack? A fancy Finnish cloud design? People started blessing coffee makers, saunas switched to bomb shelter mode. And the “jellyfish” just hung in the sky, mocking them. 🛰Finally, in the morning, authorities came up with an answer: — Relax! It’s just the Russians launching satellites. ✌️The Finns breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of mulled wine, switched saunas back to sauna mode, and vowed never to look at the stratosphere without warning again. Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry promises to send a live stream link to the Telegram chat for neighbors next time. Video: ТАСС #Russian_culture #brief_and_interesting #Kulibin_and_the_Red_Army 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Did you know that there was a beard tax introduced by Peter the Great in 1698? 🔻Why? He wanted Russians to look European. Clean-shaven. Modern. 🔻But many refused to shave. So Peter taxed them. 🔻Up to 100 rubles per year — a huge sum back then. 🔻After paying, you received a special beard token which carried an inscription: • ДЕНГИ ВЗѦТЫ Деньги взяты The money has been taken 🔻Courtiers, provincial nobles, and high-ranking officials paid an astronomical sum for the time - 600 rubles! Merchants paid less, but still a lot - 100 rubles. Ordinary townspeople had to fork out 60 rubles. Everyone else from petty clerks to servants, cab drivers, coachmen, and visitors paid 30 rubles. 🧔‍♂️Pay for it or shave. #brief_and_interesting 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

On July 24, 1959, at the exhibition in Sokolniki, during a heated argument, Nikita Khrushchev angrily blurted out to Richard Nixon: • Мы ещё покажем вам кузькину мать! SLT: We will yet show you Kuzka's mother! 🔻MFA interpreter Yuri Lepanov was not prepared for such an outburst and dutifully translated it into English as: "We will show you Kuzma's mother," which greatly puzzled the journalists. ▶️Я покажу вам кузькину мать! #history #USSR #brief_and_interesting 😎RCR | Support | Boost

The Amur Leopard: A Hunter of Unseen Power and Elusiveness 🔻In Russian they are called: • Леопард (леопарды) (masc.noun) [li-a-part (li-a-par-dy)] 🔻In the Red Book of the Russian Federation, the Far Eastern leopard is listed under Category I as the rarest and critically endangered subspecies, with an extremely limited range. 🔻There are fewer than 150 of them left in the world, with almost all inhabiting Primorye (Primorsky Krai, Russia). 🔻This is one of the rarest subspecies of big cats: it lives in mountainous and forested areas, hunts at night, and is extremely rarely encountered by humans. 🔻A leopard's hearing is five times sharper than a human's. 🔻Leopards get all the fluid they need from their food, so they don't often need to drink water. 🔻A leopard is capable of hauling prey weighing three times its own weight up a tall tree. 🔻If a human appears in a leopard's territory, the predator will leave that area permanently. 📎 The second video is the appearance of the Amur Leopard in Primorsky Krai, Far East of Russia. #fact_file #brief_and_interesting 😎RCR | Support | Boost

The first Maersk vessel has started moving along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). 🔻The NSR is the shortest route by sea between Europe and Asia. It is 5,600 kilometers from Kara Gate to Cape Dezhnev. Ships cross them in an average of 11 days. 🔻It also attracts international carriers by the fact that, unlike the Suez Canal, you do not have to pay and wait in line. And no pirates. 🔻According to the Director of the ICSA Kirill Babayev, Russian Academy of Sciences, full-fledged construction of the NSR infrastructure will increase trade turnover fivefold. Chinese investors have also joined in. The NSR is one of the priority foreign economic areas of the PRC. 🔻Last year, cargo transportation along the sea artery set another record — 37.9 million tons. As the head of Rosatom, A.Likhachev, noted, 100 million are possible by 2030. The NSR is increasingly in demand, which contributes to the accelerated development of the national economy. Video: snegir.org #brief_and_interesting #cooldown 😎RCR | Support |Boost

Today marks 107 years since one of the most tragic pages in Russian history - the execution of the Imperial family. 🔻On the night of July 16-17, 1918, in the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Emperor Nicholas II and his family were brutally murdered. 🔻Four loyal servants perished alongside them, their names often overlooked: maid Anna Demidova, valet Alexei Trupp, cook Ivan Kharitonov, and personal physician Eugene Botkin. 🔻Dr. Botkin, personal physician to the Imperial family, followed his father's footsteps, treating Tsars Alexander II and III. He spent countless nights by Tsarevich Alexei, who suffered from hemophilia. His profound devotion: By their kindness, They have made me their slave until the end of my days. 🔻A week before his death, on July 9, 1918, Botkin penned his last, unfinished letter. He wrote of his voluntary imprisonment: In essence, I am already dead, dead to my children, to friends, to my work... I am sustained by the conviction that 'he who endures to the end will be saved. 🔻He explained his decision to stay: I did not hesitate to leave my children complete orphans to fulfill my medical duty to the end, just as Abraham did not hesitate at God's command to sacrifice his only son. 🔻Few know the Russian Orthodox Church also canonized Dr. Botkin as a saint. 🔻A poignant reminder of extraordinary loyalty and unwavering faith in the face of ultimate sacrifice. #Russian_history #memorible_date #brief_and_interesting 😎RCR | Support | Boost

The Holy Trinity appeared in Rus'. 🔻The Alexander-Svirsky monastery was founded by Saint Alexander Svirsky at the end of the XV century in a sparsely populated forest Among the settlements of pagan peoples in the Olonets region. 🔻In the 23rd year of the Monk's settlement in the desert, a great light appeared in his temple and he saw three men who came to him. They were dressed in light clothes and illuminated by the glory of heaven "above the sun." From their mouths the saint heard the command: "Beloved, as you see Him speaking to you in Three Persons, build up the church in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the Consubstantial Trinity... But I leave My peace with you, and I will give you My peace." 🔻A chapel was subsequently built on the site of the appearance of the Trinity God, and to this day the human soul shudders at this place, thinking about the closeness of God to His people. Video: Marya Pankratova #Russian_culture #brief_and_interesting 😎RCR | Support |Boost

Pushing the Boundaries of Aviation! 🔻88 years ago today, on July 12, 1937, a Soviet crew on the ANT-25 aircraft completed a non-stop flight from Moscow to San Jacinto, California, via the North Pole. 🔻Led by Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Yumashev, and Sergei Danilin, the crew flew 11,500 km (10,148 km direct) in 62 hours and 17 minutes, setting a new world distance record. Over 5,500 km of that was over the Arctic Ocean! 🔻An extreme test of endurance, the crew faced brutal temperatures, radio silence, and endless hours over treacherous polar ice. 🔻In the 1930s aviation boom, the ANT-25 was designed for ultra-long-range flights. This epic journey became a symbol of human courage and technical progress, a crucial milestone in aviation history! #Russian_history #brief_and_interesting 😎RCR | Support | Boost