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    Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire

    The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was

    This Could Have Been Our Future

    Beware Giant Radioactive Turtles of the Soviet Era

    Soviet Monkey-Human Sex Experiments Live On

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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/18/09

    In reply to Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire
    i think Sputnik was a man-MADE satellite, not a MANNED satellite...
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/18/09

    In reply to Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire
    Lots of good stuff like this at English Russia: [englishrussia.com] .

    For US equivalents, try: [www.lostamerica.com] .
    -Kle.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/17/09

    In reply to Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire
    I've mentioned this before when this topic has come up: you can see sights similar to this (minus the cyrillic writing) in the Western U.S., particularly along routes which an Interstate taking a different route put whole towns out of business. I have ridden US-36 from Denver to Indianapolis several times. The portion in Eastern Colorado is downright spooky with ghost towns created when the I-70 route was chosen to be US-40 instead of US-36.

    If you're on a motorcycle, do _not_ pass any open gas stations along the Eastern Colorado section.
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    Image of jabber jabber
    11/18/09

    @Chip Overclock: Yea, I also like to know why. Are there zombies in those areas?
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/18/09

    @jabber: "do not pass any open gas stations" means "do not pass up any opportunity to get gas because such opportunities are few and far between". I use a BMW R1100RT with about a 300 mile range as my touring bike, and even I got a little nervous.
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    11/18/09

    @Chip Overclock: Same advice if you ever take a trip across the north shore of Lake Superior. There's a 75 mile stretch (give or take) where there is no civilization at all. I think that it's east of Marathon. Very cool. The views are awesome, but bring a good bug spray, and never confront a moose. The most fun I've ever had on a Canadian highway (someday I'll do the Alaska Highway).
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/17/09

    In reply to Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire
    The worst ones are the pictures of abandoned playgrounds. Ooof, the blank eyes of grinning horsies. #sovietruins
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/17/09

    In reply to Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire

    Some of the early Stalinist architecture is quite beautiful. It's when they ended up facing a housing crisis etc. that they turned to the mass produced, cheaply constructed austere architecture. Obviously it was not designed to stand the test of time. #sovietruins
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/17/09

    @EdificeComplex: I was in Beijing in a government building built by the Russians in the 50s. As you walked up the stairs, the upper flight of stairs got closer and closer to the lower flight, until near the top of the stairwell you had to stoop to continue walking up. My hosts just shook their heads and muttered "Russians" as if that explained everything.

    There are two styles of buildings on the campus of Peking University (which is what it was still called when I was there): lovely classical Chinese buildings built (I was told) by the Americans many decades ago, and ugly concrete and cinder block buildings built by the Russians in the 50s and 60s.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/17/09

    In reply to Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire
    cool and creepy. You can almost hear the wind whistling through. And then come the Screamers. #sovietruins
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    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    11/17/09

    @BadUncle:
    Dude, Screamers totally live there. #sovietruins
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    Image of WLDaywalker WLDaywalker
    11/17/09

    In reply to Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire
    Someone call Infinity Ward. They're going to need ideas for scenery for Modern Warfare 3. #sovietruins
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/18/09

    @WindowlickinDaywalker: I thought two of those were Prypyat, but they're not. Apparently all abandoned ex-Soviet buildings look the same
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/17/09

    In reply to Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire
    All Your Base Are Belong To Desert #sovietruins
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    It looks like the planes from "Shape of Things to Come." #kalinink7
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    It's Strategic Bomber Lover Guilio Douhet's ultimate wet dream come to life.

    Nice idea, but highly impractical based on the actual history. Bf-109s and FW-190s would have made short work of something this big and slow. #kalinink7
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    I don't know if this behemoth would be much of a match against the Vril antigravity technology appropriated by the Nazis. Perhaps the if the K-7 was piloted by psychic dog heads kept alive in tanks.
    Hmmm. Yes, that makes more sense. #kalinink7
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area:
    Or Yuri the Psychic from Red Alert #kalinink7
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area: Only if they were commanded by a hardened veteran two headed dog. #kalinink7
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area: It's too big, though--you'd need too many dog heads. You'd be better off using a robot with a gorilla's brain--or better yet, a criminal's brain--as a pilot. #kalinink7
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    @cletar: You mean the ones from Wings Over the World, headquartered in Basra?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    @cletar: Excellent. Somebody get this man a research grant, pronto! #kalinink7
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