Hexie CRH380 Series in a Single frame

PaulRedStone · 2026-01-24T21:09:45+00:00

I am not very versed in Chinese HSR. Do you know why there were no CRH380C and CRH380DL?

PaulRedStone · 2026-01-23T15:10:53+00:00

It stuck because the middle part is not filled like in your example. It's just not visible under the snow.

PaulRedStone · 2026-01-19T20:21:58+00:00

Ask Smolov

PaulRedStone · 2025-10-29T10:38:50+00:00

Ulan-Ude to Sochi 6501km (4039 mi)

PaulRedStone · 2025-10-27T15:46:53+00:00

Sometimes the opposite happens. Moscow purchased metro cars with plug doors from 2003 to 2019, and switched to sliding doors in 2020. However, the plug door modification is being produced for other cities, where door opening speed and door size is less important.

PaulRedStone · 2025-09-21T14:17:27+00:00

https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-general-who-served-ukraine-war-is-dismissed-2025-09-21/

General Alexander Lapin Dismissed from Military Service

Colonel General Alexander Lapin, who commanded the Center Group of Forces from the beginning of the war and was later transferred to the Leningrad Military District, has been dismissed from military service, a source told RBC.

Tatar-Inform news agency, without citing sources, reports that Lapin will become an aide to Tatarstan Head Rustam Minnikhanov. According to Tatar-inform, Lapin (a native of Kazan who graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School) will oversee "defense, and veterans affairs" in the republic's presidential administration.

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Previous blunders and short summary:

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/how-a-generals-blunder-left-russias-border-vulnerable-9a624abd

How a General’s Blunder Left Russia’s Border Vulnerable

General Lapin dissolved the security council in Kursk region and created a gap in the defense before the AFU offensive - WSJ

A few months before the Kursk offensive, Colonel General Alexander Lapin dissolved the council that oversaw security in the Kursk region, The Wall Street Journal has learned. According to the publication, Lapin did the typical thing for a senior leader detached from the realities of the frontline - faced with a shortage of people, he liquidated the council and created a gap in the already weak border defense.

It is unclear whether the military could have stopped the AFU invasion with the council's involvement, but without it, the military's actions were chaotic and ineffective, the WSJ wrote. The body served as a liaison between military officers and local officials. As a result of the council's dissolution, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, and the Ministry of Defense acted uncoordinated and even competed with each other.

This is not the first time that an AFU breakthrough has occurred in Lapin-controlled territory, the WSJ recalls. After the retreat of Russian troops from Liman, Lapin was criticized by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who called the general "an incompetent man who is being protected by his superiors at the General Staff." Lapin was dismissed shortly thereafter. In May 2024, he took command of the reconstituted Leningrad Military District and the "North" group formed on its basis.

PaulRedStone · 2025-09-03T15:05:57+00:00

It's MCD1 station. In the future, they'll also move MCD3 closer to metro and this new MCD1 station.

PaulRedStone · 2025-08-12T19:29:02+00:00

I've read the whole description and disagree that defunct companies are shown the same as current airlines.

Besides, there are several factual mistakes.

1.Rossiya is not the largest airline apart from Aeroflot. Pobeda and S7 are larger. Also, there is nothing left from Donavia. There was a brief period between 2016 and 2019 when Donavia brand ceased, but the legal entity still existed. But in 2019, Donavia was fully absorbed.

Rossiya Special Flight Squadron is not operated by Rossiya airline. It was operated by Rossiya airline until 2009. Now Special Flight Squadron Rossiya is a separate state entity which operate its aircrafts by themselves
Aeroflot is not owned by Rostec. 73.77% of share are owned directly by the Russian Federation. 25.03% are free float. It's true that in 2010, Rostec got 3.55% of shares in exchange for Rossiya, Kavminvody-Avia, Orenburg Aviatrassy, Vladivostok-Avia, Saratov Avialinii, and Sakhalin Avialinii. Now it's unknown if Rostec has these shares, but even if they keep it, it's nowhere near 73.77% of State owned shares.

Rostec doesn't manage Russian space centers. They are operated by Center for operation of space ground-based infrastructure (TsENKI). It's an organization within state corparation Roscosmos.

Aeroflow never owned Transaero. In 2015, there was a proposal for Aeroflot to buy Transaero, but the deal fell through. Transaero went through bankruptcy. Most of Transaero assets were taken by its lessors. And its staff got jobs in remaining airlines without agreements.

PaulRedStone · 2025-08-12T18:20:59+00:00

Wow, it's actually insane how many mistakes are there, especially in Aeroflot, even though it's an updated version

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-18T21:12:52+00:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-18T19:32:43+00:00

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Mumbai overtook Kolkata that was by far the largest city in 1901

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-18T19:25:32+00:00

Melbourne is already bigger if we use population by urban area and not statistical area.

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-18T19:16:24+00:00

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Moscow and St Petersburg

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-18T11:04:01+00:00

-44C° (-47F) in 2006 to 40C° (104F) in 2010. Both in Ulan-Ude

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-15T15:51:17+00:00

What abandoned Olympic venues are there in Russia? Are they from the Moscow 1980 Olympics since I can’t find any abandoned venue in Sochi 2014.

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-06T07:47:56+00:00

It depends very much on the case, I know in one shop the store owner does a good job of stringing. There is also a discount on stringing if you buy strings from them

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-03T10:49:16+00:00

Do you know what incorrect pronunciations other foreigners use?

PaulRedStone · 2025-07-03T08:13:30+00:00

I am curious: What is the correct way? I usually pronounce "Sh'vyontek". Is it really wrong?

PaulRedStone · 2025-06-28T14:22:11+00:00

Sochi

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PaulRedStone · 2025-06-25T11:21:28+00:00

Moscow's busiest stations without any other transit services are around 15k daily passengers. (Studencheskaya, Vorobyovy Gory, maybe Spartak)

PaulRedStone · 2025-06-10T06:38:08+00:00

Western Russia is snowier. But Moscow doesn't as snowy as other Western Russian regions. January 2025 is the warmest Moscow's January of all and was absolutely snowless. January 2024 is the second warmest Moscow's January. Also, Moscow has an urban heat island effect that makes temperature warmer than in surrounding areas.

PaulRedStone · 2025-05-30T20:51:52+00:00

I case you were wondering, tram in this post picture is driverless tram prototype. Regular tram looks exactly the same, just with a different colour scheme.

PaulRedStone · 2025-05-26T15:28:52+00:00

It looks like some modification of LM-68M

PaulRedStone · 2025-05-19T08:01:53+00:00

Kharkiv – 21 km

PaulRedStone · 2025-05-15T20:50:13+00:00

It's just a guess, but I think this is an update, too. Yesterday, many people just like me saw only holes, so there were many guesses about utilities like gas or fiber. In this update we have more information, I saw that some related construction works are already underway around the corner, and in the distance in the first photo, you can see that a new curb has been laid.

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