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RTG TV TOP10 По следам первопроходцев. Туристические маршруты
Extreme helicopter operations
As Russia prepares for the 2014 Winter Olympics, big changes are taking place in the southern city of Sochi as the Olympic village is built from the ground up. Dozens of world-class sport complexes are under construction, along with hundreds of kilometres of new roads, tunnels and bridges. And all of this is being done in the mountainous region of the Caucasus. Mast lighting is being installed on the “Russian hills” where the Olympic ski jump complex is located. It is impossible however, to get heavy ground equipment to such heights, so workers must use helicopters instead. Between the peaks of Mount Aibga the wind is extremely unpredictable and constantly changes direction, which complicates things further. The pilots have to install 50-foot mast lighting in difficult to access areas, but not every helicopter is capable of hovering over an installation point for several minutes. The Kam...
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Extreme helicopter operations
Alexey Antonov — Ural stone cutter
Alexey Antonov’s stone pictures are comparable to the praised masterpieces of the talented Karl Faberge and Alexei Denisov-Uralsky. It is in his creative Yekaterinburg workshop that soulless pieces of mineral are brought to life. His compositions are full of expression and so realistic that it seems as if the small, stone figures might jump off of their pedestals. Alexey Antonov’s works can be found in many museum collections, as well as in private collections in Russia, Germany, The United States and other countries.
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