Pepelats art object built by Uralkhimmash welders stands on the plant grounds

A pepelats, as is well known, is very rarely adapted for horizontal travel across the surface of a planet. Before us is a classic model of the civilian cylindrical pepelats, built by the welders of the Uralkhimmash plant. The art object stands on the plant's grounds and serves as a kind of focal point for industrial tourism in the region. There is no gravitsappa, so it will not fly

Report a translation error

September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Pepelats art object built by Uralkhimmash welders stands on the plant grounds

Read more

September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s