Ekranoplans—massive Soviet machines combining elements of ships and planes—were built to be the ultimate coastal transport ...

In the 1980s, an American engineer had a bold vision—to build an ekranoplan 10 times bigger than the Soviet Union’s Caspian ...

For most of the 20th century, only two countries had access to the Caspian Sea: the Soviet Union and Iran. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, four new littoral states emerged – Azerbaijan ...

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When the Caspian Sea Monster was first launched ... technology that was brought online at almost the same time as the Soviet Union collapsed. With budgetary pressures rising, the highly ...

They follow Azeri oil from the Caspian Sea to the filling stations of central Europe. By car, train, bus and foot, they trace the path it takes through a pipeline along the southern flank of the old ...

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Whether it’s a new ekranoplan, like the old Soviet “Caspian Sea Monster”, or a Hercules with giant pontoons bolted to the bottom, these unique amphibious aircraft would be a major mobility boost. The ...

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to counter what he says is the decadence of modern Western ...

To the dissidents of the Soviet Union, that question was so relevant that it became a famous and ironic toast. Supposedly introduced to dissident circles in the early 1970s by Naum Korzhavin ...

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under Russian influence, the ship likely comprised part ...