Russia Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/russia/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:35:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Why Russian Pilots Were Not Impressed By The Hawker Hurricane https://mechtraveller.com/2019/08/why-russian-pilots-were-not-impressed-by-the-hawker-hurricane/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/08/why-russian-pilots-were-not-impressed-by-the-hawker-hurricane/#comments Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:25:29 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5074 We think of the Hawker Hurricane as the workhorse of the Battle of Britain and, while generally acknowledged to be not as fast or glamourous as the Spitfire, most pilots found it to be a highly efficient gun platform that could take a lot of punishment. Most, but not all. Some 14,500 Hurricanes were built […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/08/why-russian-pilots-were-not-impressed-by-the-hawker-hurricane/feed/ 32 Russian Monitor ‘Strelets’ may become a Museum Ship https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/russian-monitor-strelets-may-become-a-museum-ship/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/russian-monitor-strelets-may-become-a-museum-ship/#respond Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:29:55 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3780 The TASS news agency is reporting comments made today by Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov about the 19th-century armored gunboat The Strelets. The Strelets was a 200ft (61m) Uragan class, armoured monitor. She joined the Baltic Fleet in 1865, and was taken out of active service in 1900 to be used until 1955 […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/russian-monitor-strelets-may-become-a-museum-ship/feed/ 0 Russian Luxury Train adds a Private Carriage https://mechtraveller.com/2018/04/russian-luxury-train-adds-a-private-carriage/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/04/russian-luxury-train-adds-a-private-carriage/#respond Sat, 14 Apr 2018 08:35:40 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3161 Private railway carriages are not new, but these days the ability to rent one and attach it to a train is rare outside the USA, where they are known as “Private Varnishes”*. Now, Golden Eagle Luxury Trains has introduced the Romanov Suite to its (already) private Golden Eagle train on its Trans-Siberian journeys. The Romanov […]

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