Before you even enter the museum of arms, and pay your admission, you’re confronted with a wide assortment of tracked and wheeled armored vehicles. Some are brand new and others date back to WWI.
The first sign I come to reads, “Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Russian Military Historical Society Tula State Weapon Museum
EXHIBITION OF RUSSIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT, WHICH WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF TULA CONSTRUCTORS
STEEL GUARDS
Defense enterprises in Tula firmly occupy leading positions primarily in the development and production of multiple launch rocket systems, small arms and cannon weapons, anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft missile systems and radar stations. Numerous military equipment created by Tula gunsmiths together with design teams of other enterprises
military-industrial complex, today is widely used by various branches of the Ground Forces, the Air Force and the Navy of the Russian Federation.
The project was implemented with the support
governors of the Tula region
V.S. Gruzdeva and A.G. Dyumina,
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Government of the Tula Region,
military-industrial enterprises of Tula: JSC Research and Production Association Splav, JSC Instrument Design Bureau
them. Academician A.G. Shipunova",
ODO AK Tulamashzavod, PJSC Research and Production Association Strela.
The demilitarization of the T-80B tank was carried out at the expense of sponsorship funds from Shchekinoazot OJSC.”
The description of the first photo is as follows,
“I CONTROL THE “TORMON”!
“WE INVITE YOU TO CLIMB INTO THE CABIN OF A COMBAT VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCE THE UNFORGETTABLE SENSATIONS OF VIRTUAL CONTROL OF THE SMART FIRE SYSTEM "SMERCH"
Detailed information from the administrator in the entrance area of the museum
VIRTUAL REALITY COMPLEX FOR PILOTING THE “Smerch” MULTI-FIRES MULTIPLE FIRE SYSTEM
The project was implemented by specialists from Tula State University and Tula State Weapon Museum
MLRS <SMERCH>> SIMULATOR
Try out our virtual reality interactive experience by driving Russian MLRS <SMERCH>>>>
Find more information at reception”
Today I walked the Batumi Boulevard from the airport to the sea, pointing out the objects of interest along the way.
I am retired and living like a king in Batumi. I highly recommend it as a retirement destination for the following reasons.
Safety: You can walk the streets at any hour of day or night without fear of being bothered.
Affordability: Absolutely everything is less expensive here than in the USA or Europe.
Often the quality is far better.
A big shout out to the people who follow me. Unfortunately I’ve had to leave Russia. It became impossible to receive any funds from the US. I am currently living in Batumi, Georgia.
This is my family in the living room of my apartment in Kimovsk, Russia. I am a disabled Vietnam veteran. Seventy six years of age. My son Aleksandr (left), and my granddaughter Dasha (center) look in on me. Here, I had hoped to live out my retirement years.
February 19. Third preparatory week for Great Lent. Cheesefare Week – continuous. No fasting. Tone 3. LEAVE OF THE FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD.
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Forty days after the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, and after the days of legal purification had been fulfilled, the Most Pure and Most Blessed Virgin Mother, together with Saint Joseph the Betrothed, came from Bethlehem to Jerusalem to the Temple of God, bringing the forty-day-old Infant Christ to fulfill the Law of Moses. According to this law, it was necessary, firstly, to purify oneself after birth by bringing a proper sacrifice to God and through priestly prayer, and, secondly, it was necessary to present the firstborn child before the Lord and make a ransom for him at the established price (Lev. 12:7). This was commanded by the Lord in the Old Testament to Moses, in whose books about the law of purification of the mother it is written thus: "If a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be unclean for seven ...
A person's epiphany usually comes at the moment of death. Until the last moment, he is certain that the world belongs to him. But then he sees everything leaving him, everything turning out to be a dream, and he is left with only what he managed to acquire in his heart. That is why the memory of death is so hateful to the Devil.
A person must always expect death and constantly remember that every day could be his last. This is precisely why today, through repentance, can become his day of salvation.
For those who do not remember death, death comes to them suddenly as an enemy and takes them captive. For those who remember it and prepare for it, it comes to them as a liberator from labor and suffering, leading them to the land of eternal peace.
For a Christian, the memory of death, combined with prayer, is a fiery sword directed against the Devil. As long as a person remembers the impending end and the mystical experience of death makes their heart tremble, they cannot sin, just as they cannot, ...
