Murmansk

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Image of Alyosha Statue located in Murmansk, Russia | (Flickr/Maarten Dirkse)
Murmansk, Russia

Alyosha Statue

A monument to the defenders of the arctic in Murmansk, Russia

In 1941, Soviet forces in Murmansk finally gained ground and pushed back against the invading Nazi army. A turning point in Hitler's arctic campaign, the Alyosha Statue was erected in 1974 as a... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by tonka922 and atimian

Image of Kola Superdeep Borehole located in Murmansk, Russia | The drill resides under the site's 200-foot tower
Murmansk, Russia

Kola Superdeep Borehole

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found

It has been said that the human race knows more about certain distant galaxies than it does about the ground that lies beneath its very feet. In fact, while it took the famous Voyager 1 satellite... »

Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Trevor and AllisonEng

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