Curiosity - a quality related to inquisitive thinking such as exploration and investigation. Trail - In a physical sense, a trail is a path or road usually less traveled, and potentially leading to the unknown. or it could be a string of information leading you to what you seek.
On my channel I aim to bring fascinating history and interesting locations from around the world to one digital place. That includes everything from amazing well-known history and places to perhaps less known and borderline obscure places and things that might have a hidden interesting history. Although there is a focus on the Soviet Union, and eastern Europe due to where I live, I will try to mix in as many other things as I can.
Feel free to email me with questions or video ideas that you would like to see. Happy trails.
Очень мило, как вы пытались передать кличку Запорожца «ушастый» на английском. Перечень кличек: 965 - горбатый. Просто, горбатый. Ехать на горбатом. Купил горбатого. 966, 968 - ушастый. Шастый 30-ка или ушастый 40-вка. Так как моторы были 30 и 40 сил. 968м - мыльница
Here in Brazil we had the Zhiguly as Laika and the SW version was Laika Station. We had Samara and Niva too. They're infame because of their tendency to rust and overheat, among other minor issues. Brazil would resume Niva's importing eventually, then Vova just screwed it up in 2021.
I saw a few Tavrias in Asuncion (Paraguay) but just on the hatchback version, I never saw the other versions. These cars were sold in Paraguay in the first years of 1990s, now they are very very hard to find...
I'm sure someone has somewhere, the amount of home modifications you see on any type of old soviet cars is astounding. But as far as anything I've seen about the airflow specifically is only the bolt on air scoop🤷♂️
It's in the Korolev space museum In Zhytomyr, about 1.5 hrs west along the E-40 from Kyiv, the museum is pretty small. There is a small rocket outside, and inside there are various mockups of satalites, rovers, and the Venus lander. Aswell as many other small artifacts, the soyuz 27 module is the original, as well as another small capsule that was used as a meteorological test bed. They also have the first Ukrainian flag that traveled into space and the ISS.
7n6m and 7n10 (pp) use the same hardened steel for their core, which using vickers hardness, is more than double the hardness of the 7n6(or ps 762x39), and significantly harder than even the m855a1 steel penetrator, nevermind the m855 penetrator. 7n10 (pp) is officially the standard round of the russian military, but considering the below official standards of, every piece of equipment they actually fielded in the invasion, such as the '5a' plates you shot, its more likely that theyre fielded with the plentiful 7n6s, which fail to pass through nij iii/sapi plates.
I picked up a little over a hundred rounds of this stuff recently. It's insanely expensive due to Biden's Russian ammo import restrictions, so I don't plan on shooting it. Basically, just stockpile ammo, just in case.
Yeah, this stuff has been restricted for import for years. the ATF classified it as armor piercing, but it's really not. I'm sure you paid a pretty penny for it. I'd be surprised if it was less than 1$ per cartridge.
@@curiositytrails1137 yeah, Obama banned 7n6, in 2013, I believe? According to your video, the ammunition that I've acquired is 7n6M. But, when I was referring to Biden's ammo import restrictions, I was referring more so 60g 5.45×39MM lead core by Golden Tiger, TulAmmo, and Rэd Armу Staиdard. I should have been more specific.
I believe that the only American domestic produced 5.45×39MM is Hornady black. But, that American made ammunition goes for between $1-$3 a round! I don't understand why Hornady charges so much for an ammunition that probably doesn't cost more in production costs than .223 Remington. I really hope other ammunition manufacturers start to chip in with some competition so the prices balance out. Especially since PSA is making some really solid 5.45×39MM chambered AK-74 variants, there is definitely a market for this ammunition that's fairly substantial. TulAmmo 5.45×39MM is going for about $0.72¢ at the time of me writing this, and 7n6 is going for about $0.80¢ - $0.90¢ a round.
1-3$ is crazy, I'm sure the market for it will grow and we'll see cheaper options, hopefully, even over here I can buy the Hornady black 5.45 for about $1.50 a round, which is really odd considering it's shipped halfway around the world 😅
"Konchitsya leto" is short movie about his parting with your family for the sake of music. But its really good choice. I didnt know that foreigners listen to Russian rock, especially Viktor Tsoi. 🤯
The amount of sheer misery this area has endured over time is heart-breaking. Human greed knows no bounds, it seems. Fascinating look into the dark history of the Donbass. Let's hope for a better future for all of Ukraine, as this damn war continues on down a path of un-certainty. Thanks for this video!❤
Excellent history of Antonov(the man) and the company he eventually headed. You really nail these documentaries. And yes, the An-225 was/is nothing short of amazing. It makes me wonder what the very earliest pioneers of aviation would have thought of Mriya, if they had been transported to the future and witnessed her flight. 😉
Big downfall...who needs these Asian boxes; it is a pity everything goes down - hill with capitalism. I have got 968s and a Tavria as well - I love to drive the Tavria, very economic and reliable. Easy to work on and, if the timing - belt snaps, causing no trouble. Of course, there are issues here andthere - but she is almost 33 years old. Thank you very much to tell the ЗАЗ - story....
Of course, I drove a Tavria for a little while and it was enjoyable. what i enjoy most about these old cars is definitely the ease of repair and the availability of the parts, with proper care and maintenance they are reliable and good cars
Wait 10 years on a list, to buy a marginal quality car, for an the same price equivalent, of an italian super car. Ushanka Show explained the process and pricing for the different models shown.
The waiting lists for Zaz cars were not as long as 10 years, infact sometimes you didn't even have to wait. The wait list like that were usually for vaz or gaz cars.
I hope to one day have a 965 just to play around with. It's funny, I've seen more 965s on top of roofs than I have driving on the road 🤣, although I'm sure they're out there.
This a fascinating and interesting video. I always wanted to own a MOSKVICH, but ended up with 5 Ladas. Not all Soviet era cars were as terrible as people think!
I actually almost bought a Moskvich 407 a few months ago, but the amount of work it needed wasn't feasible for me at the time. hopefully someday I can restore one as a Sunday driver. I ended up buying a 2101 as my daily driver and I agree, it's not a bad as people say, I take care of my car and it works perfectly.
Tavria was never called "Devyatka". That was nickname for VAZ 2109 or simply 9th model of Zhiguli/Lada. And "nine" in russian is "devyat" or "devyatka". But I get why people often mix those cars, they are pretty similar looking, especially from the rear. But no common parts at all.
It is not coincidence. Tavria was almost ready for production but guys from bigger VAZ factory with much better connections in government saw the potential and couldn't allow "small peasant factory" to have ussr's first futuristic (at the time) front drive car. So they sucked majority of funds for investment into soviet car production which slowed down start of Tavria's production for almost 10 years. Oddly enough own projects of AZLK factory (situated in Moscow!) were also delayed and eventually scrapped due to lack of money to invest in new production. They ended up trying to copy French Simca hatchback when suddenly found out that even soviet people don't really want that piece of mammoth turd that AZLK was producing in the 80s.
My great-great-grandfather was a senior manager at the AJ Koop factory in the WWI-era, after it was merged into the "Urozhay" ("Harvest") farm machinery conglomerate but before the Russian Revolution. All I can tell you about Koop personally is that he was Mennonite and he died in the typhus epidemic in 1920, aged 82.
Not really, if you look closely, you'll notice many differences. but overall, they do look relatively similar. Also ZAZ did manufacture the 2108 and 2109 for a short time.
