Large-Scale Tragedies… The Largest Accidents in the USSR That Did Not Receive Publicity

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Plane Tu-104 crash  in Pushkin, February 7, 1981. The crash occurred due to crew error and overload. As a result, 50 people died, including 16 admirals and generals and 11 captains of the first rank of the Pacific Fleet of the USSR. It happened literally a couple of seconds after takeoff. It was impossible to conceal this tragedy; nevertheless, the relatives of the deceased received official notification of the loss only in 1997.

11 Disaster Films Based on Real Events

Often, exciting stories from catastrophe films turn out to be real events based on the fates of real people and the stories of real incidents. Such films will be discussed in this collection, which contains the best pictures based on completely existing disasters of anthropogenic or natural character.

10 Most Dangerous Snakes in the World

Probably, every person who possesses even the most standard fearlessness experiences a kind of excitement at the sight of their ... snakes. Of course, these animals are very beautiful, intelligent and in complete safety will not attack a person, but for some reason this does not soften the fear in the eyes of an ordinary person at the sight of a huge python. Some of the snakes can cause death with one bite, while others are less poisonous. However, this does not negate the fact that a quarter of these reptiles are, in one way or another, dangerous to humans. We show the most "terrible" of possible snakes in this list ...