AlpineK Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Russians know how to have fun. http://www.zapiks.fr/avalanche-on-cheget-2011-hd.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicMtnBoy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Cool. I saw those big guns hanging out when I was there several years ago. There is a military base not far off on the shoulder of Mt. Cheget too, so they probably have a dual purpose of avalanche control and border defense. We got run off when out acclimatization hike got too close to the border control area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 russians have never fucked around when it comes to artillery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 too bad the Finns schooled 'em, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 too bad the Finns schooled 'em, eh? dunno, being neither finnish nor russian my understanding of russki history is though that, once properly motivated, the russians pulverize whatever they want till they have it or the thing is so fucked up it doesn't much matter anyway i seem to recall the fins caught them in the early 40s b4 they'd gotten their game-faces on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 too bad the Finns schooled 'em, eh? Plenty of others schooled them in the Caucuses... where Cheget is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Larry Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 ahem..Afghanistan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 too bad the Finns schooled 'em, eh? dunno, being neither finnish nor russian my understanding of russki history is though that, once properly motivated, the russians pulverize whatever they want till they have it or the thing is so fucked up it doesn't much matter anyway i seem to recall the fins caught them in the early 40s b4 they'd gotten their game-faces on that may be true; however, one should note that Finland never really became a Soviet satellite despite a shared border between the two... maybe ~390,000 Soviet dead vs. 26 662 men dead Finns would explain the USSR's position of "let's not f with them anymore and they won't bother us anymore"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 ahem..Afghanistan? this didn't about cover that one? the russians pulverize whatever they want till they have it or the thing is so fucked up it doesn't much matter anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Larry Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 ahem..Afghanistan? this didn't about cover that one? the russians pulverize whatever they want till they have it or the thing is so fucked up it doesn't much matter anyway Fair enough; so why were they there to begin with? strategic position, uranium, oil corridor, drugs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Fair enough; so why were they there to begin with? strategic position, uranium, oil corridor, drugs? i think the afghans hated the russkis for their freedoms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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