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Soviet Era, like in Space, Photos

Photos: Soviet Era like in Space. Following this previous article ‘Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time‘ by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko, here is a more intimate approach, almost in a case, of machines linked to the Soviet Era:
2017, Project “Lost Horizon”.

Soviet Era, like in Space: Model of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. St-Petersburg, 2016
Model of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. St-Petersburg, 2016

Soviet Era, like in Space: Model of the rocket which carried the first cosmonaut into space. Moscow, 2016
Model of the rocket which carried the first cosmonaut into space. Moscow, 2016

Soviet Era, like in Space: Marx generator for highenergy-energy physics experiments. Moscow Oblast, 2016
Marx generator for high-energy physics experiments. Moscow Oblast, 2016

Soviet Era, like in Space: Hotel ''Saucer''. Dombai, 2016
Hotel ”Saucer”. Dombai, 2016

Summary list of the photos

  1. Model of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. St-Petersburg, 2016
  2. Model of the rocket which carried the first cosmonaut into space. Moscow, 2016
  3. Marx generator for high-energy physics experiments. Moscow Oblast, 2016
  4. Hotel ”Saucer”. Dombai, 2016

More photographies of Soviet Era like in Space by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko, from the project “Lost Horizon” on the author’s website.

Also, check this post Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time from same photographer Danila Tkachenko; then you’d maybe find interest to this post, by photographer Andrey Shapran Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time, different perspective.

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Examples of ceremonial Gallic helmets

Very beautiful helmets of the Gallic Celtic period, few of them have been found to date.

From Normandy to Charente, two of the beautiful ceremonial helmets of the Gallic Celtic era.

The ceremonial Helmet of Amfreville found in Amfreville-sous-les-Monts, Normandy, North-West of France, dated from – 250 BC.

Helmets of the Gaulish Celtic: The ceremonial Helmet of Amfreville
The ceremonial Helmet of Amfreville, in current Normandy, – 250 BC |
By Siren-Com — Personnal work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

Made with gold, bronze, iron and enamel. White or pink gold has corroded, only the purest gold parts remain. |
Dimensions: 23 centimetres (9.1 inches) , 16.5 centimetres (6.5 inches) long and 16 centimetres (6.2 inches) deep.

In addition, here is a 3D rendering:

Helmets of the Gaulish Celtic: 3D rendering of the Amfreville helmet, made by Jean-René Chatillon
3D rendering of the Amfreville helmet, made by Jean-René Chatillon.

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Moreover, the ceremonial Helmet of Agris is a bit older, found in West of France, dated from -400 to -350 BC.

Helmets of the Gaulish Celtic: The ceremonial helmet of Agris
The ceremonial helmet of Agris, in current Charente, -400 to -350 BC (Musée des beaux-arts, Angoulême) |
By Rosemania — https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemania/4121249212, CC BY 2.0, Link
Made of an iron hull, with bronze ornamental strips and a decoration in light relief, entirely covered with 99% pure gold leaf, as well as many corals circling the circumference of the helmet and the cap.
Dimensions: 21.4 centimetres (8.4 in) high, 23 by 19 centimetres (9.1 by 7.5 in) wide. Cheek-guard: 9.4 by 7.6 centimetres (3.7 by 3.0 in).
Helmets of the Gaulish Celtic: The ceremonial helmet of Agris
The ceremonial helmet of Agris, in current Charente, -400 to -350 BC (Musée des beaux-arts, Angoulême) |
Patrick BLANCHIER – City of Angoulême

Similarly, here is a 3D modeling on sketchfab

The ceremonial helmet of Agris, in current Charente, -400 to -350 BC (Musée des beaux-arts, Angoulême) |
Coll. du Musée d’Angoulème by DIGISCAN3D, on Sketchfab.

After that you can find a blog post entirely on this topic here (in french) with graphics from this item itself.

Also an equally interesting article on this subject (in french), published in the CNRS Journal from July-August 2010. [.pdf version here (in french)]

In conclusion, you will find another item in this tweet

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Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time

Danila Tkachenko was born in Moscow in 1989. In 2014 he graduated from the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia, department of documentary photography. Danila Tkachenko Soviet Era, like frozen in time. Part of his work, “Restricted Areas” project, capturing and captivating, like a fossilisation of the Soviet era, is exposed to:

Calvert 22 Foundation in London: Power and Architecture Exhibition Program.

Headquarters of Communist Party.

Former residential buildings in a deserted polar scientific town specialised on biological research.

Danila Tkachenko, Soviet Era, like frozen in time - Ruins of experimental laser system

Danila Tkachenko, Soviet Era, like frozen in time - Deserted observatory located in the area with the best conditions for space observations. Kazakhstan, Almaty region, 2015

More photographies of Soviet Era like frozen in time by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko, from the project “Restricted Areas” on the author’s website.

Also, check this post, Photos: Soviet Era, like in Space, same author and topic.

Then you’d maybe find interest to this post, by photographer Andrey Shapran Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time, different perspective.