1. Home
  2. Education
  3. European History
photo of Robert Wilde

Robert's European History Blog

By Robert Wilde, About.com Guide to European History since 2001

Recovering a Russian Tank (In Pictures)

Saturday July 12, 2008
Last week I discovered this page with photographs of the recovery of a Russian World War Two tank (a T34 / 76 I think) from what looks like a marsh. I don’t speak Russian so can’t tell you anything else about the page, but the pictures are interesting enough. The tank appears to have been in there upside down…

Comments

July 12, 2008 at 4:15 pm
(1) RaduBurdujan says:

There are some youth organizations in Russia and other countries of ex-URSS, that are looking for tanks, ammunition, everything like that remained from the 2nd World War.
In the link given by you, the event took place in the Ukrane, 17-18 july 2008. The organisation had some law and technical problems. You know, a tank is weapon, but finally they succeded.

July 12, 2008 at 6:35 pm
(2) europeanhistory says:

Thanks for the info.

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Explore European History

About.com Special Features

A Smarter Future

Tips that will help finance your education, excel in the classroom, and advance your career. More >

How to Ace the GRE

Being well prepared is the first step; here are more essential suggestions. More >

  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. European History

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.