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<p>The name of this walking excavator is KU-800. This was one of the biggest excavating machines in the Soviet Union.</p>
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<p><a href="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-70487" src="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01.jpg" alt="" width="2000" height="631" /></a></p>
<p><em>Click on the image to see the full size</em></p>
<p>This is the panoramic view of Stoylensky Mining plant. Its height is 335 meters. This place is one of the main producers of iron ore in the Russian Federation.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-12.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Actually, you are able to see the great mechanic creature from any point of the mining plant.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-13.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>It was very difficult to make the whole excavator fit into the picture.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-14.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The weight of KU-800 is 3,5 thousand tons. It is comparable with the weight of 100 metropolitan wagons.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-15.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The diameter of the bucket wheel is 11 meters.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-16.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>One of the mechanics showed the excavator.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-17.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The size of this machine shocks imagination.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-18.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The excavating machine has already been working for more than 40 years.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-19.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The installation of this monster took 3 years, and the start lasted for a couple of months.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-20.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Lots of wires are inside this machine. It seems that their number is infinite. It was very complicated to start the excavator. Lots of power schemes were reconstructed. That happened because the origin of the machine is Czech Republic and the documentation had not been translated properly.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-21.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-22.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>This is the operator cabin. You can see the bucket wheel in the window.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-23.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>There are only two excavators of that kind in the Soviet Republic. You can see one of them in Stoylevsky Mining Plant, and the other is working in Ukraine.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-24.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-25.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-26.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Lots of stairs inside the excavator. During the first years of using this machine mechanics had to travel through hundreds of stairs to fix the problem.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-27.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-28.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The height of KU-800 is 51 meter. The human creature will feel really tired when climbing to the roof of this machine.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-29.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-30.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-31.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-32.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The magnificent view – very powerful constructions are hanging in the air. There is a couple of store rooms, personnel rooms, the repairing room, power plants. It’s like a building in the air.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-33.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-34.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-35.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>You can feel as if being in a submarine, while traveling through the labyrinths of that mighty construction.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-36.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-37.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-38.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-39.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><a href="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/30.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-70491" src="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/30.jpg" alt="" width="1500" height="699" /></a></p>
<p><em> Click on the image to see the full size</em></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-41.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-42.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>During the night KU-800 is looking like a Protoss Space Station. (Protoss – creatures from the StarCraft video game)</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-43.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-44.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-45.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-46.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The Stoylensky Mining Plant is not only the excavating giant, there is a number of transporter lines, which are situated around the whole plant. The length of transporter lines is more than 8 kilometers.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-47.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-48.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-49.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-50.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-51.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>One of the mechanics told that the excavator is in the prime of its life. The last diagnostic procedure showed that it will work for lots of years more.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-52.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Here you can compare the bucket wheel with the sizes of human being.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-53.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-54.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The transporter line.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-55.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-56.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Blasting operations in the mine. You can see the KU-800 in the top left corner of the picture. Magnificent thing!</p>
<p>The name of this walking excavator is KU-800. This was one of the biggest excavating machines in the Soviet Union.</p>
<p><br />
<hr />
<br /><span id="more-70473"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-70487" src="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01.jpg" alt="" width="2000" height="631" /></a></p>
<p><em>Click on the image to see the full size</em></p>
<p>This is the panoramic view of Stoylensky Mining plant. Its height is 335 meters. This place is one of the main producers of iron ore in the Russian Federation.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-12.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Actually, you are able to see the great mechanic creature from any point of the mining plant.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-13.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>It was very difficult to make the whole excavator fit into the picture.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-14.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The weight of KU-800 is 3,5 thousand tons. It is comparable with the weight of 100 metropolitan wagons.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-15.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The diameter of the bucket wheel is 11 meters.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-16.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>One of the mechanics showed the excavator.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-17.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The size of this machine shocks imagination.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-18.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The excavating machine has already been working for more than 40 years.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-19.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The installation of this monster took 3 years, and the start lasted for a couple of months.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-20.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Lots of wires are inside this machine. It seems that their number is infinite. It was very complicated to start the excavator. Lots of power schemes were reconstructed. That happened because the origin of the machine is Czech Republic and the documentation had not been translated properly.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-21.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-22.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>This is the operator cabin. You can see the bucket wheel in the window.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-23.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>There are only two excavators of that kind in the Soviet Republic. You can see one of them in Stoylevsky Mining Plant, and the other is working in Ukraine.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-24.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-25.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-26.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Lots of stairs inside the excavator. During the first years of using this machine mechanics had to travel through hundreds of stairs to fix the problem.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-27.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-28.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The height of KU-800 is 51 meter. The human creature will feel really tired when climbing to the roof of this machine.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-29.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-30.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-31.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-32.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The magnificent view – very powerful constructions are hanging in the air. There is a couple of store rooms, personnel rooms, the repairing room, power plants. It’s like a building in the air.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-33.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-34.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-35.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>You can feel as if being in a submarine, while traveling through the labyrinths of that mighty construction.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-36.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-37.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-38.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-39.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><a href="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/30.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-70491" src="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/30.jpg" alt="" width="1500" height="699" /></a></p>
<p><em> Click on the image to see the full size</em></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-41.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-42.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>During the night KU-800 is looking like a Protoss Space Station. (Protoss – creatures from the StarCraft video game)</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-43.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-44.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-45.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-46.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The Stoylensky Mining Plant is not only the excavating giant, there is a number of transporter lines, which are situated around the whole plant. The length of transporter lines is more than 8 kilometers.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-47.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-48.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-49.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-50.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-51.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>One of the mechanics told that the excavator is in the prime of its life. The last diagnostic procedure showed that it will work for lots of years more.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-52.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Here you can compare the bucket wheel with the sizes of human being.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-53.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-54.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The transporter line.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-55.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>If you are tired working in the office – visit us! We need you!</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/newpictures/ekskavatorsukabolshoi1-56.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Blasting operations in the mine. You can see the KU-800 in the top left corner of the picture. Magnificent thing!</p>
