Ekranoplan Lun - The Monster of the Caspian Sea. History of the Unique USSR Ground-Effect Aircraft

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Discover the history of the legendary Soviet Union military Ecranoplan Lun' -- the must-see attraction near Derbent city. Ekranoplan is a Russian name for a ground-effect vehicle. Lun’ was nicknamed the Monstar of Caspian Sea or Caspian Monster for its gigantic dimensions...

The ekranoplan Lun’ was built in 1986 at a plant in Nizhny Novgorod. In 1990, after experimental tests, it was adopted by the Caspian Flotilla. In the USSR, this project was absolutely secret, the designers were forbidden even to pronounce the word "ekranoplan".

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Produced by Pavel Ageychenko | Founder of BaikalNature:
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