Baturyn, the erstwhile capital of Ukrainian hetmans, was razed to the ground by Russian troops in 1708; 314 years later, the Russian boot trampled it again.
The upper part of the of the reactor for the first unit at Kursk II has been shipped by the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-technology, which is part of the machine-building division of Rosatom - Atomenergomash.