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Interpreter
How the world of 2000 was represented in the USSR in 1930
In 1930, the Soviet magazine Vokrug Sveta presented how humanity would live in the year 2000. The emergence of the Internet was very accurately predicted, after which paper printing would die out, and banks would make payments online. The basis of the economy will be the electric motor, and fossil fuels will be used only in the chemical industry. Transport in cities will go underground. Life…
17.08.2019 21:51 93
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Igor Krylov
How to live on allowance alone: police "earnings" in Russia in the 19th - early 20th centuries
It is not known exactly when the saying “If you don’t deceive, you won’t sell,” appeared, but in this case, domestic merchants have achieved unprecedented art. “It is impossible to trade without deceit ... The soul cannot endure! From one - a penny, from the other two, and so it goes from time immemorial. We have been teaching the seller for five years this business, ”the unknown clerk philosophized a hundred years ago. On the…
17.08.2019 17:49 57
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Alexander Emelyanenkov
Man and nuclear ship: 100 years ago academician Sergey Kovalev was born
Photo: Archive of the Rubin Central Design Bureau Today, August 15, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding designer and bright thinker, twice Hero of Socialist Labor Sergei Nikitich Kovalev. Memoirs of veterans of Sevmash and the crew of Dmitry Donskoy about Sergey Kovalev Kovalev was elected a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1981, when he was over sixty. To the people's academicians of the general designer of atomic ...
15.08.2019 21:33 88
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Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926
Photo from here Recalling his childhood, Fidel said: “I was born into a landowner's family. What does it mean? My father was a Spanish peasant from a very poor family. He came to Cuba as a Spanish immigrant at the beginning of the century and began working in a very difficult conditions. Being an enterprising person, he soon drew attention to himself and took certain leadership ...
13.08.2019 0:12 108
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Alexey Volynets
Purely Moscow banks of 1913
©Historical Images Archive Moscow at the beginning of the 20th century, unlike the capital St. Petersburg, was not an international financial center. However, the banks of the "old capital" played a crucial role for the economy of Central Russia, and the largest of them had a developed network of foreign counterparties. On January 1, 1913 in Moscow, not counting dozens and even hundreds of medium and small banking ...
11.08.2019 15:47 97
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IA Red Spring
75th Anniversary of the End of the Battle of Leningrad: Heroes Fought for the Cradle of the Revolution
Laying flowers at the Avrorovtsy Memorial Oleg Barsukov © IA Krasnaya Vesna For the defenders of Leningrad, the battle for the city was sacred, because the heroes fought for the cradle of the revolution, said on August 9, 13-year-old Vadim, laying flowers at the Avrorovtsy memorial near Voronya Gora in the village of Mozhaysky, correspondent of IA Krasnaya Vesna. Battle on Voronya Gora September 11, 1941. Artist V.I. Zaporozhets…
10.08.2019 20:28 93
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Alexander Guskov
Nikolay Buravikhin: a secret feat
On September 29, 1957, at the Mayak chemical plant, located in the secret city of Chelyabinsk-40 (now Ozyorsk), the first man-made radiation emergency in the USSR occurred. The authorities managed to keep this accident of global significance secret. Information about the catastrophe became partially available to the population of the country only at the end of the 1980s, that is, 30 years after the incident. And about the true scale ...
9.08.2019 23:25 119
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Oleg Izmailov
Cornet with a movie camera: a Cossack from Donbass who created Russian cinema
On August 8, 1877, a man was born whose biography could form the basis of a motion picture, but instead he made films himself, rented new films, set up film studios and made sure that Vladimir Lenin could say in all seriousness that “from of all the arts, cinema is the most important for us ”It is indeed so, although we invest ...
8.08.2019 22:06 100
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Alexander Guskov
Kurchatov: his nuclear isomerism
photo: Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov Born in the Urals, he dreamed of being a sailor and did not think, did not guess that he would become on a par with Albert Einstein, and grateful compatriots would name cities, streets, institutes, ships, a chemical element in the periodic table after him. And even more so, he could not foresee that Chelyabinsk residents would gladly name their airport after him ......
7.08.2019 12:06 120
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Alexey Volynets
Bankers of Nevsky Prospekt
©wikimedia commons By the beginning of the 20th century, St. Petersburg, the capital Russian Empire, was the largest financial center. On Nevsky Prospekt, the main St. Petersburg street, literally every house housed a bank. House number 1, not far from the famous Admiralty, was occupied by the St. Petersburg Private Commercial Bank (pictured), the oldest of the joint-stock banks of the Russian Empire. Founded back in 1864, it played a significant role ...
4.08.2019 12:47 95
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Industrial tourist
Tu-144 in Zhukovsky. Monument to past achievements...
In Zhukovsky near Moscow, the process of installing the legendary Soviet supersonic passenger aircraft Tu-144 on a pedestal is underway. Rather, this is not quite a passenger Tu-144 (airborne 77114), it is a modernized Tu-144LL ("Flying Laboratory"). The history of this aircraft is interesting. In the period from 1995 to 1996, this aircraft was used by the American space agency NASA. The purpose of the research is to create a new modern supersonic passenger aircraft. The main…
4.08.2019 11:25 122
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Alexander Maisuryan
Day in history. The last of the Bourbons
Charles X, an ultra-royalist king whose reign ended quickly and ingloriously. The last king of France from the Bourbon dynasty On this day, August 2, 1830, the Restoration era ended in France. The last "legitimate king" Charles X of the Bourbon dynasty abdicated. It would seem, what does this long-standing event have to do with us and our time? But on closer examination...
3.08.2019 19:33 114
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Alexey Volynets
Financial nightmare of 1905
©Biblioteca Ambrosiana / De Agostini / AKG-Images Russia's direct expenses for the war with the Japanese amounted to 2,346.9 million rubles. For 20 months of battles, the public debt grew by a third, and the financial system found itself in a deep crisis, which did not think to subside even after the battles stopped. A peace treaty with the Japanese was signed in September 1905, but autumn did not become for ...
3.08.2019 12:10 87
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Stanislav Khatuntsev
Balkans 1900-1914: Cauldron of the World War
PI publishes the first part of an article by Stanislav Khatuntsev, historian, member of the public editorial board of our site, dedicated to the Balkan origins of the First World War. Today, 105 years after the "guns of August" began to fire, the Middle East is called the new Balkans. And now the whole world is closely watching the events in the Persian Gulf, fearing that every new American drone shot down or detained ...
2.08.2019 22:22 84
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V.E.Bagdasaryan S.S.Sulakshin
The history of the world based on the value criterion of human development
INTRODUCTION The historical development of mankind has not been monotonous and has traditionally been punctuated by periods of "breakthroughs" and "setbacks", which were characterized by a change in value orientations, the degree of remoteness of mankind from moral ideals. The article presents the history of the world, the stages of breakthroughs and rollbacks from the moral ideal of mankind - a set of values, including twelve universal landmarks. The reconstruction and correlation of factorial profiles of historical "breakthroughs" and "rollbacks" is carried out. MATERIALS AND METHODS The task of identifying the most significant events in history…
2.08.2019 15:42 129
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photo: from here Employees of the Cheka of the Venevsky district (early 1920s). Labor Army, May 1920 May Day demonstration in the city of Venev in 1921. Photo of a group of commanders of the Red Army, taking the parade of the 2nd Moscow Military Engineering School on April 30, 1922 At a meeting of the Bureau of the Silver-Prudsky District Committee of the KSM (1924) Avtopromtorg. 1920s. Eliminate illiteracy. 20th Celebration May 1st. 30s 1930s….
30.07.2019 23:45 112
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Artem Lokalov
Ships in my harbor
Peaceful echo of war ("Death Battery" by Alexander Maksutov). Photo: RIA-Novosti Report from Avacha Bay, from where the invaders were expelled 165 years ago “The poverty of the inhabitants, their inability or laziness, do not promise them much or soon prosperity. The provincial city of Petropavlovsk presented itself to me as a poor ruin after an earthquake; all its buildings are in such neglect ... I don’t want to believe that this port ...
28.07.2019 21:23 86
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The editors of the "People's Journalist"
On July 26, 1953, the Cuban Revolution began.
Photo: Moncada barracks after the assault On July 26, 1953, the Moncada barracks was stormed in Cuba, which marked the beginning of the Cuban revolution. That's how it was. In the early morning of March 10, 1952, an assistant woke Cuban President Prio Socarras and gave him a message from Batista: “It's all over with you! I am the government! Fulgencio Batista, who has accumulated during a pleasant and ...
26.07.2019 0:17 125
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Dmitry Kalyuzhny
Gingerbreads of the European socialist camp
After the war with Nazi Germany, the countries that directly bordered the USSR in the west - from Black to Baltic Sea, everyone to one wished to build socialism. What kind of gingerbread did the Soviet Union lure them into friends with? Distribution of gifts The Red Army went to Berlin through Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and other countries. Some (Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria) were allies of Germany officially: ...
14.07.2019 17:38 82
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Burkina Faso
Stalin's article on the occasion of the liberation of Vilnius on July 13, 1944
July 13 is the glorious date of the liberation of the capital of Soviet Lithuania, Vilnius, from Nazi invaders. On this occasion, I am publishing an article by the Supreme Commander of the Red Army, Joseph Stalin, which was published on that day in all Soviet newspapers of that time. This dream of the poet, the dream of the Lithuanian people, was brought to life by the Red Army. Yesterday, Moscow joyfully shone with fireworks in honor of ...
14.07.2019 14:07 121
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Julia Belova
Bastille Day
Photo from here On July 14, 1789, the French Revolution began. The assault on the royal fortress and the Bastille prison marked the beginning of a new era. Everyone remembers the course of the revolution from school, but the question of why the storming and destruction of the Bastille became symbols of the revolutionary era is of interest. Initially, the Bastille, or rather, the Bastide at the gates of Saint-Antoine, next to which the monastery was located, was ordinary ...
14.07.2019 13:24 95
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tabula-rasa24.ru
Stalin's White Guards
“If we hadn’t taken them into the service and forced them to serve us, we couldn’t create an army ... And only with the help of them the Red Army was able to win the victories that it won ... Without them, the Red Army would not exist ... When they tried without them to create the Red Army, then the result was partisanism, confusion, it turned out that we ...
Mikhail Vasilyevich Demurin Rusrand
A Lesson for Russia's Japanese Enemies: 80 Years of the Victory at Khalkhin Gol
The date of the beginning of the Second World War imposed on the world by the West - September 1, 1939 is conditional, to say the least - the publication of IA Regnum. Seeing today in the news a story about the 80th anniversary of the decisive offensive of the Soviet and Mongolian troops against the Japanese aggressors on the Khalkhin-Golvo River, many Russian media, I was sincerely glad: the victory at Khalkhin Gol is the most important event of the 1930s, it highlights many key facets of the history of that period, but unfairly little has been written about it lately. Conflict, remember...
21.08.2019 17:32 31
canal bay can only fit one boat?
1) 2 boats departed from two piers at the same time towards each other. The speed of the first boat is 18 km / h, the speed of the other is 15 km / h. After how many hourswill the boats meet if the distance between the marinas is 132 km?
2) 2 hawks flew out of 2 nests simultaneously towards each other. They met after 6 s. The speed of one hawk is 6 m/s. What is the distance between the hawk's nests?
3) the distance between the spiders is 210 km. They flew on their cobwebs at the same time towards each other. One flew 40 km / h. With what speed did the second spider fly if they met after 3 hours?
4) Two swallows flew out at the same time to meet each other. One is flying at a speed of 23 m / s. At what speed is the second swallow flying if the distance between them is 920 m and they met after 20 s?
later than the boat. What is the speed of the motor boat?
Two cars drove towards each other with the same speed. The first car drove 180 km before meeting in 3 hours, and the second one moved 6 hours. What distance did the second car drive before the meeting.
24. From two piers, the distance between which is 84 km, two sailboats simultaneously left towards each other and met after 4 hours. the speed of the firstsailboat 7 km/h. find the speed of the second sailboat.
25. two carrier pigeons flew out towards each other from two cities. the speed of the first pigeon is 90 km / h, before meeting it flew 8 hours. the second flew at a speed of 50 km/h. what is the distance between cities?
26. two whales swam towards each other, after what time will they meet if the speed of the first whale is 100 m / min, and the second 180 m / min, and the initial distance between them is 8 km 400 meters.
27. from two cities, the distance between which is 980 km, at the same time two motorcyclists left to meet each other with average speed 60 km/h and 80 km/h. how far each motorcyclist traveled before the meeting.
28. two munchkins go through the mountain towards each other. the speed of the first munchkin is 800 m/min, and the second one is 150 m/min less. What was the distance between the munchkins initially if they met after 50 minutes?
29. Two dog teams left two settlements towards each other. the speed of the first team is 16 km/h, which is 2 km/h less than the speed of the second team. after what time will the teams meet if the distance between settlements 102 km.
Why not go outside the box and rent a small boat instead of a car while traveling?
And go on a trip around the country. For example, in France.
After all, what does an ordinary trip look like, to which most tourists are accustomed?
We arrived at the airport. There, either the transfer of the tour operator meets and then the hotel-excursions-walks-paid program, or the transfer-hotel-pool-beach-attractions, or we rent a car and then drive to the cities and sights of interest, or the third option, but without a car for rental.
And here is the ship!
Well, why not? It's almost like driving, only here you have a hotel, a kitchen, and a vehicle.
2. We were invited to take part in this not quite familiar trip by the leading tour operator of river cruises in Europe on comfortable self-driving boats - the LeBoat company.
LeBoat operates as part of the TUI Group, the world's largest tourist holding and today has the largest fleet of comfortable river boats in Europe, which can be rented for cruises on canals, lakes and rivers in 9 European countries: France, Germany, England, Ireland , Scotland, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Poland.
We chose France for our trip, or rather its southern part - the delta of the Rhone River.
We picked up our boats in Saint-Gilles, where one of the LeBoat bases is located. 
3. This comfortable Vision 4 became our home for 4 days. Fortunately, there are all conditions for the trip to be easy and enjoyable.
By the way, it was very interesting for me to compare these river boats with sailing yachts, on which I travel several times a year. 
4. The main difference from the interiors and the internal arrangement of sailing yachts that are familiar to me is the availability of space, since the layout of such boats allows this.
Along the starboard side there is a corridor into which the doors of four double cabins open. 
4. The cabin, although small in size, is much larger than the cabins by sailing yachts.
Beds can be put together or left separate.
There is a small shelf above the bed, individual lighting in the cabin, air conditioning, a wardrobe, a 220V socket and a private bathroom 
5. This boat has four bathrooms with a shower - in each cabin. The toilet is equipped with an electric cleaning system, and not a manual pump, as is usually the case on sailboats. 
6. Climate control panel 
7. An important point that makes this type of travel interesting for tourists is that the company allows you to take these boats on an individual basis. Those. in fact, like a car for rent - without a driver (captain). Management is quite simple, a specially trained person gives a short briefing and that's it, you can hit the road. 
8. The life support system is controlled by a computer. It shows the remains of fresh and technical water in the tanks, the level of charge of the batteries, recharging them with a diesel generator, etc. 
9. In front of a very spacious salon with a kitchen. It can comfortably accommodate 8 people. From here you can get both to the cabins and to the upper deck 
10. The kitchen is equipped with a gas stove, microwave oven, refrigerator. There is also a flat screen TV and DVD player.
In the lower drawers are all the necessary utensils for both cooking and eating. 
12. Our first breakfast.
I don't think anyone needs to be introduced. From left to right Irina Rusakova, manager of TUI-Russia, alexcheban
, lovigin
, anton_petrus
, macos
, Me and sergeydolya
13. The river network in the south of France is probably no less long than the road network.
In the Middle Ages, the Rhone and its tributaries were generally the main transport artery of the region.
So, it is not surprising that the small river navigation
14. A huge number of towns and villages are located along the rivers and canals, thousands of houses are built almost directly on the water, and near each of them there is a pier for a motor boat. Just like the car park in front of the house. Only on the other side 
15. In addition to rivers, the Languedoc-Roussillon region has a huge number of canals connecting rivers, lakes and ponds.
Cruise boats move, as a rule, along the canals.
The thing is that to drive a boat on the river you need a special skipper's license, but not to control the canals. So, in fact, any adult tourist can rent a boat. 
16. A cruise on a riverboat is like a leisurely bike ride or trip.
The boat moves at a speed of about 10 km / h, which allows you to relax under the awning and enjoy the views around
17. On the first day, I was surprised that in such narrow channels, boats sail quite calmly almost close to the shore.
It turns out that special services monitor the channels - their depth, cleaning the bottom and banks.
So, for example, a special tractor removes young shoots of shrubs, which can later become an obstacle to the movement of boats. 
18. Automobile and river traffic. 
19. In the Rhone Delta, there are just a huge number of ponds and lakes.
The Camargue biosphere reserve, known all over the world, is even located here (I will visit it literally next week, so expect a report from there) 
20. In many cities, tens of kilometers of marinas and berths are equipped for thousands of motor boats and boats, both private and cruise 
21. In mid-April, France greeted us with pleasant spring weather, so we could enjoy the surrounding views in shorts and a T-shirt. 
22. Don't worry, this bike alexcheban
did not bring with him from Kyiv. This is one of the options that can be ordered when renting a boat. By the way, the option is very cool, because when you arrive in the next city, you go for a walk around it and see the sights. It's one thing when you moor right in the city, as, for example, in, it's another thing when you need to get to the point of interest, like, for example, Magellon Abbey 
23. Many locals use boats as a home and as a means of transportation. 
24. Canal banks at Aigues-Mortes 
25. It was not in vain that we were advised to take binoculars and televisions with us. There are just so many birds here. 
26. They are quite calm about a person, so they can be filmed quite close. 
27. Gray heron on the hunt 
28. - Beaver, look, beaver! cried Petrus.
- Oh, you, it's a muskrat... 
29. You could almost touch this seagull with your hand when we swam a few meters from it. True, this can bite. 
30. In addition to birds, there are enough other flying ones here ...
Air Arabia A320 taking off from Montpellier 
31. And this comrade has already sailed his ... 
32. What can you see on a river cruise in the south of France?
First, the beautiful scenery. In fact, without leaving their house, you can admire the dawn... 
33. ... and sunset. 
34. Cities. Having correctly built the route, you can alternate several hours of leisurely walks along the canal with walking along medieval fortresses and towns 
35. There are many wineries, chateaus and abbeys in the region. 
36. This is the entrance to Magellon Abbey 
37. The only thing that can be difficult during such a cruise is mooring.
Still, certain skills and understanding of the algorithm of actions are needed.
But one or two moorings, and everything happens automatically.
Especially when there are three extra horsepower in addition to the engine stalk. 
38. Well, after mooring ... You can also go to a restaurant. Or visit a private winery for a tasting.
But that's a completely different story... 
The trip to Languedoc-Roussillon is organized by the Russian representative office
Blogger Sergey Anashkevich writes: Why not act outside the box and rent a small ship instead of a car while traveling?
And go on a trip around the country. For example, in France.
After all, what does an ordinary trip look like, to which most tourists are accustomed?
1. Arrived at the airport. There, either the transfer of the tour operator meets and then the hotel-excursions-walks-paid program, or the transfer-hotel-pool-beach-attractions, or we rent a car and then drive to the cities and sights of interest, or the third option, but without a car for rent.
And here is the ship!
Well, why not? It's almost like driving, only here you have a hotel, a kitchen, and a vehicle.
2. We were invited to participate in this not quite familiar trip by Europe's leading tour operator of river cruises on comfortable self-driving boats -.
LeBoat is part of the TUI Group - the world's largest travel holding and today has the largest fleet of comfortable river boats in Europe, which can be rented for cruises on canals, lakes and rivers in 9 European countries: France, Germany, England, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Poland.
We chose France for our trip, or rather its southern part - the delta of the Rhone River.
We picked up our boats in Saint-Gilles, where one of the LeBoat bases is located.
3. This comfortable Vision 4 became our home for 4 days. Fortunately, there are all conditions for the trip to be easy and enjoyable.
By the way, it was very interesting for me to compare these river boats with sailing yachts, on which I travel several times a year.
4. The main difference from the interiors and internal structure of sailing yachts that I am used to is the availability of space, since the layout of such boats allows this.
Along the starboard side there is a corridor into which the doors of four double cabins open.
4. The cabin, although small in size, is much larger than the cabins on sailing yachts.
Beds can be either put together or left separately.
There is a small shelf above the bed, individual lighting in the cabin, air conditioning, a wardrobe, a 220V socket and a private bathroom.
5. This boat has four bathrooms with a shower - in each cabin. The toilet is equipped with an electric cleaning system, and not a manual pump, as is usually the case on sailboats.
6. Climate control panel.
7. An important point that makes this type of travel interesting for tourists is that the company allows you to take these boats on an individual basis. That is, in fact, like a car for rent - without a driver (captain). Management is quite simple, a specially trained person gives a short briefing and that's it, you can hit the road.
8. The life support system is controlled by a computer. It shows the remains of fresh and technical water in the tanks, the level of charge of the batteries, recharging them with a diesel generator, etc.
9. In front of a very spacious salon with a kitchen. It can comfortably accommodate 8 people. From here you can get both to the cabins and to the upper deck.
10. The kitchen is equipped with a gas stove, microwave oven, refrigerator. There is also a flat-screen TV and DVD player.
In the lower drawers are all the necessary utensils for both cooking and eating.
12. Our first breakfast.
I don't think anyone needs to be introduced. From left to right Irina Rusakova, manager of TUI-Russia, alexcheban, lovigin, anton_petrus, macos, me and sergeydolya.
13. The river network in the south of France is probably no less long than the road network. In the Middle Ages, the Rhone and its tributaries were generally the main transport artery of the region. So it is not surprising that small river navigation is so developed here.
14. A huge number of towns and villages are located along the rivers and canals, thousands of houses are built almost directly on the water, and near each of them there is a pier for a motor boat. Just like the car park in front of the house. Only on the other side.
15. In addition to the rivers in the Languedoc-Roussillon region, there are a huge number of canals connecting rivers, lakes and ponds. Cruise boats move, as a rule, along the canals.
The thing is that to drive a boat on the river you need a special skipper's license, but not to control the channels. So, in fact, any adult tourist can rent a boat.
16. A cruise on a riverboat is like a leisurely bike ride or trip. The boat moves at a speed of about 10 km / h, which allows you to relax under the awning and enjoy the views.
17. On the first day, I was surprised that in such narrow channels, boats sail quite calmly almost close to the shore. It turns out that special services monitor the channels - their depth, cleaning the bottom and banks. So, for example, a special tractor removes young shoots of shrubs, which can later become an obstacle to the movement of boats.
18. Automobile and river traffic.
19. In the Rhone Delta, there are just a huge number of ponds and lakes. The Camargue biosphere reserve, known throughout the world, is even located here.
20. Many cities are equipped with tens of kilometers of marinas and berths for thousands of motor boats and boats, both private and cruise.
31. And this comrade has already sailed his ...
32. What can you see on a river cruise in the south of France?
First, the beautiful scenery. In fact, without leaving your home, you can admire the sunrise...
33. ... and sunset.
34. Cities. Having correctly built the route, you can alternate several hours of leisurely walk along the canal with walking tours of medieval fortresses and towns.
35. There are many wineries, chateaus and abbeys in the region.
36. This is the entrance to Magellon Abbey.
37. The only thing that can be difficult during such a cruise is mooring. Still, certain skills and understanding of the algorithm of actions are needed. But one or two moorings, and everything happens automatically. Especially when there are three extra horsepower in addition to the engine stalk.
38. Well, after mooring ... You can also go to a restaurant. Or visit a private winery for a tasting. But that's a completely different story...
Buying a motorboat or an ordinary boat is a rather responsible undertaking, which must be approached as seriously as possible. It is very good if the seller allows not only to visually inspect the vessel, but also allows you to conduct a test drive. But far from all shipowners are ready to do this, so it is important to be savvy from a theoretical point of view.
That is why, before you buy a motor boat, you should remember all the important characteristics and features of the selected model. You can get information from the official website of the manufacturer, from thematic sites and forums, ask questions to the owners. All this will help you avoid making mistakes.
How to conduct an inspection?
There are several features of the correct inspection of the boat before buying. As a rule, the inspection is carried out on the shore, so you need to “work” in the following sequence:
- The first step is to check all the documentation provided, check the engine and hull numbers. Exact matches are very important - there should be no missing hyphens, numbers or letters.
- If everything is in order with the documents, then first you need to look at the bottom, especially the keel (in the place where it comes into contact with the underwater soil during mooring). There should be no dents or other defects.
- You should also examine the cheekbones, which, if used improperly, suffer the most.
- The stern of motor boats is prone to cracking, so it also needs to be given special attention.
- The propulsion complex requires a special check, so that later you did not have to separately buy an outboard motor in St. Petersburg, which can be quite expensive. The following are subject to inspection here: the gearbox housing, shafts, screws, shaft line, the condition of the impeller, the Goodrich bearing and other important elements.
What else to do?
During the inspection, do not be shy to write down all the identified defects in order to clarify the cost of the repair later. You should also look at the engine compartment. If it is not allowed to check the boat on the water, then you should connect the coastal water for this by starting the engine.
In the process of checking it is necessary to note all the minor details. For example, if it is seen that individual elements were painted or painted over, it is quite possible that this was done before the sale of the vessel.
A good solution would be to purchase a motor boat and additional equipment for it from specialized companies that can provide all the necessary documents upon request.
