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MINSK WORLD, a theme park based around a decomissioned former Soviet
Union aircraft carrier, was carried to Shenzhen several years ago
and become the highlight of south China. The giant, blue ship floats
on the sea and is moored to a 90-metre-long iron bridge. Artillery
positions and a group of tanks figure prominently on shore.
A fifth-floor theatre that can hold 776 people is one of the first
things you notice when you get onboard. Subsequently, an 18-minute
film is shown about the history of aircraft carriers, informing
viewers that the first one was built in Britain in 1918. The film
also discusses the history of Minsk, which was unfortunately decommissioned
in its prime because Russia couldn't afford to keep up its maintenance.
Other exhibits on this floor include a display of five real and
artificial torpedoes and a medium-sized stage on which a Russian
dance group performs folk dances.
Following directions, one arrives at the top deck and discovers
that it's as large as three football fields put together. Tour guides
dressed in mock-military uniforms educate visitors about the two
armed helicopters, the Mega-23 fighter plane, and anything else
they have questions about. But keep in mind that the temperature
on deck can be scorchingly high in mid-summer.
More awaits just underneath the top deck. There's a missile storehouse,
a 100- metre-long corridor lined with paintings and a room dedicated
to Russian achievements in space which primarily focuses on the
first man to actually travel in space, a Russian named Yuri Gagarin.
Separate dining rooms, originally for the officers and the rank-and-file
soldiers, have been fashioned into restaurants.
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