May | 2007 | English Russia

Categories Photos

This is photo session of a guy who traveled on one fo the freight boats (from the photo above) under the bridges at night in St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg until year 2006 you couldn't get from one part of the city to another at night in the summer because all the main bridges, more than 20 in total, are being

raised so that ships could pass but cars couldn't. People who failed to return to their homes at night had to sleep in the cars on the roadways to the bridges until they get lowered back. In 2006 the first bridge tall enough was built, so that ships could pass under it without it being raised.

Categories History, Photos

These are photos of Soviet kid's organization. The participation was compulsory for every school student, but we need to admit it was also very awaited for 10 years old boys and girls - most of them simply couldn't wait the day when they receive their bright

red tie - the symbol of Russian Pioneers. It was considered as the first step for becoming a communist, and any damage to the red tie could be very strictly punished just because the tie symbolized the Red Flag - flag of Soviet Russia.

Categories History, Photos

This is a strange structure standing deep in Russian forests on the Horse Island in the middle of small lake. It's a small Christian church on top of a very large boulder. This boulder has a history too. Long before the Christianity came to Russia, this rock was used by local tribes as an idol, thousand years ago in 1000 b.c. It was called "Horse-Stone" and the island as

we mentioned was called Horse Island. They sacrificed horses to it and when first Christians came they were shocked by bloody rituals of locals, but after they cleared up the place they decided to use the stone. Probably the main reason was to have it under control in order to prevent locals continuing with their pagan procedures around it.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Art

This Russian owned car is not just nice because of

its exterior. It glows in the dark. Really.

Categories Funny, History, Photos, Russian Art

While hundreds people quarrel online and offline about the Soviet Bronze Soldier monument moved to another place by Estonian authorities, some more Soviet monuments can be found treated totally with lack of any respect in the back yard of "Museum of History" in the capital of Estonia -

Tallinn. Anyone can come and see Stalin, Lenin and other Russian Soviet heroes standing and lying scattered all over the backyard, together with stone tombs which were saint for all Soviet people who trusted in Soviet state, now probably waiting their turn to go to scrap site.

Categories Funny, Photos

Moscow is the capital of Russia and it changes quickly. For example this small part of Moscow changed drastically just

during one day. The shot above was made in the morning, the photo below is made later in the afternoon.

Categories Funny, Photos

This is a strange place near Moscow city, park that imitates different crashes, like a helicopter hitting the power

lines or a crashed plane site near the train crash site. Sometimes guys from Russian rescue team train there.

German Anti-Russian propaganda posters during WW2 on Russian language 2

Categories Funny, History, Photos

During World War 2 German Nazi propaganda machine used also posters on Russian language in order to convince Russian people that German army liberates them from Soviet dictators and that most Soviet leaders are of Jewish origin, as you know Hitler hated them. These propaganda was used in

"liberated" areas of Russia that were under short term German reign. Some historical evidences though show that during this times there was a reasonable economic growth on those territories free of Soviet "anti-privacy" acts. The one above is simple: "Down With Bolshevism!"