September | 2007 | English Russia

Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian Art, Society

Maksim Dmitriev was born in 1858 in Tambov province. At the age of 15 he became an apprentice of the famous photographer of that time - M.P. Nastiukov, where he obtained basic knowledge about the art of photography. He became famous at the beginning of the 90-s of the XIX century after representation of the exposition called "Bad harvest in Nizhny Novgorod region", where he showed ruined

villages and sick and starving peasants. With this exposition he became the founder of the photo report genre in Russia. Rural dining house on the picture above. 1891-1892. See also: Color Post Cards of Russian Empire 100 Years Ago Russian People 100 Years Ago in Color Russia 100 Years War on Terror? Color Photos of Russian Churches 100 Years Ago and Today

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Art

Yesterday we had a public yard from St. Petersburg which was all from mosaics. This one stands in the middle of Moscow city downtown - just imagine between

hundreds of multi-stored concrete or brick buildings there is a wooden oasis in traditional Russian style. There is even a wooden sculpture of a bear.

Categories Fiction, Funny, Society, Video

As you can see from the following six short video clips Russian police is very friendly and

policemen prefer to spend every free minute they have dancing and dancing and dancing...

Categories Funny, Photos

And if to continue today the story about the strange crashes - this guy on Lada failed to pass by the standing train and touched it with the car's left side. It was not some moving train, this railroad is

very rarely used these days - you can tell this from those green plants growing between the rails, and there was plenty of space in front of the train but he preferred not to notice it.

Categories Other, Photos

Nobody knows how did this happen, there was neither sounds of the broken glass nor of the signalling

system, but the next morning the driver has found his car with an empty beer bottle in the frontal.

car before and after the crash in Ukraine 1

Categories Funny, Photos

This guys has made a photo of his newly bought Honda car and posted it to his

blog and other webpages. Just a few days later he posted some other photos:

Categories Exclusive, Funny, Photos, Society

Here comes the latest photos submitted by our visitors and portraying some aspects of life in Russia and former republics of the

USSR. If you live in Russia you can submit too via our forum or feedback form. The best stuff will be published.

guys meet girls in Chernobyl in protective suits 1

Categories Fiction, Funny, Russian Art

So this is probably the strangest photo-session from Chernobyl. It has been conducted in the abandoned amusements park, showing the harsh reality of man/woman relations in Chernobyl area. If

some girl wants to date a boy in Chernobyl park, they for sure need to wear some protective suits, but these suits isn't a big barrier when there is passion between them.