Russian designer makes
custom "Lamps of Bulbs".
Doing sports on fresh air is so fun. Guys have
found a working gym somewhere in Russian woods.
Second trip to Kadikchan town - lost city of Russia. On the first
photo is how it looked like when it was not abandoned yet.
Seems there is strange trend spreading across Russia Internet. It all has started after the lady from the photo above has posted her photo on Russian social network. She became popular very fast for this photo. Some people say because of her enormous bottom compared to face, some say just because of the look of her eyes, some are sure that just in overall this photo is cool. Now, hundreds of Russian ladies try to make a photo in such position, as you can see below. The call it "to make Vilena-style
photo" - Vilena that's the name of the first girl. By the way, this name has a Soviet origin. After the Communists took over in 1917 and their leader Lenin was a national hero many Russian young parents called their boys and girls after him using his initials and second name. Lenin's full name was "Vladimir Iliich Lenin" - so new boyish name appeared "VILen" and girlish one two: "VILena". There were also such names like "Vladlen" or "Vladlena" after "Vladimir Lenin".
Russian graffiti-boy was caught by rail-road security
while he was painting on the next train and then...
Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Art, Society, Technology
One Russian company sells such watermelon bags. People say that in current society there is a big demand for nature inspired stuff because people
suffer from Nature Deficit Disorder (NDD). Such bags especially look good in spring when people just hungry for freshness and vitamins.
Russian Orthodox church, revived after its oppression by the Communist power back to life by the
successors of the Soviets now in big favor. Just a few shots of how Russian Pope comes with a visit.
Categories History, Photos, Russian Art, Russian People
Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, first Russian cosmonaut, you probably know him. People from Latvia know him too, they say that during the Soviet Times Russian authorities wanted to rename Latvian capital city Riga after Yuri Gagarin to Gagarin city, but they didn't for some reason. So they decided to commemorate the glory of the hero in bit different way. They have made a monument of Gagarin, but
not just a monument. Yuri tragically died in plane accident during the test flights he participated in while on his service in Russian army in his young age. Latvian monument builders decided to imagine what if he didn't die how he could like at his 70s and built such a monument which tends to look how Yuri Gagarin could look in his old ages. You can see it below:
Categories History, Russian Art, Society
This shot was one of the most famous shots made by Russian photographers during World War 2. It was made in the ruins of Stalingrad city - the place where the most heavy city battles took place. Some historians say that after those battles near Staliningrad the Nazi invasion of Russia broke down.
The monument itself depicts Russian children dancing around a crocodile, looking so unreal with the traces of bullets on the sculptures and the burning ruins on the background. Later, after the war the monument was rebuilt, even earlier than surrounding buildings.
