July | 2009 | English Russia

Categories Exclusive, History

On 14 (26) of May, 1896 in the morning all the stalls and shops in Moscow were closed and there were no pedestrians and carriages at all -- the city seemed almost deserted. But in fact, thousands and thousands of people gathered near the Kremlin and

were waiting for the new emperor to be crowned. The area around the Kremlin was flooded with local people and guests of the city, some of them were just standing, and some of them were sitting in the amphitheatre around the square.

Categories Culture, Exclusive, History, Photos

The Moscow Kremlin is a very old historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow and it has four palaces, four cathedrals, the well-known Kremlin Wall around it and great Kremlin towers. The complex used to be an official residence of the head of Russia when Moscow was its capital and is now the

government’s headquarters. Several structures were built in stone at the behest of Ivan Kalita in the late 1320s and early 1330s, and then the construction of churches began. At first the great wall was wooden, but to protect the area from fire it was demolished and the stone wall appeared.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People, Society

Yes, 512 Russian brides gathered for a Russian Bride Parade to

show west that in Soviet Russia they have Bride Pride.

Categories History, Photos, Science, Technology

We all got used to the nuclear power plants, even if having some precautions of the phenomena itself they look like have been here for quite a while. But when did this nuclear energy extraction thing has started? The first nuclear power plant has been built in Russia or Soviet Union as it was called at that times. It has been built in high hush-hush mode, even the construction workers on site didn't know what exactly they were doing there. Then on June 27th, 1954 Russian radio stations knocked

over their listeners across the vast country and worldwide when they broadcasted the news like "In Soviet Union, thanks to the joint effort of scientists and engineers the construction of the world's first nuclear power plant with an output power of 5000 kW. The power plant construction has been completed and already produced electricity for the local Soviet agricultural objects". Today let's see how this shrine of nuclear power looks in our days.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian Art

In one Russian town they have started publishing newspapers on... plastic bags that you get in grocery stores. The edition is always fresh, so each time

you get back from the store you can get your portion of news, puzzles and even ads before sending the piece of plastic into trash bin.

Categories Funny, History

During the Civil War in Russia more than 3000 various denominations were issued, they were valid and accepted either over the whole territory of the former empire or in some of its regions.

Some of the currency notes were really incredible and some were simply weird. Their names related to the area where they were used or to the names of local government’s heads.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People, Sports, Technology

There are a lot of fans of "Fallout" game across the world. In Russia this electronic entertainment piece is widely recognized too. Sometimes the anticipation to game goes so strong that devoted people are trying to transfer the gameplay to real life, stating that some Russian abandoned locations are a perfect fit for an image of "New California" after it was bombed by nuclear missiles. Brothers of steel,

rangers, peaceful citizens, raiders and many others are those who you can meet if to visit one of those locations. "Game is so attractive when it's played for real that sometimes you even forget that this is the game", says one of the participants. "Especially if you try to keep the quality of the costumes and everything as much high and close to the game as possible", he adds.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Photos, Russian Art, Technology

This story was circulating around Russian discussion boards this weekend. It's about an Italian guy who got in love with... Russian car UAZ

and because of that wanted to replicate a small but almost like the real thing model of the Russian utility vehicle.

Categories Funny, Photos

That's a photo of some random airport near St. Petersburg. A few years ago it

was looking like this. What's going on there let's see inside:

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People

"Who is your candidate?", such slogans are not rare in Russia too. While other world discusses Palin in Russia another candidate celebrity got exposed recently to a general public due to her not very secure use of facebook-style Russian social network. She was going to join one

of Russian "Dumas" the legislative chamber. Some say that now she has even more chances. What you see above was her official propaganda poster placed all around the city. What's inside is what was found from her social media by Russian bloggers.

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