November | 2009 | English Russia

Categories Exclusive, Other, Photos, Russian Nature

There are lots of freaky places round the Earth. And most probably you heard that there is such a thing like Google tourism, rather young, so to say, sport. People prowling about a map of the world looking for a new spacey spot and then upload the

screenshots into their blogs. Maybe some of you have already seen some pictures of crop circles, abandoned factories and plants or even figure of a pink rabbit made on a field. And these are shots of some offbeat places in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Categories Funny, Photos, Society

One day in Russian

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Categories Culture, Exclusive, Funny, History, Other, Photos, Russian People, Society

Today’s picture selection is devoted to unusual transport on the streets of Moscow. Here you will find two-storied trolleybuses, steamships on the

Moscow River and even an elephant. In the first pic you see construction equipment on Arbat Square during building of the Kalinin Prospect.

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People

Going to the subway last tuesday was problematic in St. Petersburg because trains got stuck at one station without any chance coming to others in time. The young buddy sitting on the rails was the cause. As officially declared this was thought to be a suicide attempt but rational thinkers from the platform started giving him advices that it's

more effective for him would be to grab the rails with his both hands, then he would easily be approached to his target with the means of high voltage shock causing his suffering heart to go out of scale. Anyways he caused the subway schedule to be broken bad time so the police emerged and took him away.

Categories Exclusive, Funny, Other, Photos, Russian Art, Russian People, Society

Authorities of Moscow often complain that the city is kinda gray and gloomy and it lacks some fresh and showy colors. So, in some way it’s true, the city is not so bright especially during fall and winter seasons. But not whole Moscow is like that. There is one district, situated near Babushkinskaya

subway station, which is totally different. Many houses in this neighborhood are splattered all over with graffiti. The campaign was organized by some Moscow real-state agency in 2007, and by now these bright drawings keep on satisfying the eyes of the inhabitants of this place.

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Deserted streets. Hardly ever one or two lonely pedestrians, with their faces wrapped in bandages, hastily cross the street and hurry back to their houses, afraid to spend an extra minute outside. They won't touch each other with a ten-foot pole, won’t talk to each other even if they are good friends, they

just hustle by each other. People are in panic. People won’t get out from their homes, their TVs and radios mutter dark… something about a disastrous epidemic… something about fatal outcomes… something about the cure... None of these “somethings” sound assuring anymore.

Categories Exclusive, Funny, Photos, russian army

Not too far away from Moscow, in a pretty idyllic place lies a teeny village with a lovely name Zarja (Dawn). And here is

where the idyllic ends up. The village houses a Russian air forces museum, founded as far back as the USSR times.

Categories Funny, History, Photos, Russian People

The USSR adopted a not very friendly foreign policy and its realations between western countries were rather strained (we have already written about it here) France's relations with the Soviet Union have experienced dramatic ups and downs in 70’s. France was a popular destination for Russian migration for two reasons: cultural interest, which

was reinforced after the Russian occupation of Paris; and liberalization, which made it easier for Russians to settle in the country. Even though there were still political problems and in October 1985 previous Soviet president Gorbachev made a visit to France in order to fix the strains in the Franco-Soviet relations.

Categories Automotive, Exclusive, History, Photos, russian army

Dyagilevo is an air base in Ryazanskaya region, located 11 km to the west from Ryazan. There is the Distant Aviation Museum on the base where we will travel today. Let’s start our excursion

from TU-95, the soviet strategic missile bomber, one of the fastest planes that became a symbol of the Cold War. Russian Bear was made to attack anytime of a day, at any weather.

Categories Funny, Russian People, Society, Video

It's no surprise that somewhere in Russia there are huge warehouses fully stacked with vodka and whiskey crates. It's normal for many other countries too. And here you

can see how $250,000 worth of vodka getting ruined in two seconds time. Luckily there were no casualties at all, just a few punches on one guy's leg.

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