February | 2010 | English Russia

Categories Funny, Russian People, Society

This small Russian Christian photo retouching studio was discovered recently by the members of one of the largest Russian online communities. In the matter of hours it

has achieved a peak of glory spreading hugely across Russian blogs. Why? Maybe we can get a clue by the looking on the examples of their works.

Categories Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People

The only hard-to-reach weather station “Aigba” on the territory of Sochi and Krasnaya Polyana located 2225m above sea level. No internet connection, no landline. All data are noted in a table and dictated on the cellphone. They do

not drink, watch TV for many hours, cook food and feel detachment from the world. Their salary is ridiculous – 6000 rubles - about 200 US dollars, they are here to be free… On the photos the guys are at work.

Categories Science, Technology

In the 1960s-80s in the USSR there was fulfilled a great number of satellite killers tests. During this warfare there were launched land ballistic missiles, antimissiles, military satellites (including counterweapons) and it

made a great impression on the USA. This warfare of the Soviet nuclear force was called “7-hours Nuclear War”, it forced America to start creation of antisatellite and anti-missile systems of new generation.

Categories Funny, Russian People

In Russian blogs this post went viral. It was called "Our girls - Their Cars", many have left comments

like "Yep, our cars are not cool, but they don't have the girls as cool as ours!".

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People, Society

Just one photo. A page from some Soviet Russian magazine of the early seventies, from the last months of iron curtain. At that times Reagan was proposing the "SDI" program putting some armaments to space, which was widely used by Russian propaganda to scare people - giant laser beams in space - no way to shield from them etc. And for such an illustration the

"Battlestar Galactica" poster was used. Here is what the Russian text reads: Now space is a battlefield. That's what the American audience was prepared for by mass media long before Reagan came up with his SDI plans. This is a still from the movie "Battlestar Galactica". As you can see there are a faces full of hatred and laser guns...

Categories Automotive, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Technology

Winter is the time to go to the.. ocean. When the weather is steadily below zero and the sun never rises above the horizon it is the high time. High time to go and see the auroras in the land of no-way-getting-there-in-the-summer. There are no auto roads that way in summer. In winter

there is small chance to get there. Even if you have suv or big gas goggler jeep you still can be sure in reaching the shores of the Polar Ocean. Why people try to reach those salty frozen waters there? Maybe taking a look on the photos can give a clue.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Photos, Russian People, Technology

In St. Petersburg they have almost the deepest subway in the world, according to wikipedia: "The deepest metro system in the world was built in St. Petersburg, Russia. In this city, built in the marshland, stable soil starts more than 50 metres (160 ft) deep. Above that level the soil mostly consists of water-bearing finely dispersed sand. Because of this, only three stations out of nearly 60

are built near the ground level and three more above the ground. Some stations and tunnels lie as deep as 100–120 metres (330–390 ft) below the surface. However, the location of the world's deepest station is not as clear", however one of the St. Petersburgs stations is the world's deepest one. What a cool machinery they use when make dig for new stations:

Categories Exclusive, Other, Photos

"Kamkinskaya" quarry or "Kiseli" (Kissels) - a system of artificial caves, quarries in the Moscow region. Here limestone was quarried for the construction of "white stone" in Moscow. Located not far from Moscow, near the village Kamkina. The length of the system is not certain, is about 10,5 - 12,0 km. Extraction was conducted mainly in the XVIII - XIX centuries. But probably

earlier, until the XVI century. Preserved, uneven areas, characterized by different methods of extraction (kolonniki, zabutovannye kolonniki, solid output). In the XX century, especially since the 60's, it has been a place of pilgrimage for tourists due to its underground informal subculture. Equipped grottoes, bas-relief images, drawings on the walls.