These cute labels adorned Soviet bottles with various
soda soft-drinks. No doubt - many Russians miss them.
During World War II USA has helped great deal to the armies of the allies in every possible way, including sending the machinery and weapons according the so called "land lease" agreement. We have today one of the most exotic parts of this cooperation, that was very appreciated by Russian soldiers and was famous long after the war was over. This exotic American give away was a
production of a special canned pork stew designated to Russian troops and prepared according to the Russian traditional recipe. Russian soldiers are not used to those capitalistic foods you might supply us, bring us "The Tushonka", this might was in minds of Russian generals who asked American government to send this special food to the front lines.
Those are the Lord of the Rings heroes we all know but probably never had seen them like this before. In Soviet Russia they had that book too, it was not a full trilogy but illustrations were made by
a local artist and look very different from the ones there were in the Western World. Can you guess all of the characters depicted here? The hint, the one on the cover is Bilbo.
Photographer Jason Eskenazi from the USA visited Russia in 1991 for the first time, it was on the eve of the August putsh, and since then he has returned to post-Soviet countries many times. The result - some exhibitions and a book "Wonderland: A Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith". His
photographs are rather popular in the west. Jason says that USSR is a gloomy utopian nightmare . He believes that it's a tragedy that people of the ruined empire, who are not ready for a new life, who don't see their place in future, feel nostalgic about the communistic past.
Categories Photos, Russian People, Society
25th, May, 2010 was the day of a great event in all Russian cities -
farewell bell. These are the pictures of this crazy celebration.
Categories Automotive, Funny
This is how some car owners protect their vehicles from theft. It seems to be
the most serious mechanical protection device you've ever seen!
Recently we've told you about the original protest against cars with
flashers, so these are the new adventures of the protestants.
Categories Russian Art
Lit-Art Company specializes in monumental art casting from bronze, aluminum and
cast iron. Besides here they produce plaster sculptures of any size.
