It's night and we are in Vladivostok going into a submarine to
show you its technical equipment, skipping its museum part.
The slaughter of pigs took place in Geche village, Transcarpathian region. Around 20 teams participated in the competition for the best dish and then visitors
could try their tasty pork dishes and buy meat and sausages. The festival in Geche is admitted to be the best festival in the Transcarpathian region.
Categories Photos, Russian Nature
Weather remains changeable in the Crimea this January. Flowers that started blossoming earlier in the month were covered with snow which later
melted because thermometers showed +14C. Last Friday, it was freezing again and that's what the beaches of the area look like now.
Categories Culture, Photos, Russian Art, Russian People, Society
Below are photographs which have become winners in the nomination 'Events/Everyday Life' in
2011 Best Photographs of Russia photo exhibition, the project we keep you informed of.
Categories Photos, Russian Art
Paintings by Mark Rothko are believed to be the most expensive, if compared to other Russian artists. Its White Center (1950) was sold for 72.8 million dollars plus it is the 12th most expensive painting in the world. However, Rothko was a Jew who left Russia at age 10. So, we will cross him out from our list of most expensive paintings by Russian artists. № 1. Kazimir Malevich – 60 million dollars. Suprematist Composition, 1916 (Sotheby’s, 2008) The painting was created in 1916 and stayed with the artist until June 1927. Malevich exhibited his
work in the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung in Berlin, but was soon to leave for the USSR. The painting soon went to German architect Hugo Hering, who then sold it to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. It stayed there for the next 50 years. After 17 years of legal battle over the painting's ownership, the painting was returned to heirs of the artist. In November, 2008 they sold it at an auction. In 2012, they returned another painting by their prominent ancestor taking it away from a museum in Switzerland.
Categories History, Photos, russian army, Russian People
Below are photographs taken during World War II to
capture people welcoming the Liberation Soviet Army.
Categories Photos, russian army, Sports, Technology
Today, we want to show you again how they train divers in Russia. We chose the 187th training center located in the city of Volzhsky, the Volgograd Region. What does the Army need divers for? First of all, divers inspect underwater constructions.
Then, they do all kinds of underwater works, like construction or blasting; they detect mines, bombs and other ammunition; work in sunk ships and boats, explore the shoreline, measure depth and do other very important things.
Categories History, Photos, russian army, Technology
During World War II, Chistye Prudy Metro Station was used as the headquarters of the General Stuff of the Red Army. Trains
would pass the station by and here they also placed an underground office of Commander-in-Chief Joseph Stalin.
Categories Automotive, Culture, History, Other, Photos, Russian Art, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society
We have already showed you photos of Moscow taken in 1909. Let us see the way the city was changed in 22 years. The
photos below were taken in 1931 by Branson DeCou, a traveller, and were later colored with aniline ink.
Categories History, Photos, russian army, Russian People
It's been 68 years since the Siege of Leningrad. We post the following photographs highlighting the city's infrustructure, advertisements, signs, etc. The
photo above was taken in 1941. It pictures air balloons which were used to prevent German aircrafts from making low flights over Leningrad.
