August | 2012 | English Russia

Categories Culture, Economics, History, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society

Wakhan valley is a mountainous part of the Pamir and one of the most interesting places in Tajikistan. It contains monuments related

to different epochs and cultures. Such a pity that usually tourists hurry up to see other sights and don't stay here for long.

Categories Culture, Funny, Photos, Russian Art, Russian Nature, Society, Video

Such garbage people appeared in Kiev under the Moscow bridge. Nobody knows who's made them. Someone just came and picked trash right there, on the bank of the

Dnieper river: empty plastic bottles, beer cans etc. It became the material for the sculptures creation. Parts of the bodies were fixed with food wrap film.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Russian People, Video

Today in the video selection: army loading fail, a lesson of hunting a very dangerous South Russian

tarantula, ways to be the first on the best site for a picnic, diffuculties of learning to drive...

Categories Culture, Funny, Photos, Russian Art, Russian People, Society

One artist imagined that Russia was attacked by immigrants. He thought they might be hiding in stores, churches, TV sets etc. Being an artist he

decided to depict how he sees the world. Each image was painted twice: the first one depicts a real situation, the second - how it should be.

Categories Business, Culture, Photos, Society, Technology

This factory in Bogorodskoye village was quite large, people liked its toys, exported them. But everything has changed. Many employees do not go to work and cut out the toys at

home. Anyway the production is still alive as well as Bogorodsk toys. They are made from linden that is dried for about 4 years! This wood is soft and easy to work with.

Categories Automotive, Economics, History, Photos, Society, Technology

This car tunnel in the city of Ufa could had to be really huge. It was constructed in four lines under a high arch. Its construction began

in 1992. The works were stopped in 2004 and nobody can say if they get back to work again. Only one worker is now in the tunnel.

Categories Automotive, Funny, Photos

This strange accident was caused by the bus - its brakes failed to work. The police initially thought the driver was drunk but then noticed the man was gesticulating trying to show them he could not stop

the bus. The policemen moved up their own car to prevent the accident but it didn't help. The driver survived but he was being pulled from the wrecked bus for more than an hour...

Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian People, Society

Soviet censorship did not permit nude bodies on TV screens as a rule of a thumb. Most of these shots are exactly from the movies of the 1960-70s (and even earlier

periods). At that time western movies were not shown at all. That's why students came back to movie theaters for several times to see those scenes again and again..

Categories Business, Culture, Funny, Photos, Russian Art, Society

Such a cool plane was noticed in the airport of Yekaterinburg. It is fully made of cigarette packs of the promoted brand. Its size is rather big. But each pack screams out "Smoking kills!" so the meaning of

the installation remains to be ambiguous. The authors wanted to make something beautiful but what they made is 1000 reminders about death which makes people worry even more before a flight.

Categories History, Photos, Russian Nature, Society

Mount Elbrus is a dormant volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, Russia, near the border of Georgia. Mount Elbrus is a dormant volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, Russia, near the border of Georgia. It is the highest point of Russia and Europe. It has two peaks that are 5621 and 5642 meters (18440 and

18510 feet) high. It can be climbed via a ropeway. Let us have a look at the place described. Before, people had to struggle risking their lifes climbing this high. Later a cableway was created allowing the lazy people get to the peak of the mountain just in a matter of some minutes holding their beer in a hand.

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