Weird road signs, fun in public transport, crazy car modifications, mascots in the moments of
rest, crazy police - all this and more in the selection of craziness from Russia today!
Categories Automotive, Business, Culture, Economics, History, Photos, Russian People, Society, Technology
In 1985 the Moscow publishing house "Soviet Russia" issued a big album called "Volgograd" which included
works of five Soviet photographers: R. Beniaminson, V. Pavlov, E. Evzerikhin, V. Kabyshev and V. Ivanov.
Categories Culture, Funny, Russian Art, Russian People, Society
The city of Kirov, Russia, has its own fashion icon whose name is Victor Kazakovtsev. He is a former accordionist who is more interested in fashion today. Victor creates different looks from things he buys
cheaply in second hand stores. Some people make fun of him, others consider him to be a style icon. But almost everyone smile looking at him. He looks so unusual and positive in his images.
Categories Culture, Photos, Russian Food
Chak chak is a popular Tatar sweet cake. It is easy to make and no many products are needed for this. We take five chicken eggs, half a kilogram of wheat flour,
one tablespoon of cognac, 700 ml of vegetable oil, one glass and a half of honey, one third glass of sugar and one hour and a half of free time.
You are going to see a big collection of photo postcards featuring people and mode of life in the Russian
Empire of the end of the nineteenth - beginning of the twentieth centuries. So what was the Russian type?
Moldova is the poorest country in Europe. But every tourist who comes there decides by himsilf/herself if it is true or not. However it has been
called "the poorest" for some years by mass media. You are about to travel along the remote places of Moldova, its villages and cities.
This place is an abandoned recreation and retreat center called "Beryozki" ("Birch trees"). It inlcudes a
dwelling zone, a technical and entertaining zone (kitchen, canteen, library etc), a defense underground area.
Categories Culture, Photos, Technology
From a pragmatic point of view, yurt is just a folding, portable house. From a historical and emotional point of view - an area, where many generations of nomads were born and
died. The Kyrgyz treat it as something sacred. By the way, the upper part of a yurt became the state symbol which is seen on the flag of Kyrgyzstan.
Categories Culture, Photos, Russian People, Society
Only in Russia: cardboard policemen on the roads, dinosaurs in the yards, grass planted in the keyboard,
strange balconies in places where they should not be and many other crazy stuff to make your day.
This is another photo report about bodybuilding competition: this time it takes place in a Russian city
Krasnoyarsk. Fit girls and guys show their beauty and strength. The main thing here is not to overdo.
