
The picture above shows a vintage Soviet poster which shows what a bottle of vodka could buy you at time. It was propaganda against the drinking problem, like - "Look! Instead of vodka you could buy all
this!". Also, this might be called a Soviet variation on the "Hamburger" index. So really, what could a bottle of vodka buy you back then (in the 1970's) and now in Russia? See more inside:
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Jury from Tver city has visited an unusual competition held in one of the Tver city colleges - young girls for fighting for the "Best Hotel Worker" prize. They had there
all - fake 10,000 dollar bills, foreigners acting as they come from exotic Southern countries etc. If you into something like this there are photos inside:
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A couple in city of Tver has married according to Pastafarian tradition. Do you know those pastafarian people - they make photos wearing pasta colanders on their heads for driving licences, and do other things to mock up a traditional approach to religion like - with all seriousness state that their
highest deity is a Flying Spaghetti Monster and more thing like this. You can read here if you are interested. Meanwhile in Tver one young couple decided to marry according to Pastafarianism tradition - please note a guy already has put his colander on. More photos inside:
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There is a ceasefire in force in Ukraine now, however most of the regiments haven't been sent home but just stay "in fields" just a few kilometers to the east from where they have been before, according to the
Minsk agreement. Those are photos that the soldiers themselves make and post around in the networks - from a regiment camping near Novognatovka village in Volnovakha area. See inside their photos:
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This standard 20 feet shipping container can be turned into... a mobile army gym. Previously soldiers were lacking training facilities while on the move or while
camping in the fields. Now with those like on the picture above and below - they can carry the gym with themselves whenever they go. See a bit more inside:
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Today we have some previously unpublished vintage photos of Moscow from around 1900 - 1914. The photographs are all by one man - Mr. Sergei Chesnokov. He was not a professional but rather a hobbyist - concentrating on
everyday life of the city. In 1917, after the October revolution, he had to emigrate abroad and then lived in Denmark. Over 1,500 photos were left behind by him, so today lets take a look at a few of them:
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One Russian photographer, Alexander Belenkiy, has travelled to a random Russian village to see how people live there, to make photos. He says that the life of the people there might seem similar to
the people of the cities but same time its completely different. So the village is in Kostroma region of Russia and thanks to Alexandr we can see what people are up to in there:
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The new Ukrainian army mask was presented to public. The model was named "Cyborg", and some bloggers around have been finding a similarity between this new mask and imperial troopers mask out of the movie Star Wars. However despite
the similarities the main purpose of the unit is to protect face and neck of a soldier from grenades fragments. It also can withstand a direct hand gun shot and a rifle shot of up to 20 caliber. More photos inside:
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Some people probably have too much time on their hands! A guy has left his dirty car for a while and see what he got
when he returned. How pity it would be to go to the car wash next time -- all this beauty to be ruined.
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A pretty large set of photos of Soviet people at work. The collection of photos of famous USSR photographer Semion Friedland. He worked as a journalist in Russian "TIME" analogue - the "OGONIOK" magazine. People that present on those photos
have been photographed in time span of 1940s-1950s - one of the most hard times of the Soviet state, just recovering from the devastating war rolled throughout the country. Let's see inside how people looked at this time:
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