After the New Year's celebration people recovered themselves and started to walk. Each year the
main place they usually come to is Red Square, of course. Let us have a walk there too.
Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian Art, Technology
St. Andrew's Church is one of the symbols of Kiev, Ukraine, which is also famous abroad. It is an Orthodox temple named after St. Andrew the Apostle. It was built in 1749-54 by the order of Empress Elizabeth on the place where had been erected the cross by St. Andrew
during his trip to the North. The architect of the construction was Bartolomeo Rastrelli who was also famous for being an author of such structures as Mariinsky Palace in Kiev, Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and the Catherine Palace in Pushkin.
Categories Automotive, Business, Economics, Photos, Russian People, Society, Technology
Every day citizens of Minsk throw tons of garbage away: on the pavement and into special containers. We are going to spend one day with a person whose job is to keep the city clean.
Andrey starts his working day at 8 a.m. and finishes it at 8 p.m. For this time he manages to overcome 140-180 km along the city and unload garbage from 140 containers.
What person is hiding under the beard of Father Frost (Russian Santa)? And that cute girl, his granddaugher ice princess Snegurochka, who is she
in real life? We are going to unmask some of them right now. This post is strictly forbidden for kids younger than six years old!
New Year's celebration in the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, went terribly wrong. They lost the main Christmas tree
so fast! However they could enjoy it being all in flames! Where else could they see something like this?
Categories Automotive, Funny, Photos, Russian People, Society, Video
Winter roads never help to be where you need on time. It's when drivers seek for
different ways not to be late. Sometimes going off the road can help them out.
Categories Other, Photos, Russian Nature
The Rybinka river is a major tributary of the Yauza. Though diggers do not often come down to see it. There are no stairs under most of the hatches. We gonna see the historic area of the river -
it's a brick circular 3.5-meters chimney with a chamber two meters wide. The authors of the pictures got the place without any stairs or ropes, just using the power of their hands.
Categories Culture, Photos, Russian Food
The most difficult in making baklava is waiting for six hours while it is soaking. If you can restrain from stealing a sweet
piece, other members of your family can be less heroic. So you need to hide the dish further from the hungry ones.
One American specialist was on a business trip in the USSR in 1930 and took these photos. Some of
them were taken in Moscow, some - in Kazan, Tatarstan, though we cannot be sure about the rest.
Categories Photos, Technology, Video
It's not what we wanted to start this year with but still... In December, 29th, the airplane Tu-204 crashed in the airport of Vnukovo, Moscow. Eight
crew members were aboard the plane: four died and four were hospitalized in serious condition (one of them also died already in hospital).
