Janali, Janik, Kara-batyr... an ordinary 5-year old boy from Almaty. Everyone likes him. One girl even wants "to eat him
like chocolate". Butthe truth is he's just a boy like everyone else. Go through another day of Janik's life.
Categories Culture, Exclusive, Other, Photos, Russian Art, Russian People, Society
In three months, the first performances at the Bolshoi Theatre will begin. The
Theatre currently looks like a big anthill, but a look inside won't cause any harm.
When you read about what goes into the consumer's basket, you do not take the quantity you see the way you do when you see it on the photos. The creators of this project used electronic scales to show how it all looks like in minimum quantity. From this it comes out unusual. In the different regions of Russia, the average consumer basket
varies. For example in 2011, the Government of Sverdlovsk region of the I quarter of 2011 set a living wage at a level of US$213 per capita. These include: food - US$82, non-food items - US$32, services - US$84, mandatory payments and fees at US$15. The officiais find this to be sufficient.
Categories Culture, Exclusive, History, russian army, Russian People, Society
Even though the time-line of events in these photographs is unavailable, they have a rich history that could close the gaps that have been left
out by written history. Here is a collection of undated photographs of several undated wars that took place in the early times.
Categories Exclusive, Other, Photos, Russian People, Society
On their way to work one morning citizens of St. Petersburg noticed a dummy hanging
on the main city street. Such a strange action was organized by some jokers.
Categories Culture, Exclusive, History, Photos, Russian People
These vintage pictures of Moscow have been kindly sent to us by one of our readers in America.
They were taken in 1909 by his great-grandfather and their history is the following ...
Categories Culture, Exclusive, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People
Taymyr is a large peninsula located in the very North of Russia.
Welcome to get to know the life of this remote spot a bit.
Categories Culture, Exclusive, Photos, Russian People
At first glance you may think you see some Indian during his traditional ritual on this picture. You'll be half right as this is indeed a ritual of worship, but it
is performed by modern Russian shamans and their guests from abroad, who came to the shaman festival from Mongolia, Germany and the USA. Feel some magic!
Categories Culture, History, Photos, Russian Art, Russian People, Society
Vladimir Sokolaev has taken a lot of wonderful pictures of Soviet
everyday life. Looking at them we can touch the past now.
Categories Automotive, Exclusive, Funny, Photos, Technology
You'll find striking billboards recently installed in a Russian city, discover a
home-made monster jeep, be amazed at flooded roads and a custom road sign.
