We have already shown you “Bird’s Eye Look at Moscow“, now here are some incredibly beautiful pictures from the top of a Moscow apartment building, which is the highest apartment building in Europe, the building’s height is 261 meters, and the pictures you see here were taken from 240…
Russia has a rich theater tradition and culture, and St. Petersburg which is often called the “cultural capital of Russia” obviously plays a big role in it. Here are very interesting pictures from the theater academy in St. Petersburg…
As many of you soccer fans should know, St. Petersburg’s soccer team “Zenit” had won the UEFA cup couple of days ago. Russian soccer teams rarely win something big on the world’s stage , therefore winning this UEFA cup final had made the Russian soccer fans very proud, especially those who live in St. Petersburg…
Recently the news had surfaced that a Swiss pilot Yves Rossy a.k.a. “Fusion Man” had flown over the Alps using his jet powered wing. That’s all nice and everything, especially knowing that back in 1935 a Soviet engineer Mr. Sanfirov had himself designed and then tested his wing while parachuting out of an airplane, except that his wing didn’t cost $285,000 to build…
We have already shown you pictures of the “Building art in Russia“, as well as “The roles of Winnie Pooh that you haven’t seen before“, here is another collection of pictures showing you Winnie Pooh, Carlson who lives on the Roof, as well as other favorite Russian cartoon characters all put together on one building…
- Because nothing starts your day like a fresh cup of coffee…
Here is pretty funny ad, that became a Finalist and best Russian ad of the year in Cannes 2007. It won a gold in Moscow International Advertising Festival, and became a finalist in the Idea Festival 2008…
We have already shown you the old Soviet Locomotives, now here are few picture of one those timeless classics with a nice background view of modern Moscow…
Leading up to May 9th Victory Day holiday, a lot of posters were put up all over Russia, commemorating the event. Unfortunately those who were in charge of putting those billboards together, clearly didn’t know anything about history. Too make matters even more ironic, the Russian teens who participated in the parades clearly misunderstood what the whole holiday was about…
- Yep, that’s a German Soldier throwing a grenade, behind Russian Veterans…
Try to guess who the guy on the picture below is, you are guaranteed to know who he is…
In Russia the public runs public transport, quite literally…
There is a city in Russia called Orel - whose name literally translates as “eagle”. This city is very old since it was ordered to be built by Ivan the Terrible himself back in 1566. But enough with history, since the name of the city has a direct relationship to an eagle, why not build and put one on the city square???
P.S. Notice how both wings of the eagle are tied down to the ground, obviously to prevent the eagle from escaping and flying away, since a similar stunt had already been performed by a runaway bear which had escaped from Moscow zoo back in 1980…
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We already have shown you the “Happy Days in USSR“, “Life in the USSR“, “Positive Look at life in USSR part 1, and part 2“, “USSR Without Glamor“, and “USSR from Westerner’s Perspective“, now here is another gallery showing you what life behind the iron curtain had looked like…
Everyone wants to be environmentally friendly these days, but some people are clearly way too ambitious approaching this issue…
