- Your daily dose of Russian Humor :))
Usually when people hear about the “Swan Lake” they immediately assume that it is a famous ballet production by Pyotr Tchaikovskiy. In this gallery though, we are determined to show you what the actual swan lake in Russia looks like, sorry ballerina lovers…
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 hight 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…
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…
Try to guess who the guy on the picture below is, and if you can’t then just hit the magic button to find out…
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…
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…
From 1959 to 1985 USSR had built hundreds of thousands of ugly looking buildings called “Khrushevkas” - a name came from First Secretary of USSR Nikita Khrushev (1953-1964), under whom these buildings were first introduced. These simple panel block buildings were easy and fast to build, which at the time obviously mattered more than their styling. Luckily sometimes creative Russian citizens take matters into their own hands. We’ve already shown you Art on Russian Buildings, here is a creative porch done upon one of those scary creations…
As you have seen on our website already, May 9th parade had included a lot of tanks. Luckily none of them had stalled during the actual parade, but on their way back home, one did…
Here is a gallery of Soviet soldiers and all of those who worked on the factories and in hospitals, helping bring about victory and defeat NAZI Germany 63 years ago…
