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The following nice picture brilliantly illustrates the rule known in Russia as “Potemkin’s village”. It is about how local authorities doing their best to impress or at least not upset the important visitor.
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What is Russia for foreign businessmen?
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Business, Society, Video
Truthful animation video about the difficulties that may face foreign businessman in Russia.
Tags: caricature · cartoon
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Living in Russian dormitory
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in People, Photos, Society
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Priiskoviy – the semi abandoned village of miners
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Society
Priiskoviy is the village of Ordzhonikidze district of Khakassia Republic located in the spur of the Kuznetsk Alatau mountains (1,5-1,6 km altitude).
The village is located to the south-west of the district administrative center – the village Kop’evo, near the border with Kemerovo oblast.
Tags: Abandoned · Khakassia republic
From March 1, 2011 the law on the police has come into force in Russia.
Picture from http://www.dragoart.com
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Abandoned colony for criminals of Perm krai
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Society
Russian penitentiary system is far from being perfect and here is one example. The following colony for criminals located somewhere on the territory of Perm krai was abandoned recently, in 2005, but as you can see the conditions of living there are rather extreme. The pictures were taken by Alexander Belenkiy (all the photos are clickable).
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The rescue of minibus and its driver
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Society, Video
Russian roads can’t stop Russian people :)
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Orthodox style gold-domed costumes
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Funny, Holidays, Society
The costumes were seen during one of the celebrations on the streets of Smolensk city. Some people say they see divers costumes here and who knows… :)
Tags: Smolensk city
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The museum of flat iron of Pereslavl-Zalessky town
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, Photos, Society
Pereslavl-Zalessky is a small Russian town (the population is about 42,000) situated in the southern part of Yaroslavl oblast. The following photos were captured by Lipilin Alexander at the local Museum of Flat Iron located on the central street of the town (the pictures are clickable).
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The picturesque views of Russian dacha
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Overview, Photos, Society
A lot of urban families in Russia have so called dachas – the small parcels of personal land located near the city.
Dachas are the places of resting and growing some vegetables, berries, fruits. And here are the picturesque pictures captured at one of such dachas. All the photos are clickable.
Tags: Russian dacha