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Nov/09

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Vivaldi by Russian button accordion player

I think it is not easy to play beautiful music of Vivaldi on button accordion.

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Nov/09

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Ulianovsk city ammunition depot explosion

The video of Russian Navy ammunition depot explosion happened yesterday in Ulyanovsk city.

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Nov/09

12

Swine flu homemade mask in Moscow metro

The following photo was made in Moscow city metro yesterday.

Swine flu mask (Moscow metro)

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Nov/09

10

True Russia animated cartoon video

Russia is “known” as country of bears, vodka etc. And the following cartoon proves it! Just look at this story by Russian animation studio “Spirtovka” named “True Russia: Stolen Vodka”.

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Nov/09

9

Seven wonders of Russia

According to All-Russian contest the following artificial and natural objects were voted to be Seven Wonders of Russia. The photos are clickable.

Baikal lake located at Irkutsk oblast and Buryat republic of Russia

Seven wonders of Russia - Baikal lake

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Nov/09

7

Soviet World War II propaganda part 2

The posters of Soviet agitation during World War II (part 1)

“The shovel is soldier’s friend ”

Soviet World War 2 poster

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Here is the record of hidden camera placed near two railway lines (the line of general use (free access) and local trains line (paid)) of Yaroslavsky railway station of Moscow city. Try to count how many people that prefer to take a free ride but not to pay for the ticket were captured by the camera for only 10 minutes!

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Nov/09

5

Russian naval graveyard photos

The sceneries like the following are common for numerous bays of Russian North. After the collapse of Soviet Union military based economy a lot of ships were just left in such places and abandoned.

Russian naval graveyard

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Nov/09

4

Russia celebrates the Day of Nation Unity

The 4th of November is the Day of Nation Unity in Russia. According to the official history it is the day of Moscow city liberation from Polish troops happened in the year of 1612 and meaning the end of Russian “Time of Troubles”. The holiday was first time celebrated in 2005 and for the majority of Russian people it is just another day off (more about Russian holidays).

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Nov/09

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Going Fishing in the Tuva Republic