Nov/09

Seven wonders of Russia

2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Overview, Photos, Travel

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

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Nov/09

Soviet World War II propaganda part 2

1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Art, Culture, History

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

“The shovel is soldier’s friend ”

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Tags: posters · propaganda · Soviet past

Nov/09

Yaroslavsky railway station, Moscow stowing away

No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities, People, Society, Video

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

Russian naval graveyard photos

3 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, 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.

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Tags: Abandoned · Soviet past

Nov/09

Russia celebrates the Day of Nation Unity

No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Holidays

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).