Recent Things

A reminder of Communism

Huge giants from grey stone in the middle of the central square of Novosibirsk, named after Lenin, leader of Russian Communists of the 20s.

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Moscow Today

Moscow Today

Skeletons of unfinished buildings

Skeletons of unfinished buildings

Skeletons of unfinished buildings everywhere, cranes of different sizes all around, broken fences around neglected construction sites.

Siberia. Brides.

Siberia. Brides.

The celebration of the 115th anniversary of the city of Novosibirsk was accompanied by the brides’ parade, an event, which attracted more than 100 couples who decided to yoke in marriage on this very day, right in the city center, to ovations of thousands of spectators.

FSB officer arrested for 3 years…

FSB officer arrested for 3 years...

…for the kidnapping of the bride at the wedding of a friend!

Back to the Past

Back to the Past

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Moscow to Zheleznodorozhniy on Friday

Moscow to Zheleznodorozhniy on Friday

It was very long trip… 25 km way took 2 hours and 20 mins.
To get some fun I’ve made pictures on my way.

First snow in Moscow

First snow in Moscow

It’s very easy to understand when the first snow is here in Moscow. Just have a look into local traffic jam web service. Red lines are dead traffic jams, yellow – extremely slow moving. To reach Moscow Ring Road from the downtime you need at least 3 hours.

Russian folktale Kolobok and more

Russian folktale Kolobok and more

If you know russian tale “Kolobok” and other folktales, you should understand this :)

“I’m Rabbit”
“It’s not Kolobok, it’s a geek!!!”

Tarutino-Borovsk: Part I

Tarutino-Borovsk: Part I

Decision to break away from Moscow has come right on the spur of the moment. It came in the evening – it was realized in the morning. Why I went to this particular place?