In Russia

How To Catch And Hold A Soap Bubble?

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:22:35 +0000

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I’ve Survived This Summer!

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:00:29 +0000

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Video: Pictures On The Sand

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:16:55 +0000

This video shows the winner of «Ukraine ’s Got Talent», Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto a large [...]

How To Apply Vodka

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:09:22 +0000

Vodka is the first thing what people of other countries think of when they are asked to tell what they know about Russia. You think that vodka can be only drunk? That’s not true. Unlike Scottish whisky or Japanese sake vodka is multifunctional. Here are at least a few ways how vodka can be used. [...]

Some Short Moscow Legends

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:04:28 +0000

Ploshchad’ Revolyutsii, The Subway Station 1. Sculpture “Scout with a dog”. Students have coming to it to ask for luck since 1938. They rub the dog’s nose to pass the test, or its paw to pass the exam. 2. The day will be financially successful if one touches the chekist’s gun. 3. Do not rub the bronze [...]

Subway As A Paleontological Museum. Photos Of Remains

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:17 +0000

There’s a lot written and said about Moscow subway. There are many books and articles about its history and architecture. But the subway is also a paleontological museum. Ammonites, nautiluses, corals, sea lilies lived in seas many millions years ago and now you can see inhabitants of ancient seas on the subway’s walls and columns coated with [...]

Rasputin’s Museum

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:55:28 +0000

The Rasputin’s museum was opened in Pokrovskoye (Tyumen region) where Grigoriy Rasputin was born. It is his reconstructed home, that was destroyed in Soviet times because the government was afraid of tourists who could be interested in this person. So now, everybody is welcome. Oh by the way, there is a chair that Rasputin presented to [...]

Some Of Russian Superstitious Beliefs

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:51:38 +0000

There are very many of them and these are the ones I know and follow: If you hiccup, it means somebody is thinking about you If anything is lost, say “Devil, play with it and give back” A spider in the house – to good money Many flies in the house – to a decedent (before [...]

In January 2008 I’ve Been To Three Monasteries

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:41:27 +0000

The Temple In Honor Of The Icon Of Kazanskaya Holy Mother Nikolo-Ugreshskiy Monastery Now women wearing pants can be allowed in monasteries as long as the pants and the clothes in general isn’t seductive or shameless A True Piligrim’s Lunch (Just Ate The Rice) The Temple Of St. Peter And Paul Appendix: Monastery Cats I [...]

Underground Moscow. Part 2. Dungeon Tales

Anastasia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:36:46 +0000

…Next time they found bones of an unknown big animal but the culmination was a ghost of a woman that appeared in a small concrete chamber where the tunnel led… This is the second part of the Underground Moscow post series. The first article “Underground Moscow. Part 1. Dungeon History” tells about the history of the [...]