Category Archives: Observation

The First Sip

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Highly recommended: from The Moth comes a tale of a mormon’s reckoning story with her parents in Siberia. Can’t embed the audio, but it can be downloaded for free on iTunes. http://themoth.org/posts/stories/to-russia-with-love Plus the link has pics.

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Bears Tripping

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

http://helablog.com/2013/03/bears-getting-high-russian-animals-addicted-to-sniffing-gasoline/ No copyright claim on the text or the photos; this is all sourced from helablog via The Daily Mail. Photographer Igor Shpilenok spent seven months with the community of bears at the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Russia. The junkie … Continue reading →

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The Almaty Project

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

http://vimeo.com/58630659 Shout out to Pavel Tenyakov

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Poopsnakes

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Props to Mikhail Bopposov (not pictured) for this 800 pound snake sculpture made out of frozen cow dung: Photo is re-posted from this tumblr. Credit to GB.

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Where Communism Peaked

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

“In Soviet Russia, mountain climbs you.” Pik Kommunizma is the former Soviet Union’s and Pamir’s highest peak. It is one of the five Snow Leopard mountains. The official name is nowadays Pik/Peak Ismail Somoni, but the name hasn’t stuck and … Continue reading →

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КГБ = Комитет Государственных Блюд?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Never noticed the Colonel Sanders – Comrade Stalin resemblance before:

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Problems of Indians of the sheriff do not f**k

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

This should clear up any confusion – Thanks to SB for the photo.

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Posted on February 24, 2012 by

If I can figure out how to upload pictures from a camera I will add images to support this post: On a flight to Russia for the first time ever I heard a steward announce before takeoff “we will be … Continue reading →

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A nemzetközi helyzet fokozódik

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

A while ago I linked to some articles about the post-modern aspects of Russian politics and how in many ways would-be non-conformists have been co-opted by the establishment. There was Peter Pomerantsev’s defense of artiste Serebrennikov‘s interpretation of Almost Zero, … Continue reading →

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Quotable II

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

SB: Russian women dance like they are 16 year olds home alone jumping on their beds

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