Tag Archives: Kazan

Shishkin

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

на один прекрасный день в месте похожем на этот лес всплыла наша тень через снежный занавес кроме на-лыжах-катающихся шли мы в тишине и о всех нас-не-касающихся мы забыли истинне а хотя некультурно наступил я, ты не отказала от объятия тогда … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Meaning

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

ул. Баумана, г. Казань, this song blaring on the loud-speaker:

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Dmitri Medvedev = Mark Corrigan

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

It is exceedingly easy to find direct parallels between Russia’s lame duck President Dmitri Medvedev and Peep Show protagonist Mark Corrigan. Stories that Medvedev likes to drive the streets of Moscow after hours so he can feel like an ‘ordinary … Continue reading →

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Chess!

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

This entire post is courtesy of LP: For the past few weeks, Kazan has been host to the 2011 FIDE Candidates chess tournament ( http://kazan2011.fide.com/ ), Round 3 will be played today, I believe, with the seminfinals Kamsky vs. Gelfand … Continue reading →

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New Page Added – ПИСЬМОШНАЯ

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

Along the same lines as the page Кто Здесь Звезда? I have compiled some of the better links of the comedy duo Подольск и Рейтов (ПИСЬМОШНАЯ). This is humor reminiscent of Ali G and I must say is a bit … Continue reading →

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A Miracle of Rare Device

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

From the banks of the Don to old Astrakhan, can be measured by depth of emotion. The grass never so green in a broken machine as when you try to set it in motion. So just before dawn I hopped … Continue reading →

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