File this under “you can’t make this sh*t up”. There is an article in Russian that does a bit of explaining; for those who cannot read the Russian you could Google-translate the description – but the video/audio is incomparable. Here’s a brief synopsis: Estonia, 2015 Boy meets Girl. Boy is a Russian tourist and girl…
WOMAN.RU INTERNET FOR WOMEN I kid you not. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the advert on the metro today. It looks like a caricature, a satire of the most sexist BS you will find online — except it’s not. It’s 100% for real. Hop on over to the caption for a…
is probably not what you think. In Russia/Russian an anecdote is not an amusing story, but a joke, often imbued with deep philosophical wisdom. No “knock-knock” stuff in this neck of the woods. There are books filled with thousands of anecdotes, grouped by several ever-popular genres: life in the USSR, Slavic folk heroes and creatures,…
Recently I have almost accidentally rediscovered for myself the Eye On Moscow — one of the funniest blogs about Moscow and Russia in general, and, lets say, peculiarities of Russian culture and daily life. It is written by an American, Andy (?), who, as I understand it, has made a life for himself and his…
Yesterday my coworker shared with me a post that in the last week has gone viral in Russian social media. Titled “Seven Things That Women Frankly Are Lacking,” it left several of my female colleagues feeling insulted and aggrieved by [spoiler alert!] its blatantly sexist message. I found it pretty face-palmy, but mostly laugh-out-loud hilarious. By the way, it was published in Cluber*, an…
Last week in Moscow has seen winter kick into high gear with near-daily snow showers and nighttime temperatures dropping to -15C. But Moscow weather is also rather mercurial, and in-between the blizzards we have gotten bits of sunshine and warming to the balmy 0C (32F). Snow melts, grey slush takes over everything – and then…
Two and a half years ago Russia decided to do away with that whole Daylight Saving Time silliness, because of — according to Russia’s former President, now PM Dmitry Medvedev — “the unhappy cows and other animals that don’t understand the clocks changing and don’t understand why the milkmaids come to them at a different…
What does a Russian country road look like? Something like this: Yesterday I drove out to a Small Village about 150 km outside of Moscow, to check out a potential dacha spot. After about 100 km on a highway, I reached my turn-off point — a small Town of Petushki (“Cockerels”) — — and called…
That’s what Russia leads the world in. Find out what your homeland can be proud of from this super-awesome map.
Three tell-tale signs, in case you’re having an identity crisis while living or traveling abroad: 1. Your friends and colleagues call/ email/ come by to wish you a Happy Holiday on the 4th of July (unironically). 2. When someone around you goes on a rant against ‘stupid Americans,’ they make a point to look at…
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