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Sergei Vasilkovsky. A Zaporozhe Cossack on the Steppe. no date (1880s-90s?)

01varvara wrote 3 days ago: A Zaporozhe Cossack on the Steppe (Sergei Vasilkovsky, no date (1880s-90s?)) … more →

Tags: 19th Century, Historical, Old Russia, Russian

Santa has to visit New York City!2 comments

hoboduke wrote 6 days ago: This poor old hobo wants a Christmas visit for New York City from Santa Claus.  I will watch the Mac … more →

Tags: Al Gore, Beer Culture, Culture, Political Humor, Satire, CAJUN, hobo Christmas, New York, Santa (Claus)

Sevastopol

sevenfiguremusic wrote 1 week ago: Sevastopol, a city of about 300,000, is a one-hour marshrutka ride from Bakhchisaray. The ride is pl … more →

Tags: Borshch, Ukraine, crimea, Bakhchisaray, sevastopol, Russia, Russian Navy, Dolphinarium, Bakhchysaray

If Lviv was a chick I'd marry her

sevenfiguremusic wrote 1 month ago: Unapologetically scruffy and free of pretense, this city of 800,000 in western Ukraine is a real bea … more →

Tags: Lviv, Ukraine, Lvov, Lwów, Trident, UPA, Ploscha Rynok

New Repeating Feature: ParBROdies: Stories with Blog titles That never were

hunchpunchdrunkandhiphop wrote 2 months ago: Ever wondered what the world would be like if some of it’s most esteemed cultural masterpieces … more →

Tags: Burnt by the Sun, deniken, hetman, Kvass, xhivago

3200 Kilometers in 9 Days

zatar21 wrote 2 months ago: Day one of our trip was the drive from Geraldton to Cue.  We made a few brief stops on the way, incl … more →

Tags: Travel, WA, termite mound, Road Trip, Mt Magnet, Millstream, Chichester, Karijini, Dampier

Odesa's tribute to the K.O.P.

sevenfiguremusic wrote 2 months ago: R.I.P. Michael This memorial to Michael Jackson was placed at the top of the famous Potemkin Steps n … more →

Tags: odesa, Odessa, Potemkin Steps, tribute to michael jackson

Jews and Russian Revolution

meinkrampf1 wrote 5 months ago: (From Chapters 18, 20 and 21, “Mein Krampf” by S.I. Fishgal, http://stores.lulu.com/fishgal)    In M … more →

Tags: Trotsky, Lenin, Petrograd, Bolshevik, kornilov, german, Ukraine, Jew, Russia

A Wild Cossack Rides into a Cultural Battle

usukraine wrote 5 months ago: April 12, 2009 By Ellen Barry, of the New York Times, with David Stern contributing Read Here … more →

Tags: Inside Ukraine, Human Interest, Russia, Ukraine, Nationalism, unification, Bortko, Taras Bulba, Gogol

Cossack

meinkrampf1 wrote 5 months ago: (From Chapters 4, 8, 10, 11 and 21 “Mein Krampf” by S.I. Fishgal, http://stores.lulu.com/fishgal)    … more →

Tags: revolution, Red Army, Civil War, Russia, atheist, Atheism, Dnepr, Don, Ural

Ukraine: "Countrybumpkinland" in a good way1 comment

Alec L wrote 5 months ago: On Ai-Petri with Gever the dog, whose forest-ranger owner named him after the "Sturmgewehr … more →

Tags: Cultural Impressions, Travel, Ai-Petri, country bumpkin, crimea, Ай-Петри, казак, промышленный альпинизм, украина

Konstantin Zvezdochetov. Mother and Motherland: Equal in Honour! no date (2000s?)

01varvara wrote 6 months ago: Mother and Motherland: Equal in Honour! (Konstantin Zvezdochetov, no date (2000s?)) This work is ind … more →

Tags: Contemporary, Fine Art, Historical, Old Russia, Orthodox, Russian

4-29-09

mcculloughmg wrote 7 months ago: 4-29-09 Word:  Cossack Def:  A Russian Soldier; often mounted. Q:  How were Cossacks part of the Rus … more →

Tags: revolution, Russian Revolution, 4-29-09, Russian Civil War

A Russian hunting Russians

Driftingfocus wrote 9 months ago: A reenactor portraying a Cossack volunteer in the German army crouches in a field at a small private … more →

Tags: cossacks, germans, Miller Gorna, Rota, wwii, german, Reenacting, Reenactment, reenactor

Yekaterina's Cossack Grandfather

kazaknomad wrote 10 months ago: My grandfather, the army colonel and Cossack colonel, Litovchenko Michail Aleksandrovich, is the wit … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Kazakhstan, Soviet, Fascists

Aleksandr Ustinovich. White Guard. undated (1990s?)

01varvara wrote 10 months ago: White Guard (Aleksandr Ustinovich, undated (1990s?)) The “White Guards” were those who r … more →

Tags: Contemporary, Fine Art, Historical, military, Russian, Still Life

Andrei Drozdov. A Song of Farewell. 2003

01varvara wrote 10 months ago: A Song of Farewell (Andrei Drozdov, 2003) This painting is obviously executed in a consciously naïve … more →

Tags: Contemporary, Fine Art, Historical, Human Study, rural scene, Russian

From the Vault: Red Tapestry Wallpaper1 comment

poietes wrote 11 months ago: Headache Today, So I’m Pulling One From The Vault:  La Belle Dame Sans Merci La Belle Dame San … more →

Tags: Life or Something Similar, Our Writing Selves, Poets and writers, the poems, Writing Blogs, Cherubs, Diogenes, Epiphanies, John Keats

Tweeting in Soho (And No, It Isn't Illegal!)5 comments

mitziszereto wrote 11 months ago: I guess it’s safe to say I’m now officially a social media tart. I’m on everything … more →

Tags: balalaika, bellini, condoms, Curlywurly, dacha, Dr. Zhivago, Essex, facebook, flickr


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