[250x]The smugglers got caught in Lvov, Ukraine when they tried to transport gold bars hidden in the jar of paint. This is how they got caught: They really forgot that custom services have the metal detector scanners that show metal & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/19/gold-bars-hidden-in-paint-bucket-seized-on-the-border/
[250x]Another portion of archive photos from World War 2. Starting with a photo of a liberated city Volokalamsk above. Combat planes on a mission. Loading propaganda papers to be spread above Nazi Germany from planes. Destroyed German vehicles near Kaluga & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/19/new-selection-of-archive-photos-from-ww2/
[250x]Person from Kaliningrad found a piece of equipment washed ashore. He had no clue what is this so he shared the photos with Internet and we repost them here too. Besides looking like a military object it has a big & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/18/russian-man-finds-a-liquidator-washed-at-the-shore-of-the-sea/
We are restarting our Daily Digest series today. We are collecting during a day best funny and interesting stuff from Russian internets and post it first on Twitter and Facebook and then, at the end of Russian day we post & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/18/lada-a-four-by-three-plus-a-tree-english-russia-daily-digest-11/
[226x170]In Kazan downtown they film a movie, or exactly to say a TV show. And this movie is set in a past, during revolution times, and according to a directors vision they didnt have roads at that time in the & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/18/they-brought-a-few-trucks-of-dirt-to-kazan-downtown-for-a-movie/
[250x146]This house in Yekaterinburg is sort of famous around the neighborhood. It has a lot of ventilation pipes going around the building. And at night when the wind is strong the house starts to sing. The pipes like a labyrinth & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/18/this-house-sings-like-a-saxophone-at-night/
[250x]Russia has Spetznaz special forces this is pretty known fact. However, there is not only an army SpezNaz in the country. There are also Police spetznaz called OMON or there is a special prison spetznaz or UFSIN SpetzNaz. & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/18/russian-prison-spetznaz-special-training/
[250x]Here are some vintage Soviet movies posters and box cover art for the movies Soviet Union was selling abroad. Like they were translated on foreign languages already but some need some explaining. We also tried to find them online and & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/18/vintage-classic-soviet-movie-posters-and-watch-them-online-now/
Russian man from Yekaterinburg became pretty much popular on Instagram for his coin and Zippo lighter engravings. He got already over 70,000 followers and all art he makes he is selling. He says he never designates a price for his & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/18/russian-man-makes-interesting-coin-and-zippo-lighter-art/
[244x170]There was a terror act today in Crimea. This happened in a Kerch Polytechnic College. Over 20 people are already reported dead, 40 wounded. Terrorist or terrorists used explosives and automatic rifles to shoot kids. Here are some photos, videos & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/17/just-now-breaking-a-terror-act-in-crimea-today-photos-videos/
[250x]Here is a nice new collection of colorized photos from Russia at the dawn of 20th century. Russian prince Alexei together with his dog Joy Guards of propaganda train 1919 Woman from battalion of death 1917 Army guarding central telegraph & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/16/new-colorized-photos-of-russia-at-beginning-of-20th-century/
[226x170]Abkhazia is an ex-Soviet part on a shores of the Black Sea. Nowadays many tourists come visit this place, mostly from Russia. for their comfort there have been built a lot of modern luxury small hotels and villas, however they & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/16/contrasts-of-a-vacation-in-abkhazia/
[250x]A new selection of funny and weird photos from Russia, all on one page. For a drunk person even a flower bed is a bed. They say Russians are good at maths She probably took to close all those compliments & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/15/weird-photos-from-russia-part-151/
[250x165]His crazy bike was scaring off pedestrians in Yekaterinburg this summer. Coming together with his fantasy helmet and a loud exhaust sound from V8 Lexus engine. He decided to built his custom V8 bike after seeing one from & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/15/man-puts-v8-lexus-engine-and-automatic-transmission-on-a-bike/
Yesterday there was an unsuccessful launch of manned Soyuz mission. The rocket broke in pieces, but the crew managed to eject using the special Launch Escape System. What is this system? Here is the story. (Red arrow shows where is & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/12/how-launch-escape-system-of-a-space-rocket-works/
[250x]Generation in debt The highest building in Europe in St.Petersburg, a Gazprom headquarters surrounded by these houses. Nothing special, just kids from a kindergarten like their kindergarten number 693 Satellite dishes in Russia Not enough funds to load the image & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/08/new-part-of-weird-photos-from-russia/
[226x170] In a forest near Novgorod, just 25 meters away from an active railway road a World War 2 air bomb was discovered. The weight of the bomb was almost one ton. People called the authorities. And emergency & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/08/a-one-ton-ww2-air-bomb-has-been-detonated-near-novgorod/
Today a pilot was rescued from mountains in Yakutia, Russia. He had to spend five days in a wrecked helicopter waiting until the weather became better. Right after he crashed he sent an SOS signal but the rescue teams couldnt & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/04/pilot-lived-five-days-in-a-wrecked-helicopter-in-the-mountains/
[250x]A week ago, a Russian blogger returned from a trip to some abandoned villages in the North of Russia. Here is a selection of photos he made from three neighboring abandoned villages. He says these places are hard to travel & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/03/trip-to-abandoned-russian-village/
[250x166]My grandad asked me to scan some of his photo slides so they not get lost with time, among them there were some photos from Afghanistan (during USSR entered Afganistan in 1979 probably). So I publish those photos writes & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/10/03/couple-photos-from-afghanistan-in-1980s/