[250x]Aslan, a Russian blogger, has taken a trip to Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site where the Soviet Union was testing its nuclear weapons from 1949 to 1991. The photo above shows the so named Nuclear Lake which appeared as a result of an & Read more...
[250x]A few photos of the times things didnt go as expected at Russian gas stations. Thats Jason Statham? http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/11/weird-photos-from-russian-gas-stations/
[250x]A new edition of Only in Russia stuff. http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/10/funny-photos-from-russia-new-part/
[250x]Carsharing or car sharing (AU, NZ, CA, & US) or car clubs (UK) is a type of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. They are attractive to customers who make only occasional & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/07/troubled-fate-of-moscow-car-sharing/
[250x]People admire the rise of electric cars these days. The Tesla Model S is said to be revolutionary and to have changed the way electric cars are marketed and accepted in the world. Every brand is trying to come up with its & Read more...
[250x]Some people these days dream they could live in different times, for example during the time of the Russian Empire, imaging themselves being counts, dukes or some other kind of nobility. However, over 80% of the Russian Empires population were & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/04/photos-of-peasant-life-in-russian-empire/
[250x]According to the photographer, when he bought this car it couldnt even move on its own. So the car was totally disassembled, including transmissions, engine and other large parts. All parts were replaced with new ones Floors and metal parts were welded again & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/03/soviet-restored-gaz-69-vehicle/
[250x]Now they dont make them anymore. They dont even make ones relatively similar to them. As an alternative you can get a plastic car or the maximum cool stuff now is an electric toy car that you can drive, which is & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/03/vintage-pedal-cars-of-soviet-kids/
[250x148]Near the exposition of shot down Syrian militants drones the Russian army also has a display of so called Studio of Military Artists. The pieces are devoted to the Russia army operations in Syria. Here are some examples of the pictures, & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/03/russian-artists-draw-war-in-syria/
[250x]Alexandr Kapustianski travelled through Russia and Europe during WW2 together with the army. He participated in the siege of Berlin, too. And here are some of his best photos. Stalingrad frontline, 1942 Loading bombs on an American bomber 1942 Morning hygiene by the & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/03/archive-photos-of-world-war-2-by-alexander-kapustyanski/
[226x170]During the ARMY-2018 expo, the Russian army made a separate booth to display seized drones, made by Syrian militants, that were used to attack the Russian army during the battles there. An Army representative said that during the last half of & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/09/03/russia-army-shows-syrian-militants-shot-down-drones/
[250x]At that time among these people it was normal for boys to get married at the age of fifteen and girls to get married as young as thirteen. If parents couldnt get them married at this age, they were sort of worried & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/08/30/wedding-photos-of-mari-people-of-russian-empire/
[250x145] The Bukhanka or UAZ-452 is a family of off-road vans that have been produced at the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ) since 1965. They are still being produced and sold today. In fact, this is one of the most widely used ambulance & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/08/30/proto-bread-loaf-vans-of-ussr/
[226x170]Two days ago, the Yakutian nature conservation center received a call that unknown bugs have been found in their thousands in one part of the Yakutia region . When they went there and took samples, the locals told them about a rare & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/08/30/its-raining-bugs-in-yakutia-the-video-is-really-creepy/
[250x]Russian photographer, Marina Listseva, went last Sunday to see jets flying at the Russian ARMY-2018 expo forum. These are the photos she managed to take there: Kids have fun in simulators and balance training devices. Mi helicopters. They started flight & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/08/29/russian-and-chinese-jets-flying-at-army-2018-expo-forum/
[250x160]The waters of the Gulf of Finland turned green near St.Petersburg, Russia. They say it is because of the algae and the abnormally high temperature of the air and water this year. Like, if your pool gets warm and no & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/08/29/water-of-gulf-of-finland-near-petersburg-is-now-emerald/
[250x]Those little islands are called bushes. There are oil pumps placed on them. This is a Samotlor oil field near Nizhnevartovsk. The oil deposits are on the bottom of the lake and swamp so there are many artificial islands made & Read more...
[250x]The man, the photographer Sergei Borisov, was born into a slave family. Until 1861, slavery was legal in Russia in the form of serfdom. He was forced to work since an early age, until later he was freed and & Read more... http://englishrussia.com/2018/08/25/color-photos-of-1907-1911-altai-mountains-of-russia/
[250x]These days, near Moscow, there is an ARMY-20183 expo show going on. It is the fourth time in a row that it has been held here. Marina, the photographer, went there and took some unique photos from the closed show. (A reminder & Read more...