Drunken BrideIn Moscow by Donald Weber

This place is not Europe, despite the deliciously creamy raisin-and-pumpkin treats and the yummy, tummy-baring whiteskinned girls, the sleek legions of roaming black Mercedes…

This is a brigand border-town set down in Asia’s front yard, home to a primitive tribe of unknowable savages… in wonderful suits.

Oh yes, it’s hard to believe, standing here in the tender sunshine, that this land is drenched in blood. Old blood, foreign blood. Every year it’s the elk hunters’ lazy tracker-dogs who manage to dig up the bones of the forgotten dead, despoiled from their pretty meadows.

No, it’s the peace of the graveyard, the graveyard of History itself.

That’s haaaarsh, man…

Via findout

Manpupuner Rock Formations by Макурин Сергей

Komi Republic, Russia

Via barcavella : thisisrussia

Heat Wave and Smoke From Wildfires Leaves Moscow Gasping

By Natalia Kolesnikova

“Russians wear facemasks to protect themselves from forest fire smog while walking on Red Square in Moscow on Aug. 6, 2010. Smog from wildfires in the countryside cloaked Moscow, with the levels of toxic particles, raising alarm over public health.”

This is getting crazy!

The Moscow Saga by  Andrei (inObrAS)

“View of the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building from the Moscow River”

Moscow, Russia 

Polar Night by Alexander Gronsky

Murmansk, Russia

View Along Kem River by Oleg Potekhin

Republic of Karelia, Russia

Self Portrait by Anton Lepashov

Altai Mountains, Russia

Angels of St. Petersburg by 6igella

St. Isaac’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russa