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The largest swamp in Europe
Polystovo-Lovatskaya swamp system is the biggest swamp in whole Europe which is located just 100 km away from the border with EU countries, between Pskov and Novgorod regions. With hundreds years passed it still stands untouched by the human hand, so forbidding and wild in its depth that even all peat field workers and ameliorators of Tzar and Soviet times saw proper to leave it intact.
See full fallery at English Russia.
Water war on a hot summer day
That Saturday was too hot and young Muscovites decided to arrange a “water war”. A serious water gun battle was held near VDNKH in Moscow. White T-shirts VS. all others!
See more at English Russia.
Mysteries of VDNKH
Today we’re going to tell you about a pavilion located at VDNKH, Moscow, and to be more precise, about the central pavilion.
Now it looks like a total wreck where gross donar kebabs and tacky photo equipment are sold. But we will try to tell you about ‘guts’ of the pavilion with things that usual visitors of VDNKH will never know.
According to ‘cave drawings,’ first signs of civilization over here can be traced back to the 1960’s.
Full gallery at English Russia.
Maryina Roshcha Station
Article by Anton Bogko
Well, I promised to talk about Maryina roshcha. So after inspecting Dostoevskaya, I went to the second station.
Maryina roshcha is absolutely different. General appearance is familiar by the other stations (rounded pylons, common decoration), but there are special features that I’ll describe further.
Central hall. There will be second exit here.
A view from the wall.
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Russian Etiquette & Folk Medicine
Russian Etiquette:
- Many Russians consider it bad form not to finish a bottle of vodka once it has been opened, no matter how few people there are left to finish it.
- Traditional Russian cheek kissing is done using three kisses, but it is not widely upheld all the time.
- When someone sneezes you tell them Bud’te zdorovy (Rus: Будьте здоровы), which literally means “Be Healthy”. It used to be believed that saying this would help the sneezer keep from getting sick. Russian speakers will say it just as freely as an English speaker will say, “Bless you”, but the superstitious origins of the phrase have been widely lost in both languages.
Full article at Windows to Russia.
