The past few days have been extremely hot in Russia’s capital with temperatures reaching as high as 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit). Here’s a short video clip from Russia Today covering this extraordinary Moscow weather.
The February, 1958 edition of Science Digest featured an interesting article on Soviet plans to build cities on the moon. Of course the Soviets never sent men to the moon, and it would be another 11 years before Neil Armstrong would make his historic landing. Back in 1958, however, it seemed that Soviet plans to colonize the moon were taken rather seriously by American scientists. The article is very interesting and gives some historic perspective on the space race between the US and USSR.
If you’re looking to learn some basic Russian for a trip to Russia or just for fun, check out listen2russian.com. It’s put together by two Russian girls, Lena and Irina, with the help of a guy from Australia. The site takes you through the basics of the Russian alphabet and gets you started with some phrases that should come in handy for tourists. The cool thing about the site is that you can listen to the words and phrases spoken by Lena and Irina. While you won’t become a Russian language expert from sites like these, listen2russian.com is a very nice, and free, way to get started.
Link: listen2russian.com
The Soviet government produced quite a lot of propaganda posters in its day. Some of the more interesting, and still relevant, posters were against alcohol abuse. Yuri Matrosovich has put together a small “Museum of Anti-Alcohol Posters” featuring some great examples of anti-alcohol propaganda.
Here’s a small collection of videos and photos posted by internet users on Victory Day 2007.
Russian National Anthem sung by soldiers during the official Victory Day celebrations on Red Square. You can follow along with the lyrics.
Video from inside the cockpits of the jets that flew over the Red Square ceremony.
Veteran. Originally posted by Encinar.
Veteran. Originally posted by Leonid V. Kroujkov.
Veterans marching in Victory Day parade. Originally posted by Leonid V. Kroujkov.
Victory Day parade, Moscow, 9 May 2007. Originally posted by urbanpostings.
Stalin poster in Victory Day parade. Originally posted by Leonid V. Kroujkov.
Marchers in Victory Day parade. Originally posted by Leonid V. Kroujkov.
Fire in the Sky. Originally posted by stranger in moskva.
