Russian Kafe

June 20th, 2007

Cheburashka is a famous character from the Russian children’s books by Eduard Uspenskiy. He was also featured in Soviet cartoons and became very popular in the Russia and around the world. Cheburashka’s popularity continues today and he is even the official mascot for the Russian Olympic team.

Link: Cheburashka at Wikipedia

Here are some photos of Cheburashka dolls found around the internet. It seems that Cheburashka is quite a world traveler!


Cheburashka at the Golden Gate Bridge

Cheburashka visits Japan

Cheburashka in the Taipei subway

Cheburashka at a Japanese flower show

Cheburashka visiting Loch Ness, Scotland

Cheburashka visiting the Taj Mahal in India

• culture , photos

June 11th, 2007

“Vacation!” Photo from Soviet Photo magazine 1976. Via Soviet Photo Daily.

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June 7th, 2007

Yuri Timofeyev has posted a couple of great photos of children swinging in Moscow. Compared to swings in the West, this looks a lot more fun (and possibly dangerous)!

Young spacewomen training 2. By Yuri Timofeyev.

Young spacewomen training. By Yuri Timofeyev.

• moscow , photos

May 10th, 2007

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.

• culture , history , holidays , moscow , news , photos , video

May 8th, 2007

A great example of the funny things you can see while riding on Russian public transportation!

Balloons by Yuri Timofeyev

• photos , transportation