Kung-fu Panda
Manchuria PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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Laughing Buddha
Arosa (Bezirk Plessur. Canton Grisons/Graubünden) SWITZERLAND
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Snow Cat
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Snow Dragon
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Tiger
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Snow Dog
Parts Unknown (Central or Eastern Europe?)
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Snow Cop
The DPS is the Road Patrol Service of the GIBDD (Russian traffic cops under the MVD). They ticket speeders and most people consider them the most corrupt cops of the lot.
Russian Federation
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“(Such a) short summer!”
Russian Federation
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As for the image labelled “parts unknown”… it does look VERY Eastern European, but it could be Poland or Slovakia as much as it could be Russia. Hey, once you put religion aside, the peoples of Eastern Europe have cultures that are very similar, moulded by the climate and the resources available to them (even the Jews from our parts are a lot like us… what else would you expect?). What’s the difference between pierogi, vareniki, pelmeni, and piroggen? Not much… some are bigger, some are smaller, but they’re all recognisable as filled dumplings. From the Rhine to the Urals, Pork is the fave meat, hands down; everybody stuffs cabbage (and scarfs ’em all down… give me seconds, please), there’s not a teetotaler amongst us, and all of us party hearty (and carry “stars” when we go about singing Christmas songs).
Yes, Virginia, Central and Eastern Europe DO differ from Western Europe…
BMD
Voices From Russia, Too 
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