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When there’s enough snow to make snowmen, winter is truly and positively here… WTF! It HAS to be Russia… you can’t understand it with your mind, you can only accept it for what it is…
BMD
Monday, 7 December 2015
7 December 2015. WTF… It Has to be Russia! Now, These are Snowmen!
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Saturday, 7 February 2015
7 February 2015. WTF! It’s Got to be Russia!
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It’s the Simpsons! As seen through Russian eyes… WTF! It HAS to be Russia… you can’t understand it with your mind, you can only accept it for what it is…
BMD
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014
8 January 2014. A Photo Essay. It’s Wintertime in Russia…
Walking in the snow in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District)
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Lermontov monument in Stavropol (Stavropol Krai. Southern Federal District)
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Boater dressed as Santa Claus on the Yenisei River near Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District) noting the end of the navigation season
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On the banks of the Moskva River in Moscow Oblast (Central Federal District) near the Moscow city limits
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A kid with a snowman in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District)
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Ice sculpture of Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg (Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District)
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Love STILL conquers all in Stavropol (Stavropol Krai. Southern Federal District)
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Anglers take their fishing seriously in Divnogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District)
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Taking a stroll in Veliki Ustyug (Vologda Oblast. Northwestern Federal District)… the official home of Ded Moroz, dontcha know!
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Harness racing on the frozen Yenisei River near Novosyolovo (Novosyolovo Raion. Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District)
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Mist over the Angara River in Irkutsk (Irkutsk Oblast. Siberian Federal District)
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Brrrr! That looks plenty cold! Do pass the jug… I think that all of us need it… it’s wintertime in Russia!
BMD
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Sunday, 5 January 2014
5 January 2014. From the Russian Web… Snowmen Throughout the World
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
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