Do you know 'Berezka'?

I didn't. It's a Russian dance where the dancers move their feet so fast that it looks as if they are on a hooverboard. Respect!

A Hummer looks like a toy compared to the Shaman All-Terrain Vehicle

From Russia with love.

Not an urban vehicle. It's a very rare vehicle. Every one of them is built in a Russian manufacturing factory for about $ 125.000 (excl permits, if you get one).

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The first computer animated cat?

Russian computer scientist Nikolai Nikolaevich Konstantinov + collegues created in 1968 this computer animation of a cat, they used their Big Electronic Counting Machine (BESM).

Is this the first animation?

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Soviet pop - The USSR's Vocal-Instrumental Ensembles (VIA's)

The alternative for Kiss, Metallica and other decadent Western pop music. The Soviet's mainstream music from the 1960s to the 1980s. Overseen by an 'artistic director'.

Mm, I'd rather dance to the Russian babushka's from the Eurovision Song contest in 2012.

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Poor Kitty Cats

Cats with tats in Russia. Poor creatures. [But to be honest, they look nasty in a positive way]

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Avant-garde Fashion Design In The Soviet 1920s

"Radical chic: Avant-garde fashion design in the Soviet 1920s". Fashion in Russia, a very nice article on The Charnel-House.

Oleg Gert Illustrations

Oleg Gert is an illustrator from Russia. He has a very broad style. And a sense of humor.

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Typical Greenaway

The Golden Age of Russian Avant-garde by Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway. A multimedia exhibition-installation in the framework of Bi-lateral UK - Russia year of culture.

Hello, My Name Is Vladimir

Up till now the best Olympic related ad I've seen. Hello, My Name Is Vladimir by BrewDog. Using the brand Putin.

"Hello, my name is Vladimir. I am a beer for uber hetero men who ride horses while topless and carrying knives. I am a beer to mark the 2014 Winter Olympics. But I am not for gays. Love wrestling burly men on the Judo mat or fishing in your Speedos? Then this is the beer for you!"

Tweet about this beer using #NotForGays.

Get Lucky In Sochi

The Russian Police Choir covering Get Lucky. Russia ... Sochi ... Police ... Get Lucky ... No comment.

This Makes Me Curious About Weddings In Russia

Traditional Russian wedding pictures. They're hilarious. Are they (or some of them) serious?!

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To "Stick Two Fingers Up At Homophobia In Russia"

Mother London created these gay icon Russian nesting dolls, depicting Elton John, George Michael, Stephen Fry, Graham Norton and Tom Daley. Indeed to "stick two fingers up at homophobia in Russia". Limited edition, auctioned online between 13 and 22 December. To Russia with love. Just checked ... 5 sets available.

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Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive

A very interesting archive on Fuel.

"This unique archive documents Russian criminals' tattoos and their coded meanings. Included in the collection are more than three thousand tattoo drawings made by Danzig Baldaev during his time as a prison guard between 1948 and 1986. Tattoos were his gateway into a secret world in which he acted as ethnographer, recording the rituals of a closed society. The icons and tribal languages he documented are artful, distasteful, sexually explicit and provocative, reflecting as they do the lives and traditions of convicts."

EIMIC 'Illusion'

New song 'Illusion' by Russian electro band Evrything Is Made In China - EIMIC. Simple video but it fits the song perfectly.

How Romantic

Is this for real??!!

The Art Of Ironing

Commercial for Philips Russia. Re-creating dutch paintings.

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Photoshopped Russian Wedding Photos

A nice collection of photoshopped Russian wedding photos. Better than the ones I see here in the Netherlands in photography shop windows.

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Another Russia

“The “Another Russia : unofficial contemporary photography from the Soviet Union.” (1987) exhibition travelled around the world visiting Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and France. It was that popular because it revealed what had been concealed from both people from other countries and those from the totalitarian state.”

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