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Missing in Action – Victory Day

Have not written anything on here for a while.  Nothing new going on in the world of Russian Wives. Yesterday (May 9th) was Victory Day. Thousands of soldiers marched in on Red Square on Monday in Russia’s annual Victory Day . They displayed their weapons in true Soviet style as President Dmitry Medvedev spoke of [...]

Holy Crap Batman…

I borrowed this picture from a blog I follow called The Beet Goes On. Her description: The Word of the Day is caganer. It is a traditional Catalan nativity scene figure, usually small and placed away from the action around the manger, depicted in the act of defecation.

Sorry For Such a long Absense

I’ve just been busy with life over the past 3-4 months and have not taken the time to write on here. I actually have a guest post that I promised to publish some time back and it will be the next article here. Please comment and let me know your thoughts and whether or not [...]

European Festival in Denver

Yesterday we went up to Denver and attended the European Festival. Was a bit typical with vendors and ethnic food. Was a bit small though. Not enough food or vendors. However the entertainment was outstanding. Their was a lot of Russian kids performing traditional dances and singing Russian songs. All in all, we had a [...]

Happy Easter – 2010

A strange occurrence happened this year – Russian Easter has fallen on the same day as Easter everywhere else. This is the first time it has happened since I have been associated with Russians (about 10 years). Today we are headed to a Russian Easter gathering at a local park. There will be lots of [...]