Posts under ‘Soviet Union’

Was looking at other Russian related content and blogs and thought I’d share some the interesting and witty web sites I saw. Enjoy! http://likethevodka.com/ http://www.russianlife.com/blog/ http://russiamania.blogspot.com/ http://www.imarriedanalien.com/ http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/ http://bearsandvodka.com/ http://readrussia.com/blog/

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 [...]

Vanga (Vangelia) Pandeva was born on January 31st, 1911 and spent her life living in Bulgaria until she died on August 11th, 1996. She lost her sight when she was 12 years old when she was swept away by a tornado. She was found alive with sand in her eyes, which was the reason for [...]

Yes, you heard me correctly – the season of parties. What am I implying? I think you know. The Russian New Year is coming. How is this different you ask? Are you kidding? This is like the best party of the whole year. Since Soviet times when Christmas was banned due to it being a [...]

I thought this would be fitting since my domain is Red October. Borrowed most of this from Wikipedia. A little history – On October 25, 1917 (November 7, 1917 GC), Bolsheviks led their forces in the uprising in Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd and later as Leningrad), the capital of Russia, against the ineffective [...]