Yes it’s true. In Russia, the New Year comes once again. On Monday January 14, 2008 the Old New Year will be upon us.
What is the old New Year? Back before Soviet times, Russia used the old Julian calendar and it was off by a couple weeks. So, January 7th is Christmas and January 14th [...]
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New Year’s Again?
Soviet Era Pictures
Some interesting pics about Soviet era soda and vending machines. Enjoy!
The glass sits there and it is a community glass. It is put upside down and gets washed before each use.
A Little Ekaterinburg History
The city was founded in 1723 by Vasily Tatischev and named after Saint Catherine, the namesake of tsar Peter the Great’s wife Catherine (Yekaterina). It was renamed Sverdlovsk after the Bolshevik party leader and Soviet official Yakov Sverdlov from 1924 to 1991.
Soon after the Russian Revolution, on July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, [...]
Old Russian/Soviet Music
Came across a link to old Soviet Music. Pretty interesting stuff. You can go to it here Soviet Music or over to the right under links you will find it.
Also, they have quite a collection of old Soviet Propaganda posters.
Behind the Iron Curtain
When I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, Walter Cronkite always talked about the “Cold War”, the Communists, the East Germans and the Soviet Union. They were all our enemies. Our military trained almost exclusively for conventional, nuclear and biological war with the Soviet Union. I served in the US Army from 1985 - [...]
