I woke up this morning and my wife asked me if I wanted to go to Moscow. What? Let me wake up first… Ok, Moscow in October should be ok shouldn’t it? I was not sure if she was really serious, but then she called her parents and confirmed with them. So, we are off [...]
Posts Tagged ‘russian travel’
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.
Learning Russian
I have been practicing some Russian lately. I blogged an article a couple weeks ago about common Russian words and phrases. I have been trying to learn some simple phrases in the evenings with my wife and with a couple web sites I think I mentioned. I think it helps to drink a shot of [...]
Just a couple links
Our dog was sick a week or so back and I was able to help him out with suggestions from this web site. As well I came across a very cool Learn Russian web site. It is totally free and gives you audio to listen to and play back as many times as you want.
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 [...]
