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The Season of Parties

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 religious [...]

The October Revolution

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 Kerensky [...]

Visiting Moscow? Soviet Historical Places to See

If you travel to Moscow and are a Soviet history buff you need to study the web site Smart Moscow. I found many interesting Soviet cold war places that I didn’t know about. Check it out.

Russian Women

Yes, they are Russian. They are similar in every way to American women. But the slight differences in the way they look, the way they act, their personalities, the things they like to do and I am sure many other things is what makes them uniquely different. I can even say their attitude towards sex [...]

A New Russian President

Well, this is off the subject of my blog, but I think it is worth mentioning. Looks like Dmitry Medvedev will be Russia’s newest president. There is a lot of speculation about his agenda, but I think he has said he will pick up where Putin has left off. Is this a good thing? Apparently [...]