С Днём России

Ледокол Байкал

We were in fact talking about Murmansk and the big atomic icebreaker, but then I found this little article in a 1928 paper.
Those were the days...

Церковь Параскевы Пятницы на Ярославовом дворище

On my photography blog, http://analoog60.blogspot.com/ was a lòt of interest in this very old, 1207, church. So here, again, some more, old pictures.

Храм Спаса на Крови

The church in the background is built on the spot where tsar Alexander II was murdered, "on the blood".
It is also a protest against European architecture (f.i. this Mikhailovsky palace) - and I agree.
Why should a Russian city look like Paris, or Amsterdam (of all places...).
What's wrong with Moscow, or Irkutsk?
There's more Russian architecture on my other blog: http://analoog60.blogspot.com/

This winter

Великий Новгород

Царское Село

Москва

Тверь

Под Клином

Санкт-Петербург












And hopefully next winter: 

Иркутск

Summer and winter

Summer is nice, winter is devine.

WWW.MICCCP.COM

So vèry nice, and there is more on their Facebook page.

Weather forecast

Сталин спросил у метеорологов, какой у них процент точности прогнозов. Узнав, что 40%, он тут же посоветовал: "А вы говорите наоборот, и могда у вас будет 60%".

Nothing changed...

Chapter 2: Culture

Объективность...

Well, we still walk in wooden shoes and only eat tulips with cheese, don't we?

The nevertheless interesting original sold last week for € 30,000.

Николай Михайлович Беляев

Click on the label "history", 9 july 2014, for some info on the small photo.

Сергей Ульянов

 As I said below, Russian accordeons are the best in the world, and, of course, have a great tradition.
Top: Lenin's twin-brother with his баян.
Bottom: ànd Trotsky!

Москва - Бенуа - Царское Село

The curse of the net: I got some info from Maxima Hotel Moscow about Anna Mons. Became interested in the painter Benois, and landed in Tsarskoye Selo. Nice!

...where are some really nice piano's (not only royals!)

Happy 867th Birthday, Moscow!

Yes, I had one on your health!

Unlikely friendship

After WWII two giants were able to start the friendship between two all-time enemies. And became also personal friends, of course, because they were real men.

(For the younger ones: left is Charles de Gaulle, from France, and right Konrad Adenauer, from Germany.)

ВДНХ 75

 I  found and stole these nice pictures at eeehrm... you'll have to look at Googles pictures ВДНХ because there are many more of this 1939-1941 exhibition, very interesting!