Russia in photos. Without politics.

In Russia, children are taught geography and history of other countries. Is there any benefit, I not know. After school years I forgot a lot and don't remember, say, the capitals of African countries, or in what year was the Anglo-Boer war. But the tradition was there.

Here is the photo of my daughter in kindergarten is doing a report on Australia. The history of discovery, position on the globe, features of the animals...

(The photo I did not, so the quality is bad )

 

This is just the littel shells on the beach of the Azov sea.

 

Caucasus mountains.

 

Very old photo. Went once with my wife for a walk in the Park (exactly — VDNKh). There someone was blowing bubbles. I began to photograph, and one of the frames to be so. Without any processing. Without cropping. Really full frame

 

Speaking of old photos without processing, can not fail to remember this photo. In his youth several times I jumped with a parachute. Not professionally, and not for sport, just interesting. In 2003, I jump the last, the 7th time. Then I had the first digital camera (Canon A40). So I did and took to the sky. It wasn't something like a modern GoPro Heroes, which are placed on the helmet. I had to hide the camera deep into the pockets of the jacket, so that's not drop it with a strong jerk of the parachute opening. Then for a long time to dig the camera out of the pocket under the straps of the parachute suspension. And below the first shot. No crop, no rotate I was just lucky.



So I look before the jump

 

Winter in Moscow. Sometimes during a snowfall, when roads become narrow from the snow, drivers park the car at the curb, so that the trolleys can't pass by. Accordingly, the following also can't drive. And obtained such trolley jam.

 

Just a salute in honor of Cosmonautics Day (in Russia on April 12, the day when the first man flew into space celebrated as a holiday). I have many different photos during fireworks, but it turned out to be particularly apocalyptic

 

Russian village. More specifically, a suburban village near Bologoye, a town exactly halfway between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Starry night. A bright spot to the right is Jupiter.



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Water Lily on a pond. Ibid.

 

Fly agaric.

 

I dug these photos. I hope you get your shuttle program going again some day

http://ralphmirebs.livejournal.com/219949.html

 

Moscow today. Just walked on the way to work and caught for this picture. Normal (DSLR) camera stayed home. So I was taking pictures on a smartphone. But it turned out not too bad.

 

Hello again. Long time since I was here. There were many, I hope, interesting photos. Sometimes I will share them here.



Last August, my second cousin sister was getting married. Despite the atheistic Communist past in Russia, many adhere to Orthodox traditions. For example, in addition to civil weddings and conduct the wedding. Here on the photo, again, shows the wedding of my second cousin sister. Interestingly, the priest conducting the wedding is also my relative, second cousin brother. All three of us, sister and brother, shared a great-grandmother.

(very difficult translation to understand in terms of relations distant relatives )

Second cousin works as a surgeon. What does her young husband can't remember, lawyer or economist.

 

I like russian winter forest. They are great.

 

I almost do not take today with an DSLR camera. So take pictures more often on the smartphone. It is bad for the quality of the photos. Here, for example, photos on the way from home to the subway. November 23, 2015.

 

On the way from my work to the subway on the way home. December 2, 2015.

 

Ice patterns on a trolley bus window.

January 11, 2016. I'm taking my daughter to school in the morning

 

Russia is a huge and varied country that we seldom get to see. Thanks.

 

Please post more recent pics of your Princess

 

"My Princess" was 7 years old and she went to school. In Russia the academic year all schoolchildren and students traditionally begins on one day, September 1. This is almost a national holiday. So my daughter first started school last September 1.



Discontented expression on my daughter because her wake up unusually early

And here is my daughter (at center) with her classmates in gym class. Learn to ski.

 

In Russia the winter lasts not all year As I wrote above, last summer was the wedding of my second cousin. Here is Russia's rural hinterland. This wooden house in the background, probably 60-70 years. Young people mainly went to big cities. Often in Moscow. Old people live in old houses.

 

Light and dark side of Moscow.



New subway station, Troparevo (2014). Sometimes it seems that the station will appear on the Shrike from Simmons "Hyperion" and start to put people on the Tree of Pain

And the reverse side - the historical centre.

 

your Princess looks like she could have used another couple hours of sleep

hopefully she will take up gymnastics or syncronized swimming in order to become stronger and develop greater self discipline - please send us pics if she does

 

I loved Russia and the Russians.
The picture above is a subway station.

 

The famous Bolshoi Theater and Peterhoff Palace.
It is a beautiful place!

 

Russia has 6.60 MILLION square miles. I think most Westerners have seen less than .001& of it.