Russians Love Their Tea and Their Samovar’s…
The Samovar… It is any Russian’s best friend. No, not a person… but in the past that’s how the Russians treated their samovar. It had a place of honor at the table… and in many homes it still does. “Tea from a samovar tastes much better than tea from an electric kettle,” said samovar enthusiast [...]
Bay of Balaklava the Secret Soviet Submarine Shelter…
Lets look at a little bit of history of the Soviet Union. This is really cool and I would like to go see this facility. For more than four decades, one could not find the town of Balaklava on an average Soviet map. Officially, the place did not exist. All because of a special facility [...]
Russian Video: Back to the 1960s!
Tonight Mark Bernes is sining a Song of love driver and we are watching an old videos of Soviet Moscow and Leningrad… I love them! Do you? Russian Video from Russia Svet and Kyle comments always welcome.
Russian Cartoon: Star Dogs Belka and Strelka!
50 years ago the 19the of August 1960 – two dogs in Russia made a successful trip to the orbit of Earth. The dogs Belka and Strelka spent 25 hours in the space and made 17 complete revolutions around the Earth. They were not first dogs in the space but they were first who came [...]
Russian Documentary Video: Belka and Strelka in The Space!
At 3.44 pm on August 19, 1960, a spaceship carrying two dogs, Belka and Strelka, was launched from the Baikonur space center. Scientists planned to study the impact of cosmic radiation on living beings and check the efficiency of life support systems such as the food and water supply. The dogs spent over 25 hours [...]
Russian Video: All About Matreshka!
When someone is going to visit Russia all their friends ask them to bring Russian doll Matreshka as a gift. We send Matreshkas to some of our friends abroad also because we think that Matreshkas are very neat. Just watch this beautiful musical video about Matreshkas and I am sure you will admit they are [...]
Russian Video: Hurricane in Russia after deadly heatwave hell!
Kyle just published a great article: Run – The Hurricane is Coming to Moscow… Where he tell what does he think about our windstorms what our media calls hurricanes. Yes, I support my American husband but I want to show the video from Russia Today to our readers this video shows all troubles what Russia [...]
Russian Movie: My Friend Ivan Lapshin (English subtitles)
Today we are watching a movie “My Friend Ivan Lapshin” directed by Aleksei German. This movie made on Russian film-studio Lenfilm in 1986. At the beginning of the movie we see an old man who is watching his grandson playing and he starts to recollect his past when he was a kid and they lived [...]
Russian Video: Village Life!
Today I want us to enjoy a beautiful video about village life in Russia. Find 7 minutes to watch the sideshow of old and new pictures about life in the villages all over the Soviet Union. Russian Video from Russia Svet and Kyle comments always welcome.
Video: In memory of the Russian submarine Kursk crew.
Nobody knows exact reason what happened with Russian nuclear submarine Kursk at 12th April, 2000. But we know what did not happen then – the tragedy did not turn Barents sea to the next Chernobyl and that did not happen cause of bravery of Kursk submarine crew. Thank you. We all will remember you! Some [...]
Documentary Video: Russian Nuclear Submarine Kursk Sank in the Barents Sea. August 12, 2000
Russia remembers the accident on board the nuclear submarine Kursk that happened exactly 10 years ago during the naval exercise left all 118 members of its crew, most of whom were under 30, dead. On Russian Video from Russia we are watching a documentary movie “The Sinking Of The Kursk”. Russian Video from Russia Svet [...]
The Soviet Toy Store Carousel Lives…
Sveta and I went to a huge Mega Mall here in Moscow and we crossed over a gigantic walkway that led us to a new section of this mall. As we entered the new mall area our eyes were greeted with a wonderful sight. The Old Soviet Toy Store Carousel Lives… From Russia: The Ultimate [...]
Russian Video: Moscow in fire-smoke!
Today we had incredibly heavy day here in Moscow Russia. It was 36-37C very humid and terrible smoke all over Moscow an surroundings. I’ll show you a Greenpeace video about the day in Moscow “Moscow in fire-smoke“: Russian Video from Russia Svet and Kyle comments always welcome.


