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Russian Video: Russian Crazy and Russian Driving….

Russians really have no concept of defensive driving. They run red lights like it is a law that they are suppose to run them. They drive right through any intersection like they have closed their eyes and hope God drives for them. This short video is so common to experience while you drive Moscow. This video is about St. Petersburg but as I see they drive the same there also…

In Russia I look both ways three times before I take off from a stop light and it has saved us multiples of time from having what you see in the video as a wreck. The light could be red and sometimes 20 cars will continue through it and not stop. The people with a green light have to either wreck there car or wait. It is the person that runs a red light after everyone is stopped that gets you. I have seen people drive up on the sidewalk and around the cars stopped at a red light and drive into the intersection and wreck…

All you can do is wonder are they really that bad of drivers?

Russian Video From Russia!

Russian Video: January 27th, The siege of Leningrad was lifted

January 27th, the day the siege of Leningrad was lifted, is now a Day of military glory in Russia.

Documentaries about Siege of Leningrad:

1) Full length World War II documentary movie Siege of Leningrad from BattleField series.

2) Blockade – one of the best Russian documentaries: movies about ordinary days of dieing city.

Russian Video: Surfer on the St. Petersburg streets!

Everyday life video in Russian city St.Petersburg: “Surfing on the streets of St. Peterburg

This video was called the best video in Internet for the week by Russian TV-show Вести.net

And here you can watch even more surfing on St.Petersburg streets. Is’not it impressive?

What were impressed you more the guy who carried girls cross the street or the surfing guy? 😉

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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Video Excursion – Beautiful St.Petersburg (Russia)!

If you don’t know how to spend your weekend I recommend you to go to St.Petersburg (Russia) – one of the most beautiful cities in the world! And that is not very far – modern planes fly fast! You still have doubts? Then watch just a beautiful full length video excursion to St. Petersburg!

Watch others excellent videos about St.Petersburg: Russan Video shows St. Petersburg.

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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Russian Video: Blockade of Leningrad Started 68 Years Ago!

Leningrad remembers its Heroes!

Today you could hear sound of metronome and the wail of the sirens in St.Petersburg. Leningrad remembers the Blockade – 900 days and nights of artillery attacks and terrible starvation. A worker got 250 grams of bread a day all others got twice less. Leningrad outstayed but the price was incredible. There were more than 500 000 people buried only on Peskarevsky cemetery…

Sound of metronome is symbol of the Blockade of Leningrad – metronome sounded during the Blockade 24 hours a day on the radio. The siren wailed 3740 times during the blockade.

Today we are watching Day of Memory from St.Petersburg:

Read more about the Blockade of Leningrad in Wikipedia or an article “Seige of Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad) 1941-1944” (From Neva News).

Documentaries about Siege of Leningrad:

1) Full length World War II documentary movie Siege of Leningrad from BattleField series.

2) Blockade – one of the best Russian documentaries: movies about ordinary days of dieing city.

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

comments always welcome.

Russian Video: Blockade (Russian Documentary Movie, 2005)

Blockade – the name of the movie made by Sergei Loznitsa. No name of war no name of city what was blockaded. No music, no words or subtitles – just some sounds sometimes. Black and white documentary chronicles – they show ordinary days of the dieing city.

This film was dedicated to the Day of the blockade of Leningrad. The premiere took place in St. Petersburg at the International Festival of documentary, animation and short film “Message to man”.

There are one director of movie, 40 operators and 2 and a half million characters. in this movie… According to statistics, there were 2 992 000 people in 1941 lived in Leningrad and there were just half of million people by 1944.

Awards of the movie Blockade:

Jury Award
International Film Festival ‘Stalker’ in Moskau, Russia, 2005

Critics Prix
International Film Festival ‘Stalker’ in Moskau, Russia, 2005

“White Elefant”
National cinemacritics prix for best documentary film, Russia, 2005

Best Documentary 2005
National academy prix ‘NIKA’ for best documentary film, Russia, 2005

Grand Prix
International Film Festival ‘Kontakt’ in Kiew, Ukrain, 2005

Second Prix
International Film Festival Madrid, Spain, 2006

St. Petersburg’s Government prix
for 2005

Grand Prix ‘Gold Dragon’
International Krakow Short Film Festival, Poland, 2006

Best Documentary Film from archive
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2006

Jury Avard
International Film Festival ‘Message to man’ St.Petersburg, Russia, 2006

Grand Prix for Best Dokumentary Film
Film Festival Viborg, Russia, 2006

Best Documentary Film
Open Documentary Film Festival ‘Russia’ , Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2006

Best Documentary
‘Golden laurel’ National documentary film prix, Russia, 2006

Arie&Bozena Zweig Innovation Award
Chicago International Documentary Festival, 2007

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

PS Blockade – the name of the movie made by Sergei Loznitsa. No name of war no name of city what was blockaded. Of course, we all know this movie is about Seige of Leningrad.

After the premiere of “Blockade” at the Rotterdam Film Festival the audience was stunned and did not want to leave the room. ‘Did you know, – an old Dutchman asked Sergey Loznica – that you told the story not only of Leningrad but Rotterdam also? Our city was destroyed, but, unfortunately, there were no operators, who could capture this tragedy.”

Russian Video: Scarlet Sails – 2009!

Russian Video: Scarlet Sails - 2009Hello,

Every year the night 20-21st of June is one of the most beautiful celebrations in St. Petersburg“Алые Паруса” (Scarlet Sails). Pupils who just finished school are celebrating the end of school and the start of new life.

Every year we are looking for the most beautiful videos of this performance and share them with our readers.

Let’s watch the best videos of Scarlet Sails – 2009:

If you like the videos maybe you want to find out more about this festival and watch Scarlet Sails – 2008!

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

comments always welcome.