Tagged: Moscow

Articles in English / Web and Graphic Design

September 16, 2015

50 Shades of Putin

Vladimir Putin’s speech at UN General Assembly in New York is scheduled for September 28. The best kremlinologists, politologists, putinologists and other “ologists’ of the world are discussing the upcoming speech. What will Putin say?...

Articles in English / Sports History

September 13, 2015

In the Old Gym: The Snatch

I really loved my old gym. By today’s standards, it looked like dungeons. But we loved it. It was located in the basement of our old University building in Moscow. It was dusty and...

Articles in English / Sports History

September 7, 2015

In the Old Gym

While looking through our family old albums, I stumbled upon this old picture from our weightlifting gym in Russia. This is me lifting in the last trials before the Championship of Moscow. I am...

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September 5, 2015

83

Today, my father would have turned 83. Happy Birthday, Papa!

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September 2, 2015

The Fountain That Never Gets Wet

The Fountain of Friendship Between Nations is a real place in Moscow. Built in 1951-1954, it was supposed to glorify one of the triumphs of Stalin’s national policy, friendship between nations within the USSR....

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August 12, 2015

Marsha the Red Army

The latest news about Patrick Kane from the Chicago Blackhawks are troubling and scary. Lately, more and more major league athletes were involved in police investigation and law enforcement stories with sexual assault, spouse beatings...

Articles in English / Photography / Wildlife and Nature

July 5, 2015

Russian Sparrow in Moscow

Doing nature photography is fun. It’s a learning experience both for camera techniques and getting to know the natural habitat. All little fellows from our area are extremely proud to be in the pictures....

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June 23, 2015

Still Waiting For Gandhi?

Of course, I am a pure and absolute democrat. But you know what the problem is – not a problem, a real tragedy – that I am alone. There are no such pure democrats...

Articles in English / Photography

June 22, 2015

Alma Mater

While looking through my photo archives, I found these pictures made in Moscow in March 2012. For whatever reason, they never made it to this blog. It was my first trip to the place...

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June 18, 2015

Future Engineers

Another blast from the past. My sophomore year in college 🙂 The future engineers on the photo are (left to right): 1st row: Rustem Gorgeladze, Valentina Agapova, Irina Shiryaeva, Irina Luneva; 2nd row: Margarita...