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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In Memoriam
Four years ago, a Yak-42 Flight 9633, carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl at 4:05 P.M. Moscow Time on Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Chidlovski Blog...
Hockey On the Red Carpet
Mr. and Mrs. Slava Fetisov on the red carpet at opening of the 2014 Moscow International Film Festival. Glamorous hockey player and politician, Sen. Fetisov is double posing for his own selfie and celebrity...
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....
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...
Pam and Vlad
Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson, of Baywatch fame, has sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a personal request, asking for his assistance in halting Icelandic whaling. July 5, 2015 Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, I believe that we...
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....
The Equalizer (2014)
Don’t touch me, if you want to live! Tattoo on Teddy Rensen’s chest Just a few key impressions on “The Equalizer” (2014) film we watched on the weekend: Boston is a beautiful town. The...
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...
