#russia

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Mount Volosyanaya, Russia by Olga Potapova

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Photo by Aleksandr Cheprunov

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Box with peacock - FABERGÉ

[olekciy]

In October, Pavel Gubarev, a Russian political figure who proclaimed himself the “People’s Governor” of the Donetsk Region in 2014 and later as leader of the Donbas People’s Militia, explained that Ukrainians were, “Russian people, possessed by the devil,” and that Russia’s aim was to “convince them” that they are not Ukrainian. He added: “But if you don’t want us to change your minds, then we will kill you. We will kill as many of you as we have to. We will kill 1 million or 5 million, we can exterminate all of you.”

[thelittleukrainianwell-armedgirl]

(c) @ iamsimonovdima

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Tiksi, Russia // Evgenia Arbugaeva

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

March 28th, 1584: Ivan the Terrible, first Tsar of all of Russia, dies of a stroke.

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[ID: White rectangle divided in thirds by two black sketchy lines. On the left side is tbh, the autism creature, on the middle is soweli and on the right one is a baby Baikal seal]

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Jewish life in Astrakhan, Russia, ca. 2010

The Jews of Astrakhan, one of Russia's southernmost cities, are a culturally heterogenous entity coming from various sub-ethnic backgrounds, with roots that go back to the dawn of recorded history in the East European Plain. It was even well known to the rabbis of the Talmud, who referred to the “fine salt of Astrakhan”. In early medieval times, the city was home to the Khazars, a Turkic warrior tribe who had converted to Judaism. Some local Jews still maintain the tradition that they are descendants of the ancient Khazar converts. Under the Mongol conqueror Timur, Bukharan Jews were invited to live and trade in Astrakhan. From the 18th century, Ashkenazi merchants and army veterans from other parts of the Russian Empire began to arrive. Mountain Jews from the Caucasus settled in the 1850s along the street now called Shaumyana, which was once known as "Jewish Town." During the repressive Soviet times, Jewish life in the public sphere continued to dwindle to the point that only the city’s “Nusach Sefard” (Sephardic) synagogue was left functioning. After the fall of the USSR, the community slowly reestablished itself and is today thriving once again.

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🤬 Russians fired mortars at the Kherson hospital in the Dnipro district of the city at night — Regional Military Administration

The main compartment was broken, the heating system was damaged, there was almost no glass left in the windows.

People miraculously survived, there were no casualties.

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[adini-nikolaevna]

“Queen Anna is a very respectable woman, full of old court traditions and devotion to etiquette, and has not yet sent all decency to hell, as is customary in our time. Our young grand dukes and duchesses, who roll with laughter and make faces behind their aunt's back, would do better if they followed her example."

—Anna Feodorovna Tyutcheva on Queen Anna of the Netherlands, who was born Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.

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“Modern Crime Story” book series published by Progress, Moscow from 1971 to 1991. Each book features novels from a different country (Australia, Hungary, Greece, Kenya, Finland etc. etc.)

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Architecture detail at Catherine Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Red Army Reconnaissance scouts on the Bryansk front, armed with PPD-40 submachine guns, 1942.

[thelittleukrainianwell-armedgirl]

(c) @ mash_malakh