Category Archives: Russia
Must See: Don’t-Stop-Non-Stop Gogol Bordello
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Daily Oddities, Immigration, nyc, Russia
Sergei Dovlatov, and why you should care
It’s been a little while since I felt the compulsive need to write/talk/read about Sergei Dovlatov, the unsung Soviet storyteller whose raw wit and uncomfortable humor trancends national borders, economic philosophies, and continents, even if it never trancended Russian. He … Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, Brighton Beach, it's a small world, nyc, Russia
OMFG, Heatwave in Oymyakon!!!
As some of you may know, New York winter turned me into a quasi-religious checker of weather. And if you check the weather as frequently as I do, and especially if you’re checking it in New York, in the winter, … Continue reading
Filed under Daily Oddities, Russia
Daily Oddities: Monday World Edition
There’s a lot to talk about in the World today, so lets jump right into it. You know about Tehran and you know about Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech, so we’re skipping that and getting straight down into the stuff you didn’t … Continue reading
Yes We Can (embrace Russian kawaii racism)
You may have seen this weird, yet weirdly cute image on Gawker and wondered, Hey Russia, WTF. If you are sitting in your cubicle wondering, are Russians racist against black people, you can stop holding your breath. The answer is … Continue reading
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