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Happy Russia Day and Day of Town – 12 June 12 Jun 2013 | 07:54 pm
Its Russia Day today, and also my cities Day of Town. Time for people to celebrate their city and their country. I often wonder if Russians ever get any work done, because almost every week there is a...
Victory Day 12 May 2013 | 06:31 pm
A few somewhat belated notes on Victory Day. Victory Day is a massive day of celebration in Russia. If you are based in Moscow then you won’t have much chance of getting into Red Square unless you a...
Victory Day 12 May 2013 | 06:31 pm
A few somewhat belated notes on Victory Day. Victory Day is a massive day of celebration in Russia. If you are based in Moscow then you won’t have much chance of getting into Red Square unless you are...
Happy Women’s Day! 8 Mar 2013 | 09:48 pm
Happy Women’s Day! I have to admit, before I first visited Russia I had never heard of Women’s Day. It barely gets a mention from the UK press. In the UK we celebrate Mother’s Day, but this is only f...
Ronald comes to town. 7 Feb 2013 | 04:42 pm
Something momentous happened a few weeks ago in my Russian city. A McDonalds restaurant finally opened for business. I’ve been waiting for a McDonalds to open since the early 2000’s. There have been ...
Russian New Year News 4 Jan 2013 | 09:06 pm
Welcome to Russia, its 2013 and the start of the annual 10 day public holiday. I often wonder why my country (the UK) doesn’t have a 10 day holiday over Christmas and New Year? Many British employers...
The gloom of winter 23 Dec 2012 | 03:41 am
I wake early from uneasy dreams. Head to the kitchen and make coffee. The digital thermometer shows the night had a low of -28c. Outside in the gloom of morning the snowflakes fall silently to earth....
Universal Poverty 3 Dec 2012 | 03:54 pm
Russian politicians get a bad press, and for the most part quite rightly so. I’ve lost count of the number of times in Moscow I’ve seen a large executive car (often a Mercedes, BMW or Audi) whizz pas...
Vnukovo Airport Review 21 Nov 2012 | 04:08 pm
I flew threw Vnukovo airport for the first time last month after finding a cheap flight with Lufthansa. I looked online for some reviews and information about Vnukovo and there was little apart from a...
The City 23 Oct 2012 | 03:02 pm
New photo gallery added to the site – The City. A few photos of real soviet Russia in all it’s glory. The City is a post from: ©Sovietcity.com All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction on any other sit...
