source: Library of Congress

source: Library of Congress

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 18: Ice Block

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 18: Ice Block

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 17: contrary/against

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 17: contrary/against

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 15: Rust

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 15: Rust

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 14: Misogynist 

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 14: Misogynist 

Putin is so good at doing this whole outdoor adventurer thing. Click the picture for more

Putin is so good at doing this whole outdoor adventurer thing. Click the picture for more

Link: Apparently Tomsk is the Russia capital of hacking, maybe I should get lessons

“In the snow-coated Siberian city of Tomsk, one in every five residents is a student. Information security is what they excel in. But in college corridors here, students talk of hacking with respect, even reverence.”

Funny that they talk about “Tomsk University”, because there are six universities here, all with the words “Tomsk” and “University” in them. NICE RESEARCH BBC!!!! (read here)

the strongest grandma in the world lives in Dagestan (Султан-Янгиюрт). JUST LOOK AT HER RIP THAT PHONEBOOK IN HALF/STAND ON NAILS/HOLD THAT LONG TWISTED PIECE OF METAL LIKE IT’S NOTHING!

So Helen turned me on to this large collection of photos of Russia taken for LIFE by Margaret Bourke-White during the second world war. Apparently a lot of them were unpublished. All of them are fantastic. You can see more here.

So Helen turned me on to this large collection of photos of Russia taken for LIFE by Margaret Bourke-White during the second world war. Apparently a lot of them were unpublished. All of them are fantastic. You can see more here.