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• Understanding the Russian Easter Period

  

  Some readers may not understand some of the comments and questions from their Russian friends at this time of year so here is a small primer:- Easter in the Eas... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Maslenitsa 11 March, 2013 – 11 Марта (дата Для 2013 Года) Масленица

  

  Our readers in the West may have never heard of Maslenitsa, but for Russians it is an ancient tradition wrapped up in the coming of Springtime, food and the... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 DESTINATIONS

• Orthodox Easter Fast

  

  In Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union, greeting the New Year is by far the biggest holiday. Coming in second, and observed by both believers and... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 8 Март – 8 March, International Women’s Day

  

  8 март, International Women’s day is the date to honour the women in your lives.  This is to Eastern European and Asian women as to Valentine’s in the West. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Joseph Stalin Would Have Loved Drones

  

  Two sets of light switches and a call button in a hallway of Joseph Stalin’s dacha in the lakeside mountains of Abkhazia, the now independent area of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voice of Russia Radio: Hamas Bans Islamic Women from Running in Marathon

  Voice of Russia Radio is reporting that the UN Relief and Work Agency that is helping Palestinian refugees has cancelled an annual marathon in the Gaza Strip du... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Miss Russia 2013 – Мисс Россия 2013

  

  They came from all over Russia’s 83 regions, and the finalists in regional competitions for the motherland’s most beautiful young ladies gathered in Moscow to... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2 Marches on March 2

  

  (2 March 2013) There were two marches in Moscow Saturday, one put on by a small opposition force and the other by pro-Kremlin activists. Both rallies were... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Travel to Moscow

  

  This article and video will have some good tips for readers traveling to Russia so allow for a little background. Our friends from Ufa, Sergei and Sergei, were... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “The Texan Who Conquered Russia”

  

  In 1958 American pianist Van Cliburn traveled to Russia and surprised the world by winning the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New US Secretary of State Kerry is an Idiot? No Surprise Here.

  

  You’ll have to forgive us for not being big John Kerry fans here at the Mendeleyev Journal. Stupidity usually doesn’t qualify one for public office, even in a... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another US-Russian “reset” Or Maybe Not?

  

  Russian officials complain that at any moment it is difficult to know where they stand in relationship to Washington. Thinking it to be a lack of respect instea... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Set to Raise Drinking Age to 21?

  

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  Posted on 12 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Volgograd Or Stalingrad – Волгоград Или Сталинград

  

  Should the southern Russian city known today as Volgograd be returned to it’s Soviet era name of Stalingrad? Originally named as Tsaritsyn... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Boy Scouts of America Should Move to Russia.

  

  The Boy Scouts of the USA should pack up and move to Russia. Apparently out of step in a country that has embraced political correctness and intent on lunging... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kyiv (Kiev) Capital of Ukraine

  

  Kiev, spoken as “keev”" instead of ke-evh, is the birthplace of Russia. Modern day boundaries aside, the capital of Ukraine is the birthplace of Russia. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Battle for Stalingrad Remembered

  

  (Volgograd, Russia) The battle for Stalingrad is often described as the single bloodiest battle of the Great Patriotic War. The city of Stalingrad, now named... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Aeroflot to Offer Wireless Internet

  As reported this week in the Moscow Times, Russian air carrier Aeroflot will begin to install wireless Internet in its jets this year as part of its wide-rangin... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When Moscow Sleeps…

  Europe’s largest city. 14 million some souls living and breathing in a region sure can cause a city to stay awake at all hours. But there is one, and only one,... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 27 January 1944, Siege of Leningrad Broken!

  

  (Leningrad/Saint Petersburg, Russia) From the start, the Siege of Leningrad was a war waged with food. Hitler’s intent was not to occupy the city previously... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY