There are enough pictures of the Red Square, Kremlin and Arbat.
I prefer random pictures from everyday Russian life.
Russian winter is very cold [-30 C is considered normal]. Air is dry, so this
cold is bearable. At -40 C, folks need to take precautions - hide their faces in
the coat when they run from one house to another.
Russian living quarters are run down, monotonous and spaced out. People wear
dark coats. They seem to be gloomy, unexcited.
This is a random industrial city deep inland. I know its name, but it is not
really all that important. "Payphones" are free within the city because it is
just too cold for the coin-intake mechanism to work.
Welcome to the real Russian world! H o m e
