March 13, 1:00 PM Kill Hill: The Trolololo Adventures in the Afterlife |
We will not even attempt to further comment on the meme and will simply bring you an updated list of the Trolololo remixes. Enjoy! |
March 2, 7:00 PM High Note |
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January 25, 6:00 PM First Look: Russia's Electric Car |
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October 20, 9:00 PM Scent of a [Socialist] Woman: Red Moscow Perfume |
In the USSR, there was one floral scent which could be called the scent of success: the scent of Krasnaya Moskva - "Red Moscow," the perfume favored by the Kremlin wives and the country's lucrative Communist party elite. Let's take a whiff of its flowery past. |
October 9, 6:00 AM Unfortunate Profile Pictures, Slavic Style |
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September 16, 11:00 AM The Best Cartoon Of All Time |
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July 28, 12:00 PM Alice In Wonderland, Perfected in 1981 |
With all the anticipatory hoopla on Tim Burton's Alice about, here's a perfectly-timed glimpse back into the devious, delirious animated Wonderland, Soviet style. READ ME! |
July 8, 12:00 AM The Soviet Scooter |
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June 3, 12:00 AM Iconic Soviet Arcade Game Reincarnated; Brezhnev Still Dead |
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May 28, 12:00 PM Filya, Hrusha, Stepahska and Karkusha Will Put You To Sleep |
Since Soviet times, these humble hand puppets have lead Russian children into primordial explorations of morals, codes of behavior, and neuroses. Filya the dog, Hrusha the piglet, Stepashka the baby rabbit, and Karkusha the crow (not pictured, fondly remembered) came to many of us on a nightly television program Good Night, Little Ones! They hopped around, talked and did stuff - then there was a cartoon! Though the actual adventures of our talking-animal friends have faded from memory, we know that each one was special, with its own traits, dreams, and personality disorders. |
May 18, 10:00 PM Russian Titling Dolls |
For generations of Soviet children, this was their first toy. The Russian Tilting Doll - Nevalashka - is a classic. This leering, snowman-round, colorful girl-creature is an iconic artifact and fuzzy, ting-a-ling memory for most, even those who arrived into childhood after the fall of the Union. |
April 23, 11:00 AM An Anti-Democracy Truck Ride, Anyone? |
Thank you, The New York Times for bringing to our attention the Anti-Democracy truck. Deep in the snow-covered lands of Siberia, the proletariat workers assemble the odd-looking (like all other Russian-made cars) vehicle designed for breaking up demonstrations and strikes. The steel beast can bump the protesting crowd with its reinforced bumper, can assault them with the terrible noise and, of course, hit them with the water cannon. |
April 6, 12:00 AM Clubbing with Mickey |
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April 3, 9:00 AM Diamonds are for Suckers |
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March 6, 11:00 AM One Cup to Rule Them All |
When a greedy capitalist slips a few coins into a vending machine, he arrogantly expects his own individually prepackaged soda. But the citizens of the U.S.S.R were prepared to share—everything from public housing to sidewalk soda pop. Behold, the sacramental chalice of Soviet carbonated beverages. |
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