Here is a video from Day Watch movie (2005 or 2006?) with a scene of Moscow in ruins. This scene usually never appeared in Russian movies (except war movies of course) so it surprised me a lot when I saw that one dared to show it. Btw, the movie is about Dark and Light forces (people) - Night Watch and Day Watch. I posted it because this kind of ( Read more... )

Ohh one more part - I adore the meeting of Dobrynya and Zmei :))))) And Baba Yaga at the end..

This is to give the idea of the cartoon itself :)

ooops! This is a video from a modern cartoon about Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmei Gorynych - famous personages of Russian epic and fairy tales. Compare to Cheburashka and Umka it looks very vulgar though it's pretty funny. But this kind of cartoons the generation of my sister watches...

In Russia we had two revolutions, the first was in the beginning of 20th century in 1905. But again (like in the USA :)) Navy was one of those forces who started it. These two videos are taken from the movie of Eisenshtein (1925). At that time it was a cinema without sound, but it was a very progressive movie in many senses; for example the first ( Read more... )

I am still about art (especially cinema) of my childhood :) But I guess that it can be interesting for both: foreigners - to learn about it and Russians - to remember how it was. This is one of the favorite movies of children in the USSR - Adventures of Buratino of Alexei Tolstoi (kind of Russian Pinoccio ( Read more... )

The American revolution did not end in 1776. The war went on until 1789. 1776 was when we officially declared independence, but the revolution had just begun. The American troops were badly outnumbered, and ill equipped to do anything, especially fight a war. With the aid of France and some Native American tribes, we finally ended up fighting the ( Read more... )

If you are from the Former Soviet Republics, please tell me what nation you come from, and a few of the best things (in your opinion) about your country. Then please tell me what you are most interested in about the USA. Also, please tell me how skilled you are with the English language ( Read more... )