Russian Clubs: Moscow Nightlife In Spectacular Photos By Nikita Shokhov
Within about five years the Russian photographer Nikita Shokhov (previously) has been capturing rather absurd and sometimes even ugly realities of Moscow nightlife. During this time Nikita has collected the series of pretty entertaining photos. Continue reading »
“Russian Elite”: Photographer Documents Life Of Rich And Poor In The Prestigious Residential Area Rublevka
Rublevka, a branch of the Eden on the planet Earth, the most expensive ghetto in Russia. This is how sometimes described the famous living area in Moscow suburbs where are basically residencies of high-ranking persons from the Russian government, top-managers of the biggest companies, oligarchs, and different cultural and scientific elite. Rublevka is the place where live the richest Russians, but also it is the place with the highest social stratification. Continue reading »
Nevermind In Sovietland By Photographer Tomeu Coll
Vorkuta, Russia, 2009
The town, once home to a thriving coal mining industry, is full of abandoned buildings that the government does not have funds to repair. The extremes in temperature (in winter it can get as cold as -40C) make the buildings unstable and liable to collapse.
Up above the Arctic Circle, 40 hours by train from Moscow, sits the Russian city of Vorkuta. It was built by gulag inmates but was given purpose by the coal industry that used to be the region’s lifeblood. Now mining has disappeared, leaving many of its outposts abandoned. Tomeu Coll’s 2009 photo essay Nevermind Sovietland hauntingly records the lives of those who still live there… Continue reading »
Rainy Saint Petersburg In Photographic Artworks By Eduard Gordeev
Russian photographer Eduard Gordeev (previously) is a big fancier of inclement weather and ancient architecture. We picked up 34 great pictures of Saint Petersburg from the series of photos called ‘Rain in the city’. Continue reading »
Remains Of An Older More Advanced Civilization Has Been Found In Russia
Remains of Soviet civilization in one of the industrial suburbs of a city have been found by a Russian internet dwellers. Just like in the movies such as Alien, Prometheus or Planet of Apes, when you come at this area you will quickly notice these are the remains of a far more advanced cosmo-travelling civilization. The time when humans progressed beyond our-wordly problems and started their space-traveling journey, but just as in above mentioned movies, their civilization crumbled and here we are today enjoying these photos thanks to Andrey Andreev. Continue reading »
“Kola”: French Photographer Céline Clanet Explores The Cold Beauty Of Russian Lapland
French photographer Céline Clanet spent five years travelling across the frozen tundra of the Kola Peninsula.
Her images criscross three parallel worlds of the post-Soviet Arctic: the area’s vast military infrastructure, mining and industry, and among them both, communities of the indigenous Sami people trying to maintain their traditional lifestyles. Continue reading »
Beautiful Feminine Photo Portraits By The Russian Fashion Photographer Svetlana Belyaeva
Svetlana Belyaeva is a talented Russian fashion photographer from the city of Belgorod. Of course, I could not pass by and post her wonderful artwork on DYT. Below are the best feminine photos of women made by Svetlana since 2012. Continue reading »
Photos Proving Winter Is Here
Russian Winter is All Here. And here some photos to prove that. Forty photos of Russian people going thru the winter now. Continue reading »
Russian Miner Spends His Breaks Taking Photos Of Foxes In The Arctic Circle
Russia’s remote north-eastern Chukotka region is an inhospitable arctic tundra, but even in this brutal landscape, Russian photographer Ivan Kislov can find beautiful signs of life among the foxes that live and hunt here in the wild. He agreed to talk to Bored Panda and tell us more about his amazing photos. Continue reading »
Russian Oligarch Exclusive Car For Sale
A unique car is for sale on one of the Russian classifieds websites. As the story goes the car was custom made for a famous rich person who died three months before the car was delivered to him.
The car was named “Amulet”. According to the owner it had to have magic power to protect him. However it didn’t happen. In fact this was a Toyota Crown, but it is so heavily modified you can’t recognize it anymore. Continue reading »
Artist Imagines What Russian Skies Would Look If They Were In 8-Bit
A Russian artist turns typical Russian landscapes into 8-bit art. Here are some of their works. He calls the project “8-bit Skies” over Russia. “The broken pixel” community decided to fantasize a bit, and this is what happened… Continue reading »
A Restored Chevrolet Impala In Moscow, Russia
This old Chevy has a rich history. It was brought to Russia back in Soviet times by a Belgian diplomat. Then it was discarded and stayed somewhere in Moscow suburbs for years. Then, bought back in 2008 and then meticiously restored back to life. And here how it was. Continue reading »
These Craftsmen Are Making Stunning Furniture And Art Objects Out Of Parts Of The Soviet And Russian Airplanes And Helicopters
“Our manufactory specializes in making furniture, interior solutions, and art-objects out of parts of airplanes and helicopters. Before turning into beautiful things, aircraft fragments go through multilevel manufacture cycle, starting from prior selection of parts of aircrafts and ending with packaging of finished goods. Fine-tuning and operability of this cycle – is our goal. This goal can be considered achieved, if you like our goods. Continue reading »
This House Sings Like A Saxophone At Night
This house in Yekaterinburg, Russia is sort of famous around the neighborhood. It has a lot of ventilation pipes going around the building, and at night when the wind is strong the house starts to “sing”. The pipes are like a labyrinth, intertwined among each other and go to the top of the building passing by the windows of the apartments. Continue reading »
This Russian Girl Uses Make Up To Perfectly Turn Into Celebrities
The girl you see (on the left) is a normal Russian student girl from Omsk, her name is Alisa Dronova. However in her free time she is fond of changing her face into some well known celebrities with the help of make up. Some of her works can surprise you, really. Here: Lana Del Rey Continue reading »
Russian Fans Of J. K. Rowling Make Pastries Based On “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them”
In early November, a Russian-language account appeared on Instagram with cute pastries based on the universe of J. K. Rowling and the movie “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them”, playing with the dream of Jacob Kowalski about his own bakery. Continue reading »
Spectacular Landscape Of Lake Baikal Area In Siberia In Photographs By Alexey Matveev
Outstanding photos of the largest freshwater lake in the world in southern Siberia by Alexey Matveev, a talented photographer, and adventurer based in Russia. Alexey focuses on travel, landscape, and nature photography. Continue reading »
Photographer Paul Huf Captured Amazing Fashion Photoshoot In The Soviet Union In 1965
Paul Huf (1924-2002) was an iconic Dutch photographer. He started his career in 1946 at the “Comedia theater company”. In the Fifties, he became famous thanks to his portraits of Queen Juliana of The Netherlands and Prince Bernhard. He also shot advertisings and fashion photos particulary with the model Ann Pickford. These photos are particulary elegant and graceful. Continue reading »
Meet The Photographer Showing You What It’s Like To Be Young In Modern-Day Russia
Wistful youth, bare bums, freedom: Dima Komarov’s rose-tinted photographic take on Russia has him gaining worldwide recognition. There is a common perception of Russians: they don’t smile. At least, when it comes to the notion of “saying cheese”, this might well be the case. Continue reading »
A Group Of Russian Artists Have Created The Ultimate Virtual Reality Project
The Russian project “Defected Pixel” is causing quite a stir online, in fact it’s gone viral. The creators combine real photos with pixelated objects, including a man smoking, a gramophone, food…even the sky has been given the eight-bit treatment. Continue reading »
These Photos Will Blow Your Mind – Russia In The 90s Through The Lens With French Photographer Lise Sarfati
Lise Sarfati is a French photographer. Her images of cities in Russia and young people in the United States paint a sometimes despondent picture inspired by her own imagination. Continue reading »
Fascinating Photographs Capture Daily Life In Russia Just After The Collapse Of The Soviet Union
Norilsk, bus stop. 1993.
These fascinating color photos were made by a French photographer Jean-Paul Guilloteau, who visited Russia right after the collapse of the USSR. For most Russians these shots will cause nostalgic feelings. The photos show the Russian country that was already done with Communism but at that point Russia still didn’t know which way exactly should they go on next… Continue reading »
Life In Soviet Russia: Private Moments
Are you ready to make an immersion into the glorious life of Soviet Russia? If yes scroll down, this one today differs from other retrospective series we had before by the manner of compilation – it’s not a one collection but is assorted mix came from different sources. Continue reading »
“Re-Enact Russia”: Bringing Past Into The Present
This project brings together 14 of the characters involved in the reconstruction of various periods of Russian history: from the 9th century until the end of the second world war.
Alexander, 26, 9th century, warrior
For the present, and their favourite eras they picked up hashtags — keywords that most closely express the spirit of the time. Continue reading »
The Secret Life Of Salvador Dali In Soviet Russia
KGB leaked some new files. They reveal famous Spanish maestro artist Salvador Dali while on his secret visit to USSR. It was no secret the artist had a Russian lover and wife Gala (Elena). She was who took Dali on the trip. Let’s see those leaked files. Continue reading »
