This Bakery Artists Make Works of Art that Just So Happen to be Cakes
Tortik Annushka (Annie’s Cake) is a Moscow-based, cake design studio founded in 2009 by brother and sister pastry chefs. In addition to their sumptuous creations, the studio also offers in-class and online training modules for aspiring bakers of all skill levels. Continue reading »
For Some Strange Reason Russians Love To Turn Their Cars Into Tanks
Russia is a strange place. Their playgrounds are pure nightmare fuel, wedding photos are bizarre, and dirty Russian language is insane in learning. But did you know that they are also weirdly obsessed with turning their cars into tanks? Continue reading »
Russian Utility Company Has Installed Spikes Over The Head Of Lenin Monument To Protect From Birds Poo
Birds are believed the worst enemies of monuments. Humans have achieved many heights – created iPhones, reached the Mars, solved the Poincare theorem – but they didn’t invent anything better than this to protect monuments from flying saboteurs. The idea belongs to utility company of Magadan. Continue reading »
Russian Couple Build Pyramid Of Giza Replica In Their Rural Backyard
A couple from Istinka, a small village located 12 kilometres outside St Petersburg, Russia, have built a concrete replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza right in their own backyard. Continue reading »
Russian Soul In A Nutshell: Honest Photography By Dmitry Markov
Some photos by Dmitry Markov that evoke both joy and sadness. Most of them are just random moments of life caught by Dmirtry’s iPhone 7. Since 2007 to 2012 Dmitry was working in a public organization “Rostok” supporting orphan children and now his photography is also aimed to draw attention to the hardships of boarding school graduates. Continue reading »
Russian Artist Gained More Than 4M Followers By Taking Bizarre And Thought-Provoking Photos
25-year-old Russian artist Ellen Sheidlin (previuosly), known as Sheidlina, invites us to her creative, weird, and whimsical fantasy world that is her Instagram feed. Her photos are not your regular perfect shots we are used to seeing; she takes her craft to another level by combining photography, digital art, fashion, and makeup. Continue reading »
This Russian Photoshop Master’s Photo Editing Skills May Blow You Away
Let’s admit it—everyone wants a cool profile picture of themselves on their social media. But it’s hard to make a picture perfect. And even if the picture turns out great, it may lack a certain magic in it that makes it truly outstanding. There’s a saying that begins with “when life gives you lemons…” Well, sometimes life doesn’t give you even that. What to do then? Digital artist Max Asabin’s answer is—Photoshop them in! Continue reading »
Race Driver Ralf Schumacher Buys Classic Russian Offroad “Niva” Car
German race driver Ralf Schumacher purchased a Russian “Niva” car and proudly showed in on his Instagram page. Lada 4×4 has been produced since 1977, its design was made by Valery Semushkin 43 years ago. Meantime, Russian drivers prefer foreign cars and treat domestic brands with distrust. Continue reading »
Backstage Reality Of Russia: Atmospheric Photography Through A Skater’s Eyes
Petr Barabaka found his first camera in a Moscow dump. He described the battered Kiev-19 that he hauled out of the trash as a “Soviet Nikon, of sorts.” Continue reading »
Seal Pup From Russia Becomes A Popular Meme
Seal pup from St. Petersburg who tried to escape the Marine Mammals rescue Center became a popular meme. The animal didn’t manage to go far away, he was found in the corridor between water houses. But its cute image has been photoshopped thousands of times. Continue reading »
Creepy Post-Soviet Textile Dolls By Irina Sayfiydinova
Irina Sayfiydinova is a textile artist, based in Tver, Russia. “I found myself in sewing toys – it is something without which I cannot live one day :) My toys are different emotions, without which our lives would be devoid of meaning. Choose your friend’s heart,” she says. Continue reading »
Women Serving Their Sentences In One Of The Russian Prisons Perfectly Re-Creating Classic Paintings
At the IK-2 correctional facility in Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia, women serving their sentence took part in the “Isolation” contest. Continue reading »
Fountains Of Saint Petersburg The Way They Look Now
This is how fountains of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, look like these days. This spring is not about joyful walk. Continue reading »
Russian Ex-Pilot Turns His House Into Incredible Steampunk Museum
Ex-pilot from Saint-Petersburg turned his country house into a steampunk museum with a plane An-2 launched on the territory. Andrey Karzubov seriously plans to accept visitors. Many retro devices in the house are absolutely functional. A TV set with a magnifying lens is one of them. Would you like to live in a place like this? Continue reading »
Photographer Captures Intimate Photos Of The Russian Student Girls In Their Communal Apartments And Hostels
Yaroslav Bulavin, a talented photographer and videographer from St. Petersburg. He shoots music videos, videos and photos. In 2018 Yaroslav photographed student girls in their communal apartments and hostels in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Let’s take a look at these fascinating shots. Continue reading »
Unique Portraits Of Russians In 1868
In 1868 a researcher K. Tchaikovsky visited the Perm region of Russia and made a series of photo-portraits of local people. Thanks to his work, we can see now how Russians looked like a century and a half ago. Continue reading »
Isolation: Russian Photographer Captures Fabulous Photos Dedicated To Self-Isolation
Everyone deals with a critical moment in life differently. But there is something that unites all of us in face of the problem: the feeling of loneliness, and isolation, the dependance on gadgets and uncertainty. Continue reading »
This Russian Facebook Group Is Recreating Famous Paintings While Isolating, And They’re Brilliant
Even though most people are spending their days isolated at home due to the coronavirus quarantine, it doesn’t mean that life has suddenly become boring and uncultured. On the contrary, since people are temporarily banned from visiting their favorite art galleries and museums, they are bringing them home for themselves by recreating art pieces with whatever objects they have at home and publishing them in Izoizolyacia Facebook group. Continue reading »
Beautiful Rare Colorized Photos Of The Russian Village In 1899 By Mikhail Krukovsky
Russian village in the XIX century was about hard labor. “Those that don’t work, don’t work”, as they say. These photos were made by an enthnographer Mikhail Krukovsky in 1899. Modern technologies allowed to make them colorized. Now we can see how a typical Russian village looked like so many years ago. Continue reading »
Russian Designers Make The First DIY Anti-Coronavirus Cardboard Mask With A Replaceable Filter
Introducing BUMASK, a foldable cardboard mask with replaceable filter and defense against excessive viral load. Reduces the risk of coronavirus respiratory invasion and spreading through through close contact. Continue reading »
Born In The USSR: 50 Amazing Photos Of Russian Girls From The 1990s
They do not pose for a camera, they simply live another moment of their life. Russian girls of the 1990s – working, partying, dreaming… Continue reading »
Russian Blogger Went On A Trip Around The Apartment During The quarantine – Repeating Photos From Real Travels
Photographer, blogger and entrepreneur Elnar Mansurov from Perm, who became famous at Instagram as a “bear-headed traveler”, suggested how his photos could look if he hadn’t left his apartment. For a small project, he reproduced some footage of his travels. Continue reading »
Meet The Russian Who Walks Around The City During The Coronavirus Pandemic – Dressed As A Plague Doctor
A man in the costume of a plague doctor walks along the Kaliningrad streets, a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea. It is sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania along the Baltic coast. The people look at the tall, thin figure in black with surprise. Continue reading »
By Using Cereals, Toilet Paper And Matches Russian Street Artist Makes An Installation That Urges People To Stay Calm
Probably there is a new problem worse than coronavirus itself, it’s people who spread the panic about the virus. Loketski, a street artist from St. Petersburg decided to calm them down in his own creative method. He made an installation “Stay calm!” made from the most demanded products these days. The artist used 4 kg of his own domestic reserves – cereals, toilet paper, matches. Continue reading »
The Color Of Russian History: Beautiful Vintage Colorized Pictures Of The Imperial Russia By Olga Shirnina
William Carrick “The milk seller (Okhtenka)” St. Petersburg, 1860s
With an artist’s eye and a surgeon’s precision, Olga Shirnina – who works under the name Color By Klimbim (previously) – uses Photoshop to breathe new life into black-and-white photos from Russian history. Continue reading »
