And then I went to Russia, again

Zdravstvujte! I am a university student from Wisconsin, and this is my blog for my year studying abroad in St. Petersburg. You'll be seeing everything from reaction gifs, stories and pictures of my adventures, information about Her Greatness, Mother Russia, and whatever else seems relevant to me, world traveler extraordinaire. It won't always make sense, and it will occasionally be of questionable content. I hope you enjoy.

[universalbeauty]

The Russian Santa Claus in Siberia (The eastern part of Russia situated in Asia). He’s known as Ded Moroz. -Merry Xmas from Universal Beauty 

[ellenkushner]

Winner of the Best-Dressed Santa Award, hands down!

[dduane]

Looks like Ivan Bilibin has been through the neighborhood..

[beckyhop]

[russophilerussophiliarusso-blog1]

Sometimes - history needs a push.

Vladimir Lenin

[epokha-peremen]

[andtheniwenttorussia]

Got a Light? Olympic Torch Relay Seems Cursed to the Ends of the Earth

The torch relay leading to the Sochi Games, featuring the longest route in Olympic history, has had its share of ineptitude and misfortune.

[joyfultraditionalist]

Current situation in Ukraine

[varangoi-deactivated20150901]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[genetic-freak-deactivated201807]

The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

[cloudyskiesandcatharsis]

Russian folk paintings on skulls by Sasha Vinogradova

Using skulls as canvas, Russian artist Sasha Vinogradova explores different styles of traditional Russian folk painting.

[riotsiren-blog]

Queen Of Shamakhan

In Russian, the word for “red” (красный) is remarkably similar to the word for “beautiful” (красивый)

[russiaproblems]

[fine-gifs]

We came up with a new weapon, and I will show the action now …

[newfleshceleste]

on a scale of one to invade russia in the winter

how bad is your idea

[mylifewasamazinguntiliwasborn]

invading finland in winter

[ethereal-mists]

the Finns used SKIS. just imagine being a Russian coming to battle and all of a sudden the Finns come out on nowhere ON SKIS

[faisdm]

You could say the Russians were…

Finnished.

[owmeex]

Crowns of the russian empire

[absolute-embarassment]

[andtheniwenttorussia]

[howapcvputsitgently]

Peanut Butter:

[sir-gorgeous]

morning

[memory-of-the-romanovs]

Russia has only two allies: the army and the navy.

Emperor Alexander III (1845 - 1894).  (via history-in-pictures)