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russia, my beggarly russia, your grey huts in their clusters your songs set to the wind’s measure touch me like love’s first tears. independent roleplay blog for hetalia's russia; historically grounded, may stray from canon some, ic ≠ ooc, etc, etc.

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hey look i moved blog as i said i would

i’m too lazy to put up a redirect page or anything so uh here  

see ya

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i seem to have completely forgotten about this blog, again

i’d sort of like to get back into the swing of roleplaying aph russia, i don’t know, maybe remake? or just revamp this blog

who knows

i guess i’m just very particular with my portrayal of aph russia and i feel like i’m not doing my country enough justice

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remember when i used this blog

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wojteksokolov:

recycled content // Yegor Letov, of Grazhdanskaya Oborona, and Yanka Dyagileva, solo artist, with a cat

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flailingsummit:

  Гражданская Оборона (Grazhdanskaya Oborona).

Translating to “Civil Defense” in English,  this is Russia’s first punk group.  Having been formed during the Soviet era (1984 to be exact), the band no doubt attracted attention from all the right and the wrong people in the country.  Led by Egor Letov out of the group’s hometown in the ice cold depths of Omsk, Siberia, the group also incorporated folk, avant-garde, and psychedelic music into its sound in addition to a hearty dosing of brash punk-rock.  Letov passed away in his sleep in 2009 at the age of 43.  

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Visit Original Link

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Honestly I deserve to be paid for the shit I go through every day.

[krovav]

[krovav]

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krovav:

Speedpaint

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with regards to what i just reblogged: the HAHA PUTIN BANNED MEMES XD thing just...really isn’t funny anymore

no, memes are not banned in russia. is the law in place ridiculous? yes. but does it ‘ban memes’? no.

and even if it did i can assure you this: russia has much, much bigger problems with putin than him ‘banning memes’. 

[wizardhecker]

The “Putin bans memes” thing was really funny to me until I learned the actual reason behind the ruling was that a misogynistic meme of a Russian musician was being used to attack women online and he didn’t want to be associated with it and theres a lot more going on to the law

“ The re-statement of the law came after a recent legal case. Lurkmore - an amateur website that publishes information about memes - posted a photo of a popular Russian singer, Valeriy Syutkin, which was deemed illegal. The photo was superimposed with an obscene phrase - “Smack the Bitch in the Face” - which a court declared violated the privacy of the singer. Syutkin is known for his romantic songs, but ended up becoming the face of the obscene meme which borrows a song lyric from another artist. The picture was used in Russian social media circles as an insult to settle arguments with women by glorifying violence against them - not something Syutkin wanted to be associated with. “ -source

Its an extension of anti-defamation laws that allow celebrities to sue if their image is in an inappropriate way

So no, its not because Putin is tired of “Putin is gay” memes, or that memes are being banned. It just allows celebrities to sue if they feel like their reputation is being damaged by a meme. Right now the only meme thats “banned” is the Syutkin one. 

A website can either block the banned meme in Russia or have their entire site be blocked in Russia. 

That raises a bigger problem than just memes being banned as it extends Russia’s ability to censor the internet and block websites. The law should be looked at and criticized from a wider viewpoint than just “Putin is gay” memes potentially being banned.  

[eddardsm]

Here’s a redraw of Himaruya’s first sketch of Russia. I think he’s lovely. And i have a headcanon that he dyed his hair.

[wigmund]

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From National Geographic Photo Of The Day; October 12, 2012:

Midsummer Night, Russia Jonas Bendiksen, National Geographic

Midsummer Night, known as the festival of Ivan Kupala (St. John the Baptist), is marked by candles and flower garlands in Vladimirskoye. Celebrants walk three times around Svetloyar Lake, which legend says makes wishes come true.

See more pictures from the July 2012 feature story "Russian Summer.“

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Moscow

[burningwell]

There’s less and less love, and less and less daring, and time is a battering ram against my head.

Vladimir Mayakovsky, Conversation With a Tax Collector About Poetry (via prettybookish)

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engineerjones replied to your post: [Disgusted noise.]

[ Loud snort. ]

Goodbye.

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Gospel belonged to boyar Nikita Romanov, beginning of 17th century

Nikita Romanov was a cousin of tsar Mikhail Romanov (the first one of Romanovs dynasty). Nikita Romanov was a book collector and a big fan of European fashion. 

(And I really imagine how Nikita Romanov and tsar Mikhail argued about clothing and stuff like that)