#serpukhov

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Winter in Serpukhov, Russia, ca. 1930 - by Nikolay Andreev (1882 - 1947), Russian

[tomorrowusa]

Several oblasts (regions) in southern Russia and areas in neighboring Kazakhstan have been hit with some of the worst flooding since Stalin's time.

Much of the flooding was caused by the bursting of a dam which was built just 14 years ago. Massive runoff from melting snow in the Urals and Western Siberia may be another byproduct of climate change; Russia's massive economic reliance on exporting fossil fuels is coming back to haunt it.

Crowds in the flooded city of Orsk, second largest city in Orenburg oblast, protested the inadequate government response. Some chanted Позор! (Shame!) and Путин, помоги! (Putin, help!) at municipal authorities and at emergency administrators from Moscow.

Putin himself had no plans to inspect the flooded areas. He's too busy directing his disastrous war in Ukraine.

Speaking of Ukraine, a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea, the missile corvette Serpukhov, was said to have been damaged by Ukraine. Yes, that's the Baltic – not the Black Sea.

Russian missile ship set on fire near Kaliningrad, Ukraine's intelligence claims

Putin's 3-day "special operation" is entering its 779th day. His pathological obsession with Ukraine only makes him look increasingly deranged.

The poor flood response in the south of Russia is yet another result of Putin neglecting the basics of governance in favor of his fantasy of becoming the Peter the Great of the 21st century.

[russianicons]

The featured icon of John the Forerunner, commonly known as John the Baptist, belongs to the series of icons attributed to Vysotsky Monastery in Serpukhov, Russia. This and other icons are often compared to the renowned Zvenigorod icon series by Andrei Rublev, arguably the greatest Russian icon painter in history. The icon of John the Forerunner was painted somewhen between 1387 and 1395, while the author remained anonymous.

https://russianicon.com/eastern-orthodox-icons-of-john-the-baptist-description-and-symbols/

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[rrondo]

Serpukhov, Russia | photo by Alexandra Kampinski (vk)

[blacklena]

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