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I'm Kylie! I am a student at the University of Vermont double-majoring in Political Science and Russian & East European Studies. This fall I will be studying at Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University. My dream is to obtain my Italian citizenship jure sanguinis and get out of the US.

[orientaltiger]

Hagia Sophia + Topkepi Palace - Mahnoor Hussain

[betype]

Beautiful Calligraphy by Dmitry Nesterov 

[just-wanna-travel]

Staroměstské náměstí, Praha

Dec 2013

by tr1ckofthelight

[scotianostra]

Kelvingrove, Glasgow by Graham Harris Graham on Flickr.

Great corner of Glasgow

[akihmbo]

Art by Russian painter Vasily Vereshchagin (1842-1904) who traveled all over the world, saw things that few men of his generation did, and painted them without apology. Top to bottom: In Jerusalem, Royal Tombs; Arab on a Camel; Sunset in Himalayas; Mausoleum of Shah-i-Zinda in Samarkand; Taj Mahal, Evening; Fire of Zamoskvorechye; In Defeated Moscow; The three main gods in a Chingacheling Buddhist monastery in Sikkim; Present Trophies; and Defeated, Requiem, a scene from the Russo-Turkish war in which a priest waves incense over the dead on the battlefield.

[zyx321xyz123fise]

Possibly one of the more underrated painters of modern history. 

[allthingseurope]

Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark (by dubdream)

[mbphotograph]

The sun setting over Venice, Italy.

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[cornersoftheworld]

Nice, Italy | by Nomadic Vision Photography

[landscapelifescape]

Jyväskylä - Finland

 by m-eralp 

[allthingseurope]

Spiez, Switzerland (by billydorichards)

[magictransistor]

Giacomo Quarenghi, Views of Moscow and its Environs; Pokrovsky Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower, 1797.

[zagadkimira]

"The Blue Kerchief" by Jerzy Peterburgsky and Yakov Galitsky (1940) as sung by Kladvia Shulzhenko was a popular wartime song in the USSR emblematic of love and separation.

[zagadkimira]

On Monday, I was fortunate enough to be able to view the film The Inner Circle, which follows the life of Stalin's private projectionist. Since I have been reading so many propagandistic documents about Beria, Voroshilov, and Stalin, it was almost surreal to be transported cinematically into Stalin's "inner circle." I highly recommend watching it.

[zagadkimira]

I am writing my eighth essay for Russian History Since 1917, so I looked up one of the songs I am using as a source: "Holy War" or "Sacred War" by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach and Aleksandr Aleksandrov (1941). This was written one day after the German invasion of the USSR, and you can truly feel the patriotism and vengeful anger that pulses through the strongly anti-fascist lyrics. It's quite a powerful song.

[westeastsouthnorth]

Positano, Italy

[vacilandoelmundo]

Manarola, Italy

[russian-style]

Nikolai Gogol

Gogol just makes fun of everything! That’s an iconic portrait for me.