Taganskaya metro station has a bunch of these glazed bas-reliefs and every time I’m there I want to put my hands all over them. They beckon me ..read more

The Dinamo Sports Palace in Moscow ..read more

It's a fun one for sure! It's based on the Three Musketeers and I love how it's rooted in the Soviet Three Musketeers movie that came out just a couple years prior, in 1978. Fun fact: the English detective dog was voiced by Vasily Livanov who played Sherlock Holmes in the famous 1979 film. But my favourite part of the Dog in Boots is definitely songs ..read more

zvyozdochka: Red Square, Moscow, 1958 (photo by Wein Sarolta ..read more

russiawave: spb ..read more

It isn't, really. Sure, some people (especially the youth) will have costumed parties or get togethers, but Halloween isn't a thing on a global scale. Fall holidays in Russia are September 1 (Back to School day) - the biggest fall event, November 4 (National Unity Day) - it's a state holiday/day-off but it's fairly recent and isn't widely celebrated or understood really, November 7 (October Revolution Day) - not celebrated anymore but still in the hearts of older generations. Some small scale holidays are Mother's Day in September, Teacher's Day in October... There are often local harvest fest ..read more

Oh yeah! I download English subtitles sometimes ..read more

dasha1l1: @sovietpostcards I love this set ..read more

I'll translate. The asker is looking for places where they could find English subtitles for Russian-language movies or TV shows. I know that there are many subbed Soviet movies on youtube, but other than that... Can someone help ..read more

“Barrymore, who is that howling on the moor?” “Could be anyone, sir! Everyone has a reason to howl on the moor ..read more