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(114 posts) Mon Nov 25, 2024, 06:36 PM Nov 25

Post something nice about Russia. [View all]

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Post something nice about Russia. [View all] 4th Nov 25 OP

A nice hearty meal. dhol82 Nov 25 #1

WTF? Borsch and vodka? Oh I know.. breakfast of champions... mitch96 Nov 25 #2

That looks like caviar to me. LoisB Nov 25 #10

He wanted to see if there's such a thing ... 4th Nov 26 #27

What's on his spoon is more than enough. LoisB Nov 26 #36

Not of Russian heritage I take it? 4th Nov 27 #60

You would be correct. I can do 1/2 teaspoon of red or a teaspoon of black then I'm through for another few years. LoisB Nov 27 #61

Surely you jest DFW Nov 27 #64

Ok. I'll take your word for it. My eyes are pretty doggone old. LoisB Nov 27 #67

Mine are getting there fast, so don't my word for it. DFW Nov 27 #69

It is clearly caviar JoseBalow Nov 27 #70

I know. DFW and I were just joshing. LoisB Nov 27 #71

Tshaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Borodin, elleng Nov 25 #3

You forgot Prokofiev iwillalwayswonderwhy Nov 29 #105

Yes, I did. sorry! elleng Nov 29 #119

Music PJMcK Nov 25 #4

I love Shostakovich. Basso8vb Nov 27 #51

They killed a lot of Nazis JoseBalow Nov 25 #5

Russia also managed to get 27 million Russians killed in the process. Irish_Dem Nov 25 #6

My father in law left a leg at Stalingrad at age 18. DFW Nov 27 #65

He is lucky to be alive. Irish_Dem Nov 28 #74

He was the only farm boy in his unit DFW Nov 28 #75

Farm boys are hardy, resilient, and fierce fighters. Irish_Dem Nov 28 #77

And he took more. Much more. See my other post. DFW Nov 28 #78

I think most of the guys came home from the war feeling the same way. Irish_Dem Nov 28 #85

By the time I met him, the War had been over for nearly 30 years DFW Nov 28 #89

A happy ending to a sad entry into adulthood. Irish_Dem Nov 28 #91

One daughter, one son (for the record). DFW Nov 28 #93

What a story. Irish_Dem Nov 28 #95

She isn't. DFW Nov 29 #98

So sorry to hear this. Irish_Dem Nov 29 #100

So am I !! DFW Nov 29 #107

Fabulous picture. Thanks for sharing. Irish_Dem Nov 29 #110

Good times are SO fleeting. DFW Nov 29 #113

Yes none of us would have guessed the direction our country would take so quickly. Irish_Dem Nov 29 #115

Not so much thrilling as humbling DFW Nov 29 #117

I'm sure Stalin would have preferred fewer casualties Shermann Nov 29 #103

Psychopaths will kill as many people as it takes to get what they want. Irish_Dem Nov 29 #111

I'm no fan of Stalin, but he tried to negotiate his way out of going to war. Shermann Nov 29 #114

The Russians love their meat grinder approach to war. Irish_Dem Nov 29 #116

It is they who facilitated the end of WW2 malaise Nov 26 #28

Russia certainly helped win WWII. Irish_Dem Nov 29 #112

It's collapsing WhiteTara Nov 25 #7

Marat Safin, Nureyev, Baryshnikov LoisB Nov 25 #8

It's... 2naSalit Nov 25 #9

Beat me to it. wnylib Nov 26 #40

Me, too. Different Drummer Nov 26 #41

Well...technically...not that far. In fact, I believe it's the closest country without a shared land border. CincyDem Nov 27 #53

If you made Matryoshka nesting dolls out of the last applegrove Nov 25 #11

Boris and Natasha Cartoonist Nov 25 #12

Moose and Squirrel agree Hekate Nov 27 #48

Being the largest country in the world True Dough Nov 25 #13

Gorgeous indeed Hekate Nov 27 #49

The Alphabet Looks Great ProfessorGAC Nov 25 #14

Ah. I took 1 year in JHS. I did very well, but the specialized HS I went to didn't offer it.... electric_blue68 Nov 25 #20

come on, it has to be Dr Zhivago....Boris Pasternak AmandaRuth Nov 25 #15

If they would have only shortened the slog through the snow back from Siberia. marble falls Nov 26 #29

I second Boris Pasternak. greatauntoftriplets Nov 27 #55

Lovely boulevards and beautiful subway stations in Moscow. sinkingfeeling Nov 25 #16

Amazing dancers. efhmc Nov 25 #17

St. Petersburg. It's not called "Venice of the North" for nothing. catbyte Nov 25 #18

Catbyte: I'm sure you saw the kitties at the Hermitage. C0RI0LANUS Nov 26 #24

Hermitage Museum Ferryboat Nov 26 #33

The great Russian novelist Yuri Testikov. C0RI0LANUS Nov 25 #19

War, what is it good for? JoseBalow Nov 26 #22

"It's true, Mr. Lippmann, that was the original title of the book!" C0RI0LANUS Nov 26 #23

Made for great bad guys in James Bond movies. El-Capitan Nov 26 #21

Three things nice about Russia: ---- 1) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 2) Pussy Riot, 3) They helped the Allies win WW2. red dog 1 Nov 26 #25

"helped". Sounds like they sat around the dacha folding bandages for the allies ... marble falls Nov 26 #31

They helped the Allies WIN! red dog 1 Nov 26 #38

Some of them are desperate for 2025. GreenWave Nov 26 #26

Red Square is photogenic ... marble falls Nov 26 #30

Kamchatka Peninsula Submariner Nov 26 #32

Wow electric_blue68 Nov 26 #44

A good friend of mine toured it DFW Nov 27 #66

Everything I know about Kamchatka I learned from playing Risk JoseBalow Nov 28 #86

Nice Beringia Nov 29 #99

Lake Baikal dwayneb Nov 26 #34

I got nothing. I'm sure there are good folks in Russia, but they are in hiding, just like we will be. lark Nov 26 #35

This orangecrush Nov 27 #52

Wonderful folk music Lydia Leftcoast Nov 26 #37

Not to mention dance. Aristus Nov 26 #43

Ukrainian-Americans in dance groups do it too (squat dancing) electric_blue68 Nov 26 #45

Nijinsky. peacebuzzard Nov 27 #57

Second that!! I played with a balalaika orchestra in college DFW Nov 27 #68

I once had a Great Aunt and Uncle Niagara Nov 26 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Different Drummer Nov 26 #42

Ukrainian JoseBalow Nov 27 #72

The Red Army Choir cadoman Nov 26 #46

Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Chekov, Tolstoy.... LudwigPastorius Nov 26 #47

Alexander Solzhenitsyn iwillalwayswonderwhy Nov 29 #106

Garry Kasparov WestMichRad Nov 27 #50

Piano players, ie Richter and Gilels BeyondGeography Nov 27 #54

St. Basil's cathedral is very pretty. 3catwoman3 Nov 27 #56

Russian hockey players. Dulcinea Nov 27 #58

Remember the Russian 5? Shambala Nov 27 #63

Tolstoy evemac Nov 27 #59

Spectacular Bolshoi and Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballets. Golden Raisin Nov 27 #62

They have the world's longest railway. Emile Nov 28 #73

They've thrown out tyrants before and Sneederbunk Nov 28 #76

Their curruption is a near totality IbogaProject Nov 28 #79

I like Cream Russian dressing better than Creamy French dressing, they taste similar though. tulipsandroses Nov 28 #80

Russia... Mike Nelson Nov 28 #81

They have a low birth rate CanonRay Nov 28 #82

They make decent electron tubes n/t gay texan Nov 28 #83

I had a set of Sovteks in an old Fender Vibrolux I used to own. Shermann Nov 29 #104

Some nice things about Russia Trellastic Nov 28 #84

Those Rebl2 Nov 28 #87

My best friend was born there... QED Nov 28 #88

Ballet nt XanaDUer2 Nov 28 #90

My great grandparents were born there . Howerer, the Bear wants the Ukraine back debm55 Nov 28 #92

My wonderful Uncle Sam mountain grammy Nov 28 #94

i like kolhkoma stuff. i have quite a bit. pansypoo53219 Nov 28 #96

They waged one hell of a war against the German nazis.... Jack Valentino Nov 28 #97

In Russia everything is shit except piss. Duncanpup Nov 29 #101

in 2006... Layzeebeaver Nov 29 #102

Isaac Asimov, born in Petrovich, Russia raging moderate Nov 29 #108

Anna Kournokova Botany Nov 29 #109

I don't live there MaryMagdaline Nov 29 #118