Archive for the ‘Russia’ Category

Written by OddCulture on Friday, June 20th, 2008 in Frisky Friday, Russia, bizarre, culture, funny pictures, medical, travel.
Russian Monument To The Enema Unveiled!
Source: AP:
A monument to the enema has been unveiled at a spa in the southern Russian city of Zheleznovodsk. The bronze syringe bulb, which weighs 800 pounds and is held by three angels, was unveiled at the Mashuk-Akva Term spa on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008.
monument to enemas at Mashuk Akva-Term [...]

Written by Bill G on Monday, March 10th, 2008 in Babes, Government, Russia, military, travel.
Inspired by this post at Independent Sources, which depicts some women of the Ukrainian military:
I came across this little gem at YouTube. It’s a recruitment ad for the Ukrainian Military:
Rrough Translation:
girl 1: would u take us for a ride on your BMW?
BMW-driver: even to the end of the world!
soldier: hey, i’d like to drown some [...]

Written by Alyx on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in Babes, Russia, accidents, bizarre.
It’s with a heavy heart that OddCulture reports that Anna Loginova, probably the best known female bodyguard in Russia (if not the most famous - c’mon, name another Russian bodyguard!) has passed away, the apparent victim of a carjacking.
Anna was dragged to death as she clung to her Porsche Cheyenne in some sort of attempt [...]

Written by OddCulture on Monday, December 3rd, 2007 in Religion, Russia, bizarre, cults, culture, travel.
The Seattle Times has a story about the sect called the True Russian Orthodox Church, which went underground a few weeks back to “save themselves during the time of the apocalypse”, which they state will come in May of 2008. The group of 29 people, including four children, has threatened to set fire to themselves [...]

Written by OddCulture on Monday, December 3rd, 2007 in Babes, Paris Hilton, Russia, celebrities, culture, shopping, travel.
“There’s no waaay Anna’s going to turn into Paris Hilton,” - Jeff Goldstein, former real-estate investment banker and Anna Anisimova’s agent
Source: Moldova:
Anna Anisimova has a reputation as Russia’s answer to Paris Hilton. This is of couse untrue, as anyone who has seen the children of Russian oligarchs in their native scenery will know. For [...]

Written by OddCulture on Friday, October 26th, 2007 in Religion, Russia, bizarre, cults, culture, mature, surgeries, travel.
In the 1700s the Russian Empire came into being and expanded all over the place. Part of the empire was something called the Holy Synod, established by Peter I, which was a council of ten clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church. Orthodox Christianity was the official religion, and any dissent in the form of different [...]

Written by OddCulture on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 in Government, Russia, bizarre, culture, politics, travel.
Been away to Europe on vacation, but now we are back!
The governor of ULYANOVSK, Russia urged couples to skip work on Wednesday and make love instead to help boost Russia’s low birth-rate.
If a woman gives birth in exactly nine months time — on Russia’s national day on June 12 — she will qualify for a [...]

Written by Alyx on Sunday, April 15th, 2007 in Russia, culture, funny pictures, mature, travel.
Porn star Elena Berkova is quite popular in Russia right now. She first appeared on the reality show Dom2 (House2), but she was kicked off when her pornography was made public… kind of a shame, really, you’d think that would make most reality shows more interesting. Something like 2 million bootleg copies of her first [...]
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