Cossack military school near Volgograd (nearly 1,000km south-east of Moscow). Some 30 military schools, such as the one in Volgograd, have opened in the country.
The Russian State library was founded in 1862, as Moscow’s first free public library named The Library of the Moscow Public Museum. In 2013 the library celebrates 150 years of history.
In 2012 legislators of St.Petersburg came up with “ahead of the times” historical input — anti-gay legislation, banning any reading, writing, speech or debate on anything “gay”. The law’s content is vague – it criminalizes “public action aimed at propagandizing sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism, and transgenderism among minors”.
Outspoken skepticism towards the church is no surprise in Russia today. Many true believers abandoned churches. But around 35,000 pilgrimsfrom all over the country participated in the Velikoretsky Procession of the Cross, held annually in the Kirov Oblast, Russia, 2012
New year is the biggest holiday in Russian culture. We often say: “The way you spend New Year’s Eve is the way you will spend the rest of the year”
Sergei Udaltsov, a 35-year-old radical leftwinger who has helped spearhead the mass protests that have rocked Moscow since late last year, is being investigated for provoking mass unrest around Russia, said Russia’s investigative committee.
Empty Hills (Pustye Kholmi) or the Russian Woodstock, largest open-air non-commercial festival of alternative music and arts, which is held annually in summer in Kaluga region.
Moscow is famous for being the world’s new nightlife capital. The hottest nights? The best looking girls? The strongest drinks? It’s all here!
It was a very strange day in Moscow, May 6 2012. I came to photograph the opposition “rally of millions” in downtown Moscow. It was happening just a day before Putin’s come back to power and nobody really expected any police violence.
Pussy Riot’s Punk Protesters Get Two Years in Prison for ‘Hooliganism’. August 17, 2012
Izborsk is a large village in the North-West of Russia, some 30 km away from the European border. Founded as a fortified city 1250 years ago, it seems to have stuck in the Middle Ages.
Behind the scenes and the rehearsal of an opera “Ruslan and Lyudmila” at Bolshoi Theater, led by prize-winning director and set designer Dmitry Tcherniakov.
Behind the scenes and the rehearsal of an opera “Don Giovanni” at Bolshoi Theater, led by Greek conductor Teodor Kourentzis and prize-winning director Dmitry Tcherniakov.
Sunday’s demonstration, a day before the inauguration, drew at least 20,000 people. It began peacefully but the situation became chaotic when protesters tried to break through a column of riot police officers. The result was a prolonged confrontation.
On Sunday May 7th, 2012 Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated as president of Russia in a lavish ceremony in the capital of Moscow. This day, thousands of protesters opposed to the inauguration clashed with police in Moscow. The art project by photographer Nikita Shokhov brings Putin wandering in streets of Moscow after being kicked out of the Kremlin.