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What is Yandex? Yandex is the Russian search that most Russians use.  In the land of Czars Google is not king. Yandex stand for Yet Another Indexer. It is Moscow based, has millions of users and bloggers love it in Russia for reasons listed below. Why is Yandex so popular in Russia? Yandex is popular [...]

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Viewing a Russian website in English I surf the Russian Interent a lot. I even have a Russian e-mail and a few accounts.  I need to learn Russian better as I often get lost.  But if you as an English speaker want to learn how to view a Russian website in English it is easy. [...]

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EnglishRussia is a blog, which is about Russia and depends on user contribution as well as their staff, submitting mostly photos to their blog. What is EnglishRussia? The website EnglishRussia or rather is a blog that gets about 200,000 visitors a day.   From the name and the visits you would think that it would be [...]

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Origins of Kvass Kvass is a medieval drink which means ‘leaven’.  It is basically non-alcoholic drink fermented from rye and mixed with herbs or fruits like mint and strawberry.  If you have never tasted it your missing something.  It is popular in Ukraine and Russia and goes back 5000 years plus. It is also known [...]

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Growing up with alone and loving Russian literature I did not grow up in Russia or even Eastern Europe where I now live, but rather, preppy, snowy New England. Like many teens, I felt like I lived in a world that was more pain than happiness.   I felt like I lived in an ‘alien world, [...]

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Sergei Lukyanenko Sergei Lukyanenko is a Russian fantasy and sci fi writer who is not well known outside Russia, Poland and Ukraine but is gaining in popularity because of the movies, Day watch, Night watch and soon to be out Twilight watch. The guy is a prolific writer and in my opinion writes great stories, [...]

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Russia The Russian nation is more of an idea than a people.  Yes there are ethic Russians, even the majority,  but Russia today and argueably since the beginning of the Mongel yoke in the 12th century has always been a multi ethnic empire with over 100 recognized ethic groups.  The idea of Russia is, imperialism [...]

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Russia and the Russians I am writing this a little because I feel guilty because sometimes I write posts that seem hard against Russia or the Russians. However, this is not the case. I am actually really into Russia and Russian history and culture. Rather what I disprove of is Russia’s lack of democracy and [...]

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What is happening in Russia now will affect your life and the course of Europe for the next 20 years. Russia has two paths to tread. The Russian Economy is between two paths.

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Ukrainian Russian gas dispute Wake up! Russia is a Empire. It always has been and they are not going to change soon.  I am an American in Poland and see that Russia has been an Empire for at least 500 years and why would they change. Putin is a Czar. Does anyone really think Russia [...]

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