Im going to good old mother russia next weekend for 9days ...
Cool, still havent made it as east as Russia but its on my list. Where are you going?
Bomb blast in Belarus
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Cool, still havent made it as east as Russia but its on my list. Where are you going?
I think the Poles look down on the Belarussians and Ukrainians as yokels.
frogwoman
Let them eat newts
Moscow, st petetersburg and i think Pskov/Pechory
i am geting really excited about it to be honestMoscow, st petetersburg and i think Pskov/Pechory
I would be, should be great, so many thinks to see.
You got ancestry from that part of the world? (what with you hating Jews and all
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frogwoman
Let them eat newts
I would be, should be great, so many thinks to see.
You got ancestry from that part of the world? (what with you hating Jews and all
Yes I do acutally,part of my family were from Lithiuania (vilnius) originally and another half of my dad's side of the family were from russia proper/siberia ... they had to flee during the tsarist persecutions a few years before the revolution ... It will be the first time anyone in the family has gone sine they all had to move! (to germany
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Im going to good old mother russia next weekend for 9days ...
excellent fun Russia - I know I ve said it before, but try to get to the Gorky House museum for a bit of Russian Art Noveau
Im doing Moscow first for "business" & then a quick escape by overland Train to Odessa ( 22 hours ), via Kiev, then over the border to Moldova / Chisinau for a day or two incl. Transnistria , then a connecting flight home
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Can I just chip in-the thread title has lovely alliterative style
by the way zoltan, do you know if belarus is still planning to reunify with the motherlandand how realistic an option this is?
I think the present situation issymbiotic for both parties - there has been some rhetoric in recent times, but the barrier aspect is very important to the Russians - you could say much of their history has been about defining identity and physical boundaries
Much like the DPRK is a nice little puppy for the PRC to play with, Belarus has a significant role and location for Russia - Belarus itself is more akin to a bogus African state in many ways, what with the few skimming off as much as it can whilst in the process of running the place
Belarus is a fascinating place, the sad traumatic history seeps out as you travel through it
The rotting, rusting piles of German WW2 helmets & hardware lying temporaitly heaped at the side of the newly ploughed, Prarie like fields tell a story of their own
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