EnglishRussia is a photoblog

Photoblog

A photoblog is a form of photo sharing and publishing in the format of a blog. It differs from a blog through the predominant use of and focus on photographs rather than text...

 focusing on unusual aspects of Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n or former-Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 culture and is becoming highly popular. Technorati

Technorati

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 rated it the 155th most popular website out of 94 millions on its search engine. It was created by a Russian software technician and is currently more popular in America than in Russia (50% vs 5% readership). It has been mentioned in many media sources, newspapers or websites such as The St. Petersburg (Russia) Times, Softpedia

Softpedia

Softpedia is an Internet web site that indexes information and provides software downloads. The site also covers major technology, science, health, and entertainment news from both external and in-house sources and provides software and game reviews. , it is one of the top 500 websites according to...

, the Daily Telegraph, and others.