January 25, 2010. Lviv, Ukraine. Monument to the leader of ukrainina nationalists Stepan Bandera installed in the city of Lviv. Stepan Bandera was one of the leaders of Ukrainian national movement in (Galicia) Western Ukraine, who headed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).
 

January 21, 2010. Russian hunters recreate old imerial tradition of russian aristocracy of hunting with hounds.A group of people organized hunt with hounds in full costume at Mozhaisk `Avanpost` touristic base about 90 kilometers from Moscow. Costumes were loaned from a theatre for about $30 per day. Hound hunting involves using packs of dogs to chase bears, bobcats or cougars to exhaustion so they can be shot while they are helpless to escape.
 

January 20, 2010. Epiphany Bathing is russian tradition. Russian people believe that cold bathing on Epiphany gives strength, wealth and joy.Tens of thousands of people across Russia bathed in icy cold water on Epiphany on Tuesday as air temperatures across the country was really cold.In Moscow the air tempirature was minus 20. Epiphany, also known as Theophany, is one of the Great Feasts, marking the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in the Jordan River and the beginning of his ministry, and the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates it on January 19 in line with the Julian calendar. On this day, while honoring an old Russian tradition, believers dive into ice holes, usually made in the form of a cross, in lakes, rivers and other water bodies.
 

December 28, 2009. Presumably unknown flying object over Red Square ( UFO )caught by camera while shooting near the Kremlin. According to the author it was invisible for an eye but his camera caught it. he was on the Red Square to shoot christmas tree and when he was back at home he noticed a strange object on one of the pictures. he consulted with russian ufo specialists and they say it is ufo!! you know it sounds quite funny but these people - they really believe in it. This image was published in Komsomolskaya Pravda russian daily
 

December 18, 2009. On December 21st, 2009 many russians (mostly people of old Soviet generation) will mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Stalin , notorious Soviet leader who is still popular among russians ,and not only among elder generation people. Pictured: a russian with a portrait of Stalin marking Great October Revolution anniversary in Moscow
 

December 16, 2009. Former Russian Prime Minister Egor Gaidar who was active in Russian politics in the first years of President Boris Yeltsin has died in Moscow on Wednesday, December 16, 2009. Pictured: Egor Gaidar at the press conference in St.Petersburg
 

December 14, 2009. Jewish holiday of Hanukkah celebrated in central Moscow
 

December 09, 2009. Russian constructor Grogory Kornev made a trip from the city of Tula to St.Petersburg (about 800 km.) using his transport device called `bicycle-mobile Green Wheel`` with 45 litres samovar on board. With this trip he wanted to promote the idea of tea drinking from Samovar according to old russian tradition but not drinking beer!!! Pictured: Russian constructor Grogory Kornev arrived to St.Petersburg
 

December 09, 2009. Norwegian Santa Claus `Julenisse`(l)visits his Russian colleague Father Frost (r)in Moscow
 

December 09, 2009. The most popular Soviet monument Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (Rabochiy i Kolkhoznitsa) which was a symbol of the Soviet Union returned to it`s historic place in Moscow after being restored.(sculptor of Worker and Kolkhoz Woman monument is Vera Mukhina ).Pictured: monument of Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
 

December 09, 2009. Tuned cars . A tuned russian made OKA car ; OKA is a smallest russian made car that the Russian goverment normaly gives to invalids for free!! The Volkswagen emblem has nothing to do with the real brand of the car!!!
 

December 08, 2009. Prince Dimitri Romanovich Romanov (born 4 March 1926) is a Russian prince, philanthropist and author. He is also the heir to the prerogatives of Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia a claimant to headship of the Imperial House of Russia. Pictured: Prince Dimitri Romanovich Romanov when visiting gymnasium # 209 in St.Peresburg
 

November 13, 2009. President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (pictured)visits Borshchagovsky Pharmaceutical factory in Kyiv
 

November 10, 2009. FEMEN Ukrainian women`s movement holds anti-stress demo in central Kyiv, Ukraine.Pictured:Activists of FEMEN group demonstrate underwear made from anti-infection masks. FEMEN leaders said they are outraged by the panic among the population of Ukraine that the government is responsible for building up to manipulate the most urgent social themes in the struggle for the presidency.FEMEN, a women’s group in Kyiv says it plans to become the biggest and the most influential feminist movement in Europe
 

November 05, 2009. Members of Russian ultra radical nationalist organizations conducted large-scale protests under racist slogans in Moscow and other major cities of Russia. Pictured: member of ultra nationalistic organization at the rally in St.Petersburg