Inside the Bolshoi – WSJ.com

Recently Wall Street Journal published a piece devoted to the newly reconstructed glorious look of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Here are the photos

Inside the Bolshoi – WSJ.com

Six years, two contractors, $720 million dollars, and millions misspent from 2005, Bolshoi Theater will open  its doors to public in the splendor of the resurrected pre-revolutionary interior. Turning 231 this year, Bolshoi theater now boasts orchestra pit large enough for Wagner, private showers for prima ballerinas, and a special padded stage to soften the tapping of the feet in the Dance of the Little Swans.  One of the Russian arcs of art, history , and splendor is back in the ranks of the greatest classical stages of the world. A must see when in Moscow, and to learn more go to the Gregory L. White article.

Back to the Future – Комсомольская правда January 1, 1959

In the era when the first man-made object was already in Space, but the first man yet was not (1959), Komsomol’skaya Pravda – a leading Soviet newspaper for the younger public printed its news from January 1, 2010. This is our closest view of what communism would be like, had it been built.

Rap News

While I was digging up stuff for the post about Peter and Fevronia, I found this new project of RIA-Novosti called Rap-info. In short videos Russian men “read” brief news to the music.

Here is not the most recent one, but the most recent one available on You Tube. And a link to RIA-novosti