A Russian court today put an end to a 14 month political show trial by passing a guilty verdict on two art curators, each accused of inciting religious and ethnic hatred, insulting human dignity, and causing offence to (and damaging the world outlook of) believers. I know, I know. Yury Samodurov, who’d previously been fined [...]
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“Forbidden Art” Indeed
Posted in Back In The USSR, tagged Russia, Art, Censorship, Religion, Russian Orthodox Church, Jesus Christ, Andrei Yerofeyev, Yury Samodurov, Narodny Sobor on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The World’s Longest Sandwich?
Posted in Back In The USSR, tagged Iran, Jelgava, Latvia, Latvian Agriculture University, Longest Sandwich, Record Attempt, World Record on April 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Quite possibly it will be. Cookery students at the Latvian Agriculture University in Jelgava (Latvia, obviously) will attempt today to make a 100m long sandwich and thus set a world record. Although there’s been no shortage of people trying to break previous records for the world’s largest sandwich, there appears to be no clear winner [...]
Lenin – Dead And Buried
Posted in Back In The USSR, tagged Communism, Lenin, Lenin’s Birthday, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR on April 23, 2010 | Comments Off
Well dead and on display, at least. Celebrations yesterday, April 22nd, to mark 140 years since his birth were, on all accounts, somewhat subdued, suggesting that the slogan “Lenin is more alive than all the living!” may be a little outdated. Despite the efforts of communists both in Russia and around the world to pay [...]
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