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Polish photographer Ewelina Zych proves you’re not a real photographer in Slavic country if you don’t have a rural photo-shoot
We know we had at least dozen articles about Slavic folklore photo shoots, but since many of you like to see them for various reasons like seeing Slavic Beauties in wonderful ethnic dresses or you just enjoy good photography art. So another one comes from Poland and this one was made by Polish photographer and stylist Ewelina Zych. We […]
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Moscow vs New York: Comparing the Look of Two Big Cities in 1969’s
1969, Soviet Moscow and New York City. Two big totally different cities, two cultures, two nations. We have found some photos of the old cities and tried to compare them. Just have a look at pictures below and find out what came out of it. Moscow on the left; New York City on the right. […]
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Photo: Ballota / Wikimedia ccTouring though ‘Diocletian’s Palace’ in Split: Once a Roman throne, today a neat Slavic Tourist destination
Split is the largest city on the Croatian coast, and after Zagreb is the second largest city in Croatia. Millions and millions of tourists come to visit it every year, or they just stop by for days before continuing to go on the beautiful Croatian islands. Famous for its location, Split is situated at the […]
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Photo: Arbenllapashtica / wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0Vinča culture: Civilization from modern day Balkans which invented copper metallurgy
Discovered by a Serbian archaeologist Miloje Vasić in 1908., a mysterious tell settlement near Belgrade turned out to be the type site of an ancient, prehistoric society today known as Vinča culture. Characterized by peculiar sculptures and artifacts, it was technologically the most advanced culture in the prehistoric world and European pioneer in copper metallurgy. […]
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Meet Ivanka Danisová – Slovak Lady Born With Half Face Made a Powerful Photoshoot To Show Her Struggles
A lady, called Ivanka Danisová, as well known to be a Slovakian lawyer and was given birth to with a half face can now take a normal selfie after undergoing a surgery. born with half a face can finally take a ‘normal’ selfie following reconstructive surgery. She is 30, from Bratislava, was born with a […]
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Photo: Youtube screenshotSouth Russian Skies Are Filled With Locust Swarms Of Biblical Proportions
Russia is under locust invasion and it is looking very nasty. Giant swarms of locusts are obliterating the farmer fields, vegetables and grass in Souther parts of Russia such as Stavropol, Buryatia, Krasnodar, Kalmykia and others. These massive swarms are able to devour anything that comes their way and they aren’t very pleasant on the […]
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Funny Russian girl photo / Photo: yaplakal.comSlavic Beauty: 17 Examples of Russian Girls on Instagram and in Real Life
Instagram has basically shifted from a social image based sharing platform to a model featuring platform. Slavic women being beautiful as they are obliterated the platform and today Russian and Ukrainian girls are dominating Instagram as far as number of followers goes. Many of them have made a real business out of it and it […]
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Curly horses / Photo: Englishrussia.comZabaikalskie Horses – These Russian Curly Haired Horses Will Make You Pet Them All The Time
Is there a person in this world doesn’t love horses? Is there a person who doesn’t like curly haired animals? Is there a person who wouldn’t go crazy for curly haired horses? You think we are lying and there is no such horses? Well you brat are completely wrong! Zabaikalskie is a breed of horses that […]
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Heplogroup I / Photo: Eupedia.comHaplogroup I: Reason Why Southern Slavs Are Taller Than West and East Slavs?
Human height is know to be a result of multiple factors, be it from the genes that we inherit, to the food we eat and even what kind of environment we live in. But it was no joke when your ‘Baba’ used to tell you to drink that milk and eat enough so you could […]
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Photo: Darmon Richter / Bohemianblog.comExamining The Streets Of Prague In Search Of Scars Left By Communism
Prague has to be one of the most magical cities in the world: its Gothic cathedral and gold-topped spires; the astronomical clock that peers over Old Town Square through indecipherable dials. It’s a city renowned for jazz and synagogues, strong beer and marionettes… a heritage so colorfully defined – so Bohemian – one might almost forget that […]
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Photo: twitterPhoto Of Nicholas Cage In Kazakhstan Started Some Very Serious Photoshop Battles in Russian Social Media
Nicholas Cage obviously is destined to go viral whatever he does. These days a very important photo of “Nicholas Cage In Kazakhstan” emerged on the inter-webs and you guessed it, it went viral. Russian side of the internet was very active with the photo and numerous new versions of the photo are getting born each […]
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Photo: Beata Bojda & Ewa ŻylińskaProject ‘New Etno’ By Makeup Artist and Stylist Beata Bojda. The Artist Used Traditional Polish Flower Crowns
Project ‘New Etno’ is a continuation of a art series made by makeup artist and stylist Beata Bojda and a photographer Ewa Żylińska. The artistic duo used the traditional Slavic (in this case Polish) flower crowns and all the modern accessories, jewelry, and makeup with a mission to experiment the so called ‘etno’ fashion. Beata is obviously very inspired […]
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Photo: Gopniks in the futureSovietpunk – Russia In Future With a Twist Of Cyberpunk and Soviet Identity
Do you ever imagine what would have happen if Soviet Union won the Cold war? World would probably look a lot different then it does today. It would be a futuristic world of socialism, this is why members of famous American forum Reddit started to collect art and tried to visualize such world on a new […]
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Geralt Actor? / Photo: whatculture.comThe Witcher Movie Coming in 2017: Who Could Play Geralt Of Rivia?
Rejoice Slavs (and Human kind in general), a full-length movie based on The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski’s is in the the processes of making and will probably arrive this year (2017.). It will be produced by an American film production company “The Sean Daniel Company”, the same people who producers of “The Mummy” series ~ as […]
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Photo: Darmon Richter / thebohemianblog.comThe Ancient Origins of the Kukeri: Bulgaria’s Scariest Folk Festival
Another scary pagan tradition written in South Slavic DNA comes live every year across Balkans. In fact lot of European countries have something like Kukeri, so it might not even have Indo-European roots but in fact more ancient aboriginal European roots. While burning winter effigy is obviously a Indo-European tradition because on example Lithuanians celebrate […]
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Photo: Mavka screenshot“Mavka, The Forest Song” – Ukrainian Animated Fairy Tale Wins praise from Disney Studios
New magical teaser trailer of Ukrainian animated feature film “Mavka.The Forest Song.” Projected release date: 2019. “Mavka. The Forest song” is based on the drama by Lesya Ukrainka. “Forest Song” was written 1911. Lesya Ukrainka was from Volhynia. You can read the three act play in English here. The magic world of the ancient forest, […]
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Photo: Youtube screenshotSlav King: New Music Video From Life of Boris and DJ Blyatman Is Breaking The Internet
Comrades, we had a coronation and you didn’t even know about it. Considering the fact we are slowly completing the phase of uniting Slavs over the internet, it was about time we get ourselves a King to lead us into the brave new world. This is why Life of Boris and DJ Blyatman have co-operated […]
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Russian railways / Photo: WikiImages / Pixabay & YaplakalThe Charms Of Traveling In Long Distance Trains Across Russia
Some members of famous Russian internet forum Yaplakal have made a collection of photos concerning their travels across Russia. Considering the size of the country you can imagine how many hours some train rides last, sometimes it feels like eternity and people just start to to feel like at home in them. Feeling like at […]
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Slovenians Declared Having Access To Drinkable Water Is a Human Right
Slovenia has officially declared with a new amendment that having access to drinkable water is a human right. This announcement was made following a vote by the Slovenian parliament who voted in favor of the law that prevents the country’s water sources from being commercialized. According to recent reports, Prime Minister Miro Cerar described water as “the 21st century’s liquid gold” reports […]
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Photo: Marcin Nagraba / FacebookPolish Photographer Creates Amazing Slavic Pagan Themed Photoshoot and Proves Slavs Have Amazing Culture
Have you ever browsed some internet forums and heard some teeny kids from the west how Slavs have no culture? Well after this amazing photo shoot their mouths will be closed for good, Slavic fusion in a series ‘Pagan Poetry’ made by Polish photographer Macin Nagraba and all costumes made by Agnieszka Osipa. The model is the […]