'How to drink and smoke everyday, have sex with whoever you want, stop worrying and get people to like you.'
Moscow, 1905.

9th of May/Victory Day

When I told my students I would go to the park on Victory Day they warned me to bring an umbrella. They said the gods have been crying on at least the last five Victory Days in Kazakhstan.

bread and vodka to feed the souls of Soviet soldiers

the man on the right in red without an umbrella sang along to every song.