One of the very first cartoons made at Soyuzdetmultfilm studio (later renamed Soyuzmultfilm). Directed by Olga Khodatayeva in 1936, it shares themes with some of her other films, such as the 1928 “Samoyed Boy” and the 1944 “Stolen Sun” (both can be found on Youtube). Unusually for cartoons made at the studio at this time, it doesn’t attempt to imitate Disney wholesale, but seems to carry on the Soviet animation traditions from before the founding of the new central studio and the switch to cel animation. This is seen for example, in the wide selection of shading contours – such as white outlines.

In this short video you can follow team Green Family (represented by Roman Frolov and Anur Mindiyarov), a parkour team from UFA in Russia. Parkour is a discipline that deals with ways to get from one place to another – its main purpose is to traverse mainly urban landscapes by running, climbing and jumping. Participants move along a route, attempting to navigate obstacles in the most efficient way, using only their bodies.

The first official video of the new award vining alternative rock band Louna from Russia – they debut 23 May 2009 in the Moscow Club Tochka. Their current record label is Soyuz Music.

This video by NATO describes Vigilant Skies 2011. It is the name of the very first live counter-terrorism exercise held between NATO and the Russian Federation.

The exercise became a major step towards reaching operational capability of the Cooperative Airspace Initiative System, especially designed to foster NATO and Russia cooperation on airspace surveillance and air traffic coordination.

This is a Russian cartoon from 2004, based on Maxim Gorky’s poem “Song of the Stormy Petrel”. The satirical Stormy Petrel is by Alexei Turkus, and was produced by the Russian animation studio Argus International. English subtitles.

The Song of the Stormy Petrel is a short piece of revolutionary literature from 1901. The poem was later referred to as “the battle anthem of the revolution”.

Pity enough, the image quality of the video is not the best (but not the worst either) – and we should also mention that this is a cartoon also adults can enjoy.

From Artist Site: Hailing from Moscow, Dzham is one of the biggest hip hop stars of the Eastern Bloc. After 4 albums released in his native tongue, he’s now got his sights set on the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world, and will be loudly announcing his arrival with the tongue-in-cheek, self-explanatory track entitled I’m From Russia.

In this video by Andrei Kolom you can see Nikolo-Ugreshky Monastery in Moscow region from a Hexacopter. Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery is Russian Orthodox and dedicated to St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker – it is located in a suburb of Moscow formerly known as Ugreshi and now called Dzerzhinsky.

The video is taken by a hexacopter with a Canon 5D Mark II camera onboard. The author of this video has a web site called Multicopter.ru – there you can find many more fantastic videos made with the same technique.

In this short video you can see some of the competing athletes of WFF-WBBF Pro Europe Championship Open. The competition took place between May 20 and May 22 in Tver (north of Moscow), Russia. The contest was held under the patronage of the Governor Region Tver, Dmitriy Zelenin.

The Invasion of Ukraine – German amateur film in color. 1941 Russian front. The conquering of Ukraine, in the early months of Operation Barbarossa. German amateur film excerpt. Linn Productions Media, editing and soundtrack by Romano-Archives.

Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 km front.

This is a clip from the Romano-Archives website “Unknown World War 2 in Color“. Romano Archives (Founded by Vincent Romano) is a historical multimedial digital archive based in Milan, Italy.

Interview with Alexey Vorobyov from Russia in connection with 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf (Germany). On Fifth of March 2011 he was selected to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Get You” – the song is written by Moroccan and Swedish songwriter Nadir Khayat (RedOne).

The interview is made by Eurosong.be – the biggest eurosong website in the Benelux.