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Tuesday 8 January 2013

Back in Russia: Impressions from my trip to this wonderful, but sometimes ugly country

Been away so long I early knew the place
Gee, it's good to be back home

After well over a year I was back in the country that I love (and sometimes hate) so much. Back in the USSR Russia.

Russia is a country full of contrasts:

-    Absolute richness vs absolute poorness
-    Immaculate beauty vs total ugliness
-    Modern and state of the art vs old and obsolete
-    Indefinite freedom vs being close to a dictatorship
-    Cleanliness vs dirt and smudginess
-    Sweetness and compassion vs total ignorance and neglect
-    Honesty and reliability vs corruption of the worst kind
-    No future vs unlimited possibilities

It is always easy to judge a country like Russia and many, many prejudices about it are true and justified. But hey, if you wonder where the country came from, it has already gone a long way.

Don’t write the country off yet, from an economical as well as human point-of-view. It doesn’t grow so hard as the other BRIC’s and it has yet a lot of flaws, but it is much closer to a western country with western standards than any of the other BRIC’s. Still, the country has a long and winding road to go, before it can live up to western (European) standards.

When asked, my dear wife Olga said about investing in Russia: “Just don’t do it! If you still want to do it anyway, be prepared to take loads of money with you”. Still, if you have any questions on investing in Russia, please feel free to mail me via the email address in the “about me” section of this blog.

With this blog, I take you on a trip through the wonderful city of St-Petersburg on its most beautiful and ugly, through a series of pictures that I made during my trip.

If you have the time and the opportunity, visit this wonderful city and country yourself. Especially for Russia the phrase is true, that you can’t judge this country without having visited and lived it.

Tomorrow, I’m back with a regular blog.

Arguably the best and most beautiful metrosystem in the world
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Arguably the best and most beautiful metrosystem in the world
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Arguably the best and most beautiful metrosystem in the world
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Landscape around Petergof, near St-Petersburg
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Landscape around Petergof, near St-Petersburg
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Landscape around Petergof, near St-Petersburg
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Russian orthodox church near Petergof, St-Petersburg
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Blocks of Soviet-style flats St-Petersburg
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Blocks of Soviet-style flats St-Petersburg
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Blocks of Soviet-style flats St-Petersburg
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Inside a Russian streetcar
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Russian streetcar tickets
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Typical Russian streetcar
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Typical Russian streetcar
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New orthodox church in a typical Russian living area
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Old telecom building
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The Hermitage at night
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The St-Petersburg bridges at night
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St-Petersburg at night
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St-Petersburg at night
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St-Petersburg at night
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St-Petersburg at night
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St-Petersburg at night
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St-Petersburg at night
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St-Petersburg at night
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St-Petersburg at night
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McDonalds Russian Style
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The Mariinsky theater during the Nutcracker suite
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The Mariinsky theater during the Nutcracker suite
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Narodni Universam, arguably the busiest supermarket in the world
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Narodni Universam, arguably the busiest supermarket in the world
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