Dostoevsky images on Moscow metro ‘could cause suicides’

The author of Crime and Punishment never had a reputation for lightness in his soul. Now the Moscow authorities have postponed the opening of a metro station named after Fyodor Dostoevsky over fears that illustrations from his works that decorate it could turn the station into a "mecca for suicides".



The new station was decorated with black and white marble mosaics of scenes from Dostoevsky's most famous novels, including Crime and Punishment, Demons, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov. But unsurprisingly for a writer famously preoccupied with death, the scenes include images of suicide and murder.

The opening of the station, which was meant to be today, has been put back indefinitely. The metro has refused to comment but the daily Izvestia claims that it was the transport system's chief who raised the question of changing the decorations when he visited the site last week. Sources at the metro told The Independent that the controversy was convenient cover for the fact that the stations are not ready.
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Russian Lessons. #Three

The most popular question after saying Hello is
- Kak (u tebja) dela? (How are you?)

The most suitable answer is
- Normal'no/ Vse horosho (Ok/Everything is all right)
- A u tebja? (And you)

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Mosquito sculpture made of scrap parts from old cars, bulldozers

It’s a mosquito and fortunately it’s only a sculpture. Has it been live, it’d have been a man eater than a blood sucker. Well, this mosquito with the height of a man is made of scrapped parts from old cars and bulldozers. This bizarre sculpture was located by the Biologists from the Tyumen Regional Museum, who were examining the Noyabrsk area, for creating an eco-tourism route in 2007. Built by Valery Chaliy, a local artist, who was inspired by the millions of mosquitoes inhabiting the neighboring swamps, iron insect is in the compressor station owned by Gazprom.
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Let’s learn Russian. Lesson Two

How to make the acquaintance.
-Menja zovut Julija
-kak tebja zovut? (what is your name)
Usually we tell only the names, men shake hands.
- A tebja? (And you?)
- Ochen' prijatno (Nice to meet you) ' - means soft sign

Death wish pair find love

A broken-hearted fiance planning to throw himself off a bridge found love again - with a girl who was about to jump to her death from the same spot. Devastated Andriej Ivanov, 26, wanted to end it all when his fiancee died in a car crash the day before their wedding by jumping from the bridge in Ufa, central Russia.

But when he got there he found tragic Maria Petrova, 21, climbing the railings after being thrown out by her parents for falling pregnant. She was seconds away from plunging more than 100 ft into the icy Belaya River when Andriej pulled her back from the brink. "Something in my heart snapped and I couldn't let her do it no matter how broken my own heart was.

"I shouted, 'Stop' and ran over to her. She fell into my arms sobbing and I began crying too. We held each other and talked, and talked and talked. That night saved my life - and hers," said Andriej. The couple talked into the night and agreed to help each other mend their broken hearts.
Now they plan to get married after telling their families of their amazing escapes from death. "He is my knight and my saviour," said Maria. "All that pain was worthwhile because it led me to my Andriej," she added.

Let's learn some Russian

I'm going to start short lessons of the Russian language. And I will try to make them interesting and useful. Let’s start with greeting. There are some ways to say Hello in Russian.
If you are close friends or relatives say PRIVET
If your boss or your president is in front of you say ZDRASTVUITE and don’t forget to shake your hands. Russian men always shake hands , but women don't:)