#europe & russia

[useless-englandfacts]

of course i don’t want to get ahead of ourselves here but super duper rare british… w?

[illustratus]

Morning in a Pine Forest by Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky

[folkfashion]

Komi woman, Russia, by respublika11

[vintage-russia]

"In the forest for mushrooms" (1927)

Sergey Vinogradov (1869–1938)

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Church of Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA

[candela888]

Countries where cheek kissing is a common way of greeting people

Number of cheek kisses when greeting somebody in the Americas and Europe

[justacynicalromantic]

Kids with the hardest childhood imaginable, having traveled half the country to receive treatment for cancer, now having to receive treatment for shrapnel wounds and be dug out from under the rubble.

[rienafoutre]

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (Russian, 1848-1926) The joy of the righteous in the Lord, 'The threshold of heaven,' Details, ca.1885-96

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

1930s reporting on Stalin's Holodomor genocide in Ukraine. 1 2

[panimoonchild]

To all those who died alone in the Russian occupation

🕯 "To all those who died alone in the Russian occupation". Muzychi village, Kyiv region

These are the words on the tombstone that stands on the grave of the mother of Ukrainian artist Alevtina Kakhidze. The artist installed it in 2021. This memorial project consists of six marble doors that replicate the location of the doors in the house of Alevtina's mother, known as Klyubnyka Andriivna, in the village of Zhdanivka, Donetsk region, as well as concrete porch steps recreated in real life. When the war in eastern Ukraine broke out, the artist's mother was unable to leave her home despite her daughter's persuasion. Alevtina dedicated a series of works to her mother, which were shown at exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. Kakhidze's mother died in 2019 - her heart stopped while crossing one of the checkpoints controlled by the militants of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic". She was buried in the Kyiv region.

This is not the kind of message that children should receive from their parents "If we are killed, all the documents are in the basement."

This is what I mean when I say that we cannot negotiate and freeze the conflict. Because children from the occupied territories, who are now 14-17 years old, will be fighting against us in five years.

Don't be indifferent. Make Russia pay. Please hear our cry out to the world, keep spreading our voices, and donate to our army and combat medics (savelife.in.ua, prytulafoundation.org, Serhii Sternenko, hospitallers.life, ptahy.vidchui.org, and u24.gov.ua).

[drthrvn]

here's my take as a Pole and as an international relations graduate: nothing huge is going to happen so hold your horses and stop panicking. as tragic as these two deaths are, no one's gonna use them as a reason to implement article 5 and i doubt russia is preparing some kind of major attack on Poland. what i think is going to happen is Poland will push for a) more sanctions, b) more NATO forces on the eastern flank, c) (maybe) some diplomatic consequences but nothing major. and no, Polish army is not preparing to march to russia or whatever, please take anything you read online with a grain of salt and check your sources.

[illustratus]

Glory to the Hero by Nicholas Roerich

[folkfashion]

Besermyan woman, Russia, by ludorvay

[vintage-russia]

"Our Lady and Child" (1890s/1900s)

Mikhail Nesterov (1862-1942)

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood - ST. PETERSBURG