Russian Photos (updated on regular basis)

[Xaito]

thanks for the awesome pics dzhaga-dzhaga!
Good to see Georgian hardware put to a good use instead of rotting in some museum

[TakeIt]

Just look at that hunch, that nose.. Really peculiar ship..

[K-5]

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That looks like a pair of legs and a hand laying next to those cellophane garbage bags

[JohnnyWalker]

That looks like a pair of legs and a hand laying next to those cellophane garbage bags

Thats a sniper making sure no Georgians attack the city during a ceremony

[JohnnyWalker]

By the way Vitaly, that photo is my new wallpaper!!

Thanks!!!!!

(Not Safe For Work) (unless you look really quickly)
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[SandBagger]

what the hell is mockbas?

apologies i no its not as impressive as some of these pics but the spetsnaz are sometimes seen wearing them theyre cheap adidas

[JohnnyWalker]

apologies i no its not as impressive as some of these pics but the spetsnaz are sometimes seen wearing them theyre cheap adidas

ohhhh I have never heard of them. Even searching Russian engines doesn't bring up anything

[SandBagger]

ohhhh I have never heard of them. Even searching Russian engines doesn't bring up anything

yeah it was only here on this thread , ebay and a forum on soviet army stuff ive heard bout them

btw they werent being sold on ebay

[JohnnyWalker]

sorry have to post this

Police just standing while a motorcyclist does a wheelie on St. patricks day.

[K-5]

sorry have to post this

Police just standing while a motorcyclist does a wheelie on St. patricks day.

Poor choice of motorcycle for this kind of stuff

apologies i no its not as impressive as some of these pics but the spetsnaz are sometimes seen wearing them theyre cheap adidas

I believe SU had license to produce Adidas' Sambas, the original blue with white strips ones, only.
Strangely enough, some photos reveal soviet troops wearing Puma Clydes! Lend-Lease?

[Anton_ua]

sorry have to post this

Police just standing while a motorcyclist does a wheelie on St. patricks day.

you have nice gallery photo i see! but and this photo?

http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jo...ecw5616766.jpg

[DIMMI]

Poor choice of motorcycle for this kind of stuff

I believe SU had license to produce Adidas' Sambas, the original blue with white strips ones, only.
Strangely enough, some photos reveal soviet troops wearing Puma Clydes! Lend-Lease?

No lend-lease. I think it's "toulkouchka"... soviets people non official market (as I remember 100 or more roubles for this Pumas)

[K-5]

No lend-lease. I think it's "toulkouchka"... soviets people non official market (as I remember 100 or more roubles for this Pumas)

100 rubbles for pair of sneakers?? My grandfather made 170 a month working at Volgograd shipyard plus premiums.

[DIMMI]

100 rubbles for pair of sneakers?? My grandfather made 170 a month working at Volgograd shipyard plus premiums.

yes... and my mother and father (worked in tomsk state university) had 150-170 per month... but prices on "toulkouchka" were from 100 and more for any things (as I remember jogging shoes from 100 to 300, jeans - from 100 and more... vinyl music disk with Deep Purple for example - 30-100 roubles)

[Mousepad]

100 rubbles for pair of sneakers?? My grandfather made 170 a month working at Volgograd shipyard plus premiums.

I don't think this one bought them in SU, more like in Afganistan, troops in "Contingent" were paid with "Checks" roughly = $ so he could buy things back in Afganistan from locals (more like barter - medicine, fuel, were in big demand), or cash cheks back in USSR in "Beryozka" shops (traiding only in hard currency), things, that regular soviet citizen rarely seen - such as western or japanese electronics, clothes (jeans, sneakers, US cigaretes, etc). In my school there was many kids from officers familys, lot of them "Afgantsy" so we had no problem watching VHS (rarity in 80-s) and OMFG **** (quite weird btw). Strange Empire USSR was - "In Soviet Russia, living in Metropoly Sucks"