Russians dance salsa! When I say to foreign people that I am dancing salsa, everybody is surprised. I remember two American guys who were laughing long time about that )) Actually I think, it seems that salsa is for latinos and difficult to imagine salsa dancers in snow Russia. But we dance! And we do it a lot! Salsa is getting more and more popular in Russia. And my opinion is that St.Petersburg is the Russian salsa capital )) Here you can dance every day: different styles, different parties, different music – just choose! At weekends you can dance all night till the morning! From may the open air parties starts in the city. It goes in the beautiful place in the city center every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There are a lot of really nice dancers in SPb, but (and it’s the most important point) there is magic dancing atmosphere! For everyone who is gonna visit Saint Petersburg and looking a place to dance, we created the special group in FB. There you can always find all information you need about salsa dancing in our city. We will be very happy to get new friends! Come join us with dancing in St. Petersburg!

You are Russian and... This winter I decided to leave my contry and to spend cold month in a warmer place. So from october I live in Thailand and I met here a lot of people from whole world. It is very interesting to hear what people think about russians and I want to share with you my little collection of this kind of remarks. What people say after they know I'm Russian: Privet! Kak dela? Babushka, matreshka, spasibo!!! Russian? Oh, that's good! (What does it mean? I don't know:)) It's sooooo cold in your country! How do you survive? I know that you cannot walk in Russian cities at the night time. It's too dangerous! Stop smiling or I will not believe that you are Russian! Don't you drink vodka? Why? What is wrong with you? Russian girls don't feel the pain. Why most of the Russian girls are so skinny? Why do they always wear high hills? Russian people are not polite. Russia is bigger then China? Oh, really?!!! I heard Russian girls takes men only like a purses. Only russian girls wear a G-string bikini on the beach. Russian girls are the best. Russian girls are the worst. Why do so many Russians live in Thailand? Don't they need to earn money? Are all of you so reach? You don't know what is happening in your country because of the censure. But we read newspapers and watch tv and know the real truth about Russia and Russian government! Do you like mr. Putin? Russians are everywhere!!!

What is the feeling of the different people in different countries on the frosts by Mikhail Zadornov +10°C - Americans feel shivery. Russians plant the cucumbers. +2°C - Italians can’t get the cars going. Russians drive opening windows… watch how grow the cucumbers. 0°C – The water freezes in France. In Russia it becomes stiffness. -5° - In Canada the heating is on. Russians goes to the picnic for the last time, get in the cucumbers. -25°C - In Europe public transport is not working! Russians stop eating the ice cream bar outside... go to the stick ice-cream for doesn’t feel cold in hands. Take snack of cucumbers. -40°C - Finnish special forces evacuate Santa Claus from Lapland. People in Russia prepared felt boots for the PROBABLE frosts. Marinate the cucumbers for the coming winter. -113°C - Life on Earth is stopped. Russians have a bad mood. Ethyl alcohol has frozen over. They have to lick the cucumbers. -273°C - Absolute zero. Atomic motion stops. Russians curse: «O, damn! What’s cold! Tongue freezes to… the cucumbers».

With love to the people I am often wondered by one of the Russian people's peculiarities (maybe not only Russian, I'm not sure). Most of them are misanthropes. They don't like the people around them, they are unfriendly towards strangers and rarely smile. Russians like to say: "Everyone around are hypocrite, you can not trust anyone!". I'm native of Russia and I love people. I'm broadbrow person. I understand there are no just good or just bad persons. All people are different, complicated and therefore more interesting. It is a pleasure for me to meet new people and even more pleased if they remain in my life as good friends. Lack of communication would be the ordeal for me. So let's communicate! Moreover, my English is in urgent need of help:)) Also if someone is going to visit St. Petersburg, I would be glad to help you here!

St.Petersburg, dear heart People say that there is big difference between perception of same place if you’re live there and if you visit it like a tourist. Most visitors fall in love with St. Petersburg. And what about day-to-day life in this city? I want answer: the longer I live here the more I love my city. I love all of it: grandiose architecture and small streets, every stone of countless embankments that keeping a part of country's history, authentic cafes, oddish locals, City celebrations, river walks, even grey days of winter and autumn… Come and see it yourself :)