Monthly Archives: August 2025

I’ve been listening to ДДТ a lot this past year. Delighted to be listening to them in Уфа.

Ufa’s principal mosque

As always Lenin faces east, towards the rising sun, the new day of Communism. He is beckoning, “behold, friends!” I quite like this one.

So, drone attacks kind of like the weather. A Moscow friend told me they have become “a part of daily life”.

It is unfortunate, but when I checked into my hotel I neglected to inquire about the location of a windowless room with load‑bearing walls. The hotel staff however, seem to be untroubled, and are laying out what looks like a … Continue reading →

Lenin was born in Ulyanovsk, and lived in this house between 1870 and 1875. The statue is of him and his mother.