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HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006
Wanna see some graves of imperialist tsars? course ya do. I took these when I lived in St Petersburg

Romanovs


catherine the great


peter the great


Nicholas II



i also sat on the cot used by trotsky during his imprisonment



Bonus wax dummy Rasputin in the rasputin murder museum

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Private Cumshoe
Feb 15, 2019

AAAAAAAGAGHAAHGGAH
did they have the wax d tho

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006

Private Cumshoe posted:

did they have the wax d tho

i do have a picture of the (purported :v: ) real thing but posting it here will get me banned, it is likely wax tho. it was in the gift shop :10bux:

madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012

HonorableTB posted:

Wanna see some graves of imperialist tsars? course ya do. I took these when I lived in St Petersburg

peter the great



What kind of stone is that? Looks loving amazing.

Did you tour the State Hermitage Museum? Ever since watching Russian Ark, I've found the place fascinating.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da0qTIVCu6E

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006

madeintaipei posted:

What kind of stone is that? Looks loving amazing.

Did you tour the State Hermitage Museum? Ever since watching Russian Ark, I've found the place fascinating.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da0qTIVCu6E

I did go through the Hermitage! I have a ton of pics from there including Catherine the Great's imperial dress, which is honestly magnificent in its construction

The stone was a type of rose quartz iirc

Tarquinn
Jul 3, 2007

I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
Hell Gem
They really don't want their zombie rulers to escape from their coffins.

zone
Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1655790453625614336
Those poor vegetables. What a waste.

Turrurrurrurrrrrrr
Dec 22, 2018

I hope this is "battle" enough for you, friend.

Happy Victory Day Mr. President!

zone
Dec 6, 2016

Tarquinn posted:

They really don't want their zombie rulers to escape from their coffins.

Should have thought of that before making it out of rose quartz. Someone would just pinch the whole coffin for the gp sale value after breaking it up.

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006

zone posted:

Should have thought of that before making it out of rose quartz. Someone would just pinch the whole coffin for the gp sale value after breaking it up.

reminds me of when the museum guide almost broke into tears describing how the amber room in Catherine's palace on Tsarskoye Selo was stolen by the nazis and never recovered and how this was just a WESTERN REPRODUCTION

tiaz
Jul 1, 2004

PICK UP THAT PRESENT.


Zelensky's Zealots

Tarquinn posted:

They really don't want their zombie rulers to escape from their coffins.

Would you?


HonorableTB posted:

Bonus wax dummy Rasputin in the rasputin murder museum



how confident are we that this is actually wax and not rasputin clinging to life in a chronostasis field cast upon him by evil western imperialist sorcerers

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat
Lol at the house plant next to the Catherine sarcophagus

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006

tiaz posted:

Would you?

how confident are we that this is actually wax and not rasputin clinging to life in a chronostasis field cast upon him by evil western imperialist sorcerers

im pretty confi bc i have a picture of the historical plaque that says he most definitely died and it has a picture of a body that they said is rasputin, so i 100% believe this story as told

steinrokkan posted:

Lol at the house plant next to the Catherine sarcophagus

it was a fake ficus fern of some kind, i touched it

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006
pov: youre at the summer palace of peter the great, not wondering at all about the revolution brewing on the cruiser Aurora




Also here's that dress of catherine the great's I was talking about. It weighed about 62 lbs if i remember right. it's cool that it's the legit thing and it's survived 300 years tho


Xlorp
Jan 23, 2008


Funky See Funky Do posted:

There are more than enough small arms in Ukraine. Dumping a whole bunch of extra guns into a society going through extreme trauma isn't going to help. If anything it would just be exporting an American problem into Ukraine.
I'd be in favor of dumping them all into some deep magma vent. I'm sure if we as a species really wanted to, we could find better alternatives for all general population use cases.

Private Cumshoe
Feb 15, 2019

AAAAAAAGAGHAAHGGAH

HonorableTB posted:

pov: youre at the summer palace of peter the great, not wondering at all about the revolution brewing on the cruiser Aurora




Also here's that dress of catherine the great's I was talking about. It weighed about 62 lbs if i remember right. it's cool that it's the legit thing and it's survived 300 years tho



tag urself I'm the gold merseahorsemaid tittays

zone
Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1655793759940927488
23 of 25 missiles launched during the night were shot down in total.

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1655793759940927488
23 of 25 missiles launched during the night were shot down in total.

I hope nobody was hurt or killed by the two that made it through air defense

Tarquinn
Jul 3, 2007

I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
Hell Gem

tiaz posted:

Would you?

Well… in the US I am sure quite a few people would not object to zombie Reagan taking over. :v:

Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.

HonorableTB posted:


Also here's that dress of catherine the great's I was talking about. It weighed about 62 lbs if i remember right. it's cool that it's the legit thing and it's survived 300 years tho



This is several levels beyond dummy thicc.

madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012

Tarquinn posted:

Well… in the US I am sure quite a few people would not object to zombie Reagan taking over. :v:

But you repeat yourself.

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






Tarquinn posted:

They really don't want their zombie rulers to escape from their coffins.

Some of the paganistic beliefs of the ancient Slavic peoples included that men who died unnaturally (e.g. suicide) would come back as an evil spirit that would drink your blood.
This is one of the reasons why they cremated their dead, to make sure it didn't happen.

When the slavic peoples converted to christianity they started burying their dead according to Christian tradition, but they would often drive stakes through the body of the men before burial, to hedge their bets. You never know!

All of this sound familiar? Yes, vampires are a product of Slavic folklore and the stake through the heart part comes from converting to Christianity.

disclaimer: I'm sure I got some of the details wrong but couldn't pass up posting this because they were at some point absolutely concerned about people coming back from the dead!

zone
Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1655830374285471746
Their big parade is going to begin soon. The alleged Putin and VIPs are now on the scene.

Drone_Fragger
May 9, 2007


The real reason putin is afraid of attending isn't that hes scared of nato assassins or the parade firing at him as a coup, its that all the oligarchs will see the stains on tbe seat when he stands up.

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

spankmeister posted:

When the slavic peoples converted to christianity they started burying their dead according to Christian tradition, but they would often drive stakes through the body of the men before burial, to hedge their bets. You never know!

And when we say 'stakes' we don't mean little tomato-truss things that magically prevent vampires from rising, we mean huge loving fenceposts that physically prevent them from standing up.

tiaz
Jul 1, 2004

PICK UP THAT PRESENT.


Zelensky's Zealots

Tarquinn posted:

Well… in the US I am sure quite a few people would not object to zombie Reagan taking over. :v:

im hearing National Treasure 4: Ronald Reagan's Pyre

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1655830374285471746
Their big parade is going to begin soon. The alleged Putin and VIPs are now on the scene.
How about a drone visit like they did in Kyiv?

https://i.imgur.com/tKUvTz8.mp4

Cugel the Clever
Apr 5, 2009
I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA
Anwar Sadat turns to the newcomer in Hell and says, "You too, huh?"

AJA
Mar 28, 2015

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1655830374285471746
Their big parade is going to begin soon. The alleged Putin and VIPs are now on the scene.

… I set my sights on you
(And no one else will do)
And I, I've got to have my way now, baby
… All I know is that to me
You look like you're havin' fun
Open up your lovin' arms
Watch out, here I come
… I'll spin you right 'round, baby, right 'round
Like a HIMARS, baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round

Dwesa
Jul 19, 2016

Maybe I'll go where I can see stars
nice sunny weather in Moscow, only somewhat related to earlier talk of vampires

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1655839170646900739

fatherboxx
Mar 25, 2013

No plane show at the big parade this year

And no Armata of course

Lmao

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
if you cannot see armata it is because you are in its kill sights and it is not in yours westoid :smugbert:

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
They had one tank, a t-34. Which is at least one t-34 not sent to Ukraine. Which is where I guess the rest were sent to to provide spare engine parts for the rest of the tank fleet.

Toxic Mental
Jun 1, 2019

lol Russia invaded a sovereign nation for literally no reason, got 100,000+ of its people killed and many more injured, did/is doing a fuckton of warcrimes, and you still have people going "It's the West's/NATO's fault" lmao

zone
Dec 6, 2016

RandomPauI posted:

They had one tank, a t-34. Which is at least one t-34 not sent to Ukraine. Which is where I guess the rest were sent to to provide spare engine parts for the rest of the tank fleet.

I was just about to post it. 1 T-34, a handful of APCs, and that's loving it. You can't even count this as a cope any more.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Footage of the :japan: T-34 from the parade:

https://i.imgur.com/HOkLiyx.mp4

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
And some ballistic missile TELs

Dwesa
Jul 19, 2016

Maybe I'll go where I can see stars
and uncle Fester is still unhappy

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1655845968707764227

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

There's no ammunition, lol.

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Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Prig gonna wind up like Thing if he stays in Bak

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