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jonnytickle.bsky.social
Brit in Moscow since 2017. I post about life in Russia.
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Christmas Tree ➡️ Chinese New Year Tree ➡️ Maslenitsa Tree

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77 million people voted for this guy

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Looks like COVID and then the war have been the death knell for Moscow’s Izmailovo Market. The last time I was here in 2019, every stall was open, and the place was full of foreign tourists.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Chinese New Year in Moscow, with fake terracotta warriors

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Moscow is repurposing its Christmas trees for Chinese New Year by wrapping dragons and snakes around them

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the perfect t-shirt to fit my very small niche

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Party in Sokolniki

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Always an honour to be invited to the British Ambassador’s residence in Moscow

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Moscow in the snow

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Always interesting to bump into some fellow Brits abroad in a Russian cemetery

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Paying my respects to the man responsible for my weight gain over the Russian holidays

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туманный питер

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I absolutely love watching PandaSakha, the Instagram/YouTube channel showing life and cooking in -55 degrees in Yakutia, Russia

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I love train rides in the Russian winter

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First walk of 2025 around snowy St. Petersburg

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Anyone want a Khrushchevka, Brezhnevka or Stalinka construction set?

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

Indoctrinating one Russian kid at a time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

At my partner’s New Year party, the opening conversation is about a relative who died in Ukraine. The entire village is knocking on their door asking for money. The village is small, poor, and not Russian-speaking. The family received $30k after his death, which is a huge sum.

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Bluesky, I’m looking for book recommendations I’d like to read a non-fiction book on Russian history (any period), written in Russian. It should be available for purchase in Russia today, but not filled with nonsense or propaganda. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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Christmas dinner made by chef @kotelnaya.bsky.social in Moscow

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⬅️ New Year decorations outside Gorky Park in December 2022 ➡️ Today, same location, December 2024 Massive difference. Nothing war-related at all this year.

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

This evening I went on a walk through the centre of Moscow and noticed that the army recruitment billboards, posters and benches seem to have totally disappeared overnight It seems like they’ve been replaced by Moscow city government ads for events over the festive period

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

Red Square market 🎄

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First week of December in Moscow and it’s still above zero with no snow. Feels like Lancashire in January

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Very Lancashire weather in St. Petersburg today ☔️

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12 years after construction began, the Lakhta Centre in St. Petersburg - the tallest skyscraper in Europe - is finally open to the public. Based on my experience today, it has become the city’s new popular photoshoot spot.

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Ice skating season has started in St. Petersburg

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Just walked past this strange billboard in central Moscow showing ‘Xi Jinping’s Favourite Phrases’ This one says “Delicious soup is cooked by combining different ingredients”

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