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EnglishRussia was a popular photoblog focusing on unusual aspects of Russian or former-Soviet culture. In 2007 Technorati rated it the 155th most popular website out of 94 million on its search engine.[1] It was created by a Russian software technician and is currently more popular in America than in Russia.[2]

The publication has experienced issues throughout its history. The Facebook page was hacked,[3] and between June 13, 2009 and June 14, 2009, the design of the website changed, becoming more "clean", without logo.[4][5] The privacy policy was written in Portuguese[6] and the ads were controlled by a Brazilian company.[7] With these changes, many old pages lost their pictures and some articles were not readable anymore.[8] The email address does not answer. The official Twitter account and Facebook no longer exist. As of 2023 the site appears defunct with its last content[9] posted on May 1, 2022

It has been mentioned by many media sources, newspapers or websites such as The St. Petersburg Times,[10] Softpedia,[11] and The Daily Telegraph.[12][13][14]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Kevin O'Flynn (2007-08-23). "Blog reveals wacky side of Russian life". UPI NewsTrack. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  2. ^ Kevin O'Flynn (2007-08-26). "A Web site shows quirky side of Russia". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  3. ^ "Attention: English Russia Facebook Page has Been Stolen! | English Russia". englishrussia.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "English Russia » Daily selected things from Russia and ex USSR countries. Published in English". englishrussia.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ "English Russia - Daily selected things from Russia and ex USSR countries. Published in English". englishrussia.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Privacy Policy - English Russia". englishrussia.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ "About | English Russia". englishrussia.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Soviet Winter New Year Postcards a Delightful Thing to See". 29 November 2018.
  9. ^ team (2022-05-01). ""Cheetos" For Families in Need". English Russia. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  10. ^ Kevin O'Flynn (2007-08-24). "Second life". The St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  11. ^ Marius Oiaga (2007-06-13). "What's the Russian Word for Windows Piracy?". Softpedia. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  12. ^ Matthew Moore (2008-09-05). "Huge tribute to Lenin visible on Google Earth". Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  13. ^ Adrian Blomfield (2007-09-16). "From Russia with fights and fat policemen". Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  14. ^ "Jugaad from Russia". Business Standard (New Delhi). 2009-04-17. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
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