Death Penalties according to Polandball

This is just an amusing little piece I found on Reddit. Enjoy!

A Journey Through Stalinist Architecture around the World Part I: The Former Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Now, this might be seen as the continuation of my earlier blog post involving my somewhat informative rant on both Stalinist Architecture and Constructivism. In this series of blog posts, I will just try my best and share Stalinist Architecture that can be found around the world.

The first country that has a sizeable amount of these buildings is the biggest republic in the former Soviet Union, the Russian Soviet Republic. Here are several examples of the buildings built in Stalinist style in the Russian Federation.

This is the Moscow State University in Russia, one of the Seven Sisters of Moscow

The main entrance to All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow

 The Red Army Theatre in Moscow

 

Rosenfeld tower in Moscow

 Hotel Ukraina in Moscow, one of the Seven Sisters of Moscow

 

The Moscow Metro

Main building of the South Ural State University in Chelyabinsk  

 City Duma in Yekaterinburg 

 Stalinist apartment blocks in Moscow. 

Stalinist architecture has seen a form of revival in today's Russia leading to newer Stalinist style buildings popping up in the skyline. 

This is the Triumph Palace in Moscow, built only recently, in the style of the "Seven Sisters of Moscow"

On the next part of this picture series, I will post Stalinist buildings from the other former Soviet republics such as Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Celebratory Polandball

After 2 months of hiatus, I am back! And to start off my more regular blogging, I shall start by a typical Polandball comic. Enjoy!

 

The Arabian Peninsula according to Polandball.

I usually travel through the Internet looking for Polandball comics and I happened to stumble upon this one just a few minutes ago. I found this to be pretty humourous.

AND YES, HUMOUR IS SPELLED WITH A U! American English Heresy.....

Bureaucratic Simulator 2013

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in a boring, time-consuming occupation that requires so much brain effort that by the end of the day you feel dead?

Well not to worry! Papers, Please! is a game that exactly shows this by putting you in the position of a border guard in a fictional authoritarian nation of Arstrotzka that is awfully similar to the former Eastern Bloc nations in terms of aesthetic and atmosphere.

The typical scene inside the game. More papers, More papers and more Papers. 

 

As a normal border guard, you get to experience the many joys of dealing with the job such as making sure no one smuggles anything in, no one is a terrorist, no one uses a fake identity and so much more. 

Sure... You're male and I believe you...

In conclusion, this is a very must try video game. It's something that's not really shown in the video gaming scene now and something this unique has to be tried. 

 

In the end, try it and see. 

 

Glory to Arstotzka

I totally forgot about it..

I just remembered now... Seven days ago, the Second World War started and I forgot to make some sort of for its anniversary. Well that's not ideal... I completely forgot the start of the war and I only remembered it today.

I don't even know why I made this post involving this.. Oh well..

You can't make enough posts involving little Poland.

A History of the Korean War by Polandball

I found this while on Reddit. The Korean War explained!

Try this game out!

Now, I haven't posted anything over the summer since I have somewhat forgotten about this blog, but here's a random blog post for all of you to enjoy.

If you've ever wanted to play a game that lets you take control of nations and whatnot, try out Europa Universalis IV. It's Paradox Interactive's newest grand strategy game. Now, I suggest you look at the game and see if it's right for you! And if you like this, you might like some of their other game titles such the Hearts of Iron series and the Crusader Kings one.

The game has been out since mid-August as well. So if you like grand strategy games, then I suggest you check this out!

Anniversary of Operation Barbarossa.

Well today in June 21 on 1941 was the date when Germany under Hitler launched its assault on the Soviet Union. 4 hard years of fighting and this led to the ultimate allied victory against the Third Reich. This was also the start of the Eastern Front or the Great Patriotic War as it's called in the former Soviet Republics.

Anyway, to commemorate the invasion, here's a video relating to the initial operation itself.

This is from the series Soviet Storm: War in the East.

Christianization

This comic just shows the Christianization of the world, and its effects and how it was imposed among indigenous populations. All in all, a little humour in a dark and turbulent time of violently imposing religious beliefs.