Instaweek: #Emptyhistorical and a monument of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill in Yalta

To celebrate 70 years since the Yalta Conference, a monument was put up to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

 

Фото опубликовано _ K ▲ T I A ● (@katia_mi) Фев 4 2015 в 11:00 PST

On 3 February Russian Instagramers took part in #Emptyhistorical "flashmob" in the State Historical Museum in Moscow. They took the opportunity to get inside the museum on the weekend when there weren't any people.

 

Фото опубликовано Anton Charushin (@stolbyshkin) Фев 3 2015 в 11:37 PST

Flash mobbers say that #Empty is not only about inspiring people to visit places like museums and theaters.

 

Фото опубликовано Anton (@4arushin) Фев 6 2015 в 1:38 PST

"It's a well known fact that in some museums you can't take photographs. #Empty lets you 'break' this rule," says Instagram blogger Anna Pavlova

 

Фото опубликовано @kimkeith Фев 6 2015 в 6:12 PST

Rospotrebnadzor finally gave Moscow's air a clean bill of health. Since autumn people have been complaining of the smell of sulfur, ammonia and other stuff in the air.

 

Фото опубликовано Anton Starikov (@anton_starikov) Фев 2 2015 в 2:59 PST

However, things are not so upbeat in Saratov. Residents there have seen a unique phenomenon - orange snow. The unusual color was eventually found to be the result not of chemicals, but of a cyclone from Western Sahara that brought with it a lot of sand.