EnglishRussia.com

{{Short description|Photoblog of unusual Russian culture}}

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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.{{cite news |title=Blog reveals wacky side of Russian life |author=Kevin O'Flynn |newspaper=UPI NewsTrack|date=2007-08-23 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32701713_ITM|accessdate=2009-11-05}} It was created by a Russian software technician and is currently more popular in America than in Russia.{{cite news |title=A Web site shows quirky side of Russia |author=Kevin O'Flynn |newspaper= The New York Times|date=2007-08-26 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/technology/26iht-russnet27.1.7256364.htm|accessdate=2009-11-05}}

The publication has experienced issues throughout its history. The Facebook page was hacked,{{cite web |url=https://englishrussia.com/2018/10/25/attention-english-russia-facebook-page-has-been-stolen/ |title=Attention: English Russia Facebook Page has Been Stolen! | English Russia |website=englishrussia.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517183910/https://englishrussia.com/2018/10/25/attention-english-russia-facebook-page-has-been-stolen/ |archive-date=17 May 2019 |url-status=dead}} and between June 13, 2009 and June 14, 2009, the design of the website changed, becoming more "clean", without logo.{{cite web |url=http://englishrussia.com/ |title=English Russia » Daily selected things from Russia and ex USSR countries. Published in English |website=englishrussia.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613175153/http://englishrussia.com/ |archive-date=13 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://englishrussia.com/ |title=English Russia - Daily selected things from Russia and ex USSR countries. Published in English |website=englishrussia.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614140152/https://englishrussia.com/ |archive-date=14 June 2019 |url-status=dead}} The privacy policy was written in Portuguese{{cite web |url=https://englishrussia.com/privacy-policy/ |title=Privacy Policy - English Russia |website=englishrussia.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116181156/https://englishrussia.com/privacy-policy/ |archive-date=16 November 2019 |url-status=dead}} and the ads were controlled by a Brazilian company.{{cite web |url=http://englishrussia.com/about |title=About | English Russia |website=englishrussia.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603170209/http://englishrussia.com/about |archive-date=3 June 2019 |url-status=dead}} With these changes, many old pages lost their pictures and some articles were not readable anymore.{{Cite web|url=https://englishrussia.com/2018/11/29/soviet-winter-new-year-postcards-a-delightful-thing-to-see/2/|title = Soviet Winter New Year Postcards a Delightful Thing to See|date = 29 November 2018}} 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{{Cite web |last=team |date=2022-05-01 |title="Cheetos" For Families in Need |url=https://englishrussia.com/2022/05/01/cheetos-for-families-in-need/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=English Russia |language=en-US}} posted on May 1, 2022

It has been mentioned by many media sources, newspapers or websites such as The St. Petersburg Times,{{cite news |title=Second life |author=Kevin O'Flynn |newspaper= The St. Petersburg Times|date=2007-08-24 |url=http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=22768|accessdate=2009-11-05}} Softpedia,{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/What-039-s-the-Russian-Word-for-Windows-Piracy-57200.shtml|title=What's the Russian Word for Windows Piracy?|author=Marius Oiaga|date=2007-06-13|website=|publisher=Softpedia|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2009-11-05}} and The Daily Telegraph.{{cite news |title=Huge tribute to Lenin visible on Google Earth |author=Matthew Moore |newspaper= Telegraph|date=2008-09-05 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2687455/Huge-tribute-to-Lenin-visible-on-Google-Earth.html|accessdate=2009-11-05 }}{{cite news |title=From Russia with fights and fat policemen |author=Adrian Blomfield |newspaper= Telegraph|date=2007-09-16 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1563298/From-Russia-with-fights-and-fat-policemen.html|accessdate=2009-11-05}}{{cite news |title=Jugaad from Russia |newspaper= Business Standard (New Delhi)|date=2009-04-17 |url=http://www.business-standard.com/elections/storypage.php?id=2&autono=355341|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607175902/http://www.business-standard.com/elections/storypage.php?id=2&autono=355341|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-06-07|accessdate=2009-11-05}}