即使我认为甚至没有人对俄罗斯有丝毫兴趣的人都可能错过了这个令人惊叹的博客，但我仍然觉得我有义务向世界讲述它。每当我在伟大的俄罗斯拍摄另一张照片，捕捉她奇特的辉煌和她古怪而有趣的环境时，我总是问自己这个问题：“这将成为最终给我一些足够好的照片的照片上www.englishrussia.com？”

As of yet, despite numerous tries (I even did a witty series of shots from our ‘foreigners’ dorm in the Urals’ and sent it in with no success last spring, as the snow was thawing and making our whole existence into a flood of mud water), I have not had anything published on that remarkable outlet for all us Russophiles. Instead I choose to share a little something here that I think must be ‘englishrussia-worthy’ – a picture that was taken in the outskirts of Omsk, Siberia in May 2006. It portrays a rather innovative spin on the good ol’ pioneer-theme, with Lenin wearing a basketball cap. I don’t know if the campaign was successful, but I sure hope it was, since it had such a catchy slogan (though I’m sure I’ve heard it somewhere before…) – всегда готов [always ready]!