What Is English Russia?

There are several websites that post funny pictures and videos, so what makes English Russia a cut above the rest? The specificity. English Russia succeeds by focusing on the foibles of Russia and Russian-speaking countries but translating the humor into English.

For example, Russian culture is particularly fascinated with luxury cars, so it’s no surprise that pictures of vandalized and modified cars appear on the site often. Examples include this wooden car, this gold-plated car and these funny and rather ridiculous license plates from Latvia. There are also several videos of very, very drunk Russians that appear on the site regularly (examples here and here). And then there are just really funny and strange bits of content, such as these Welcome To Moscow clown postcards and these photos of Russians with chickenpox using a treatment that turns their skin green.

Those unfamiliar with the site might assume that if they don't know much about Russia and its culture, they won't find anything funny at English Russia. Well, you don't really need to know much about Russian culture to find pictures of a helicopter lugging around a plane funny. And not much context is needed to laugh at preposterous photos of Russian Police Faces. Funny sites on the Web often recycle content from each other. Which makes the constant influx of fresh funny stuff on English Russia rather remarkable.