On any online dating site, your primary tool to contact and make a connection will be email correspondence.  This is usually the very first contact you have with a Russian or Ukrainian lady and it is also where you make your first impression.    Despite this reality, many members ... [More]

Every country has its own wedding traditions rooted in the region’s history and culture.  Russia is certainly no exception.  While many modern Russian brides are open to parting from tradition and having a modern “Westernized” wedding, it can be fun to learn about her c... [More]

At the “heart of Odessa”, where Deribasovskaya Street crosses Gavannaya Street and Corsad, in a longstanding house which was built for De Ribas, is located one of the most colorful establishments of the “South Palmyra”, the Pecheskago restaurant. The restaurant is situated ... [More]

Many of our members ask us about acceptable age differences between themselves and their prospective Russian bride. It is true that for most Russian ladies, dating and marrying an older gentleman is acceptable and sometimes preferable to a man her own age or younger. We feel that with mutual compa... [More]

Mikhail D. Prokhorov, considered to be the richest man in Russia, has signed a tentative $200 million deal Wednesday to invest in an arena in Brooklyn, slated to become the new home of the New Jersey Nets. In addition, the deal would make the Russian billionaire the principal owner of the team, as... [More]

Upon viewing Tamplier from the road, you already know you are in for an experience like no other. The castle looms out of the distance, the torches burning outside, and the costumed attendants outside the entrance; these are but a few of the things that make Tamplier so exciting.   Walking th... [More]

Sady Pobedy is a stunning luxury shopping center located in Odessa.  Also known as “Victory Gardens,” this building is unique in Ukraine due to its scale, construction approach and format.  Featuring state of the art air filtration and eco-friendly lighting systems as well as... [More]

An easy walk down Sovetskya Street and you will find yourself outside this wonderful little restaurant "Dekanka". With ample outdoor seating or two floors of seating inside, they can meet any size party’s needs.   The downstairs is very similar to a western style pizzeria kitchen, wit... [More]

In 2002 Mc Laud Pub started its work. It’s a very original and congenial place, which has a good level of visitation, makes fast steps in developing and perfection its dishes and drinks. It gives us a chance to be in a small marvelous country. Scotland with its ancient traditions, history an... [More]

Every year, tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews from around the world make a pilgrimage to the city of Uman, Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah, to visit the grave of Rebbe Nachman.  Despite the global economic troubles, many are still expected to visit the city this year as well.    Rebbe N... [More]

In Odessa you can find the well-known, 192 step Potemkinsky Ladder. Prince Vorontsov presented it to his wife Elizabeth and paid about 800 thousand roubles, which was considered big money in the early 1800s.  During the Soviet period, the steps were renamed in honour of revolt on a battleship... [More]

Reports of a fire at attorney Brian Witzer’s Hollywood Hills home have turned up another unexpected source of heat on the internet this morning:  the attorney’s smoking hot fiancée, Larysa Poznyak.    This Ukrainian born model and self proclaimed “Hollywoo... [More]

Despite the hard global recession and auto sales dropping 50% from the past year, Russian sales of GM’s Hummer have doubled every year.  So far, 900 of the well known gas guzzlers have been sold this year, twice as many as have been sold in the rest of Europe.  The vehicle is so po... [More]

Welcome to Odessa’s nightlife experience and quiet possibly the best club in the world. While privacy may questionably be at stake, fun is not. Hundreds of patrons visit this club nightly, most to do nothing but relax, listen to music and dance as it provides probably the most perfect settin... [More]

In a post “Women’s Lib” world, men have been conditioned into abandoning the old fashioned, traditional dating rules.  Gone are the days when gentlemen were expected to open a door for a lady or pull out her chair; now such chivalrous actions may be interpreted by women in t... [More]

Exactly 220 years ago, the city of Nikolaev was established. Nikolaev was founded in 1789 by Duke Grigory Potemkin on the peninsula at the confluence of Ingul and the Southern Bug as a naval and a ship city. Modern Nikolaev is a big industrial, business, political and cultural center of South of U... [More]

The “Poseydon” Waterpark in Odessa is one of the best leading tourist attractions, which is located in Chabanka - a resort zone of Black Sea Coast in 30 km from Odessa . It`s the largest one in the Eastern Europe and is highly competitive with a water park in Krakow, Poland!   T... [More]

This past weekend, the city of Saratov celebrated its 419th anniversary, a holiday enjoyed by all who participated!    Saratov was founded on July 12th, 1590, situated midway between the fortresses Samara and Tsaritsyn, at the request of count Grigory Zasekin.  In the winter of 16... [More]

Medzhybizh Castle, located in the small town of Medzhybizh, is a prominent attraction you must visit during your trip to Ukraine.  The castle was constructed between the Bug and Buzhok rivers, replacing an older wooden fortress which was destroyed in 1255.  It was rebuilt in the 16th cen... [More]

Itaka is another summer night club located in Arcadia where you can relax and spend the evening full of impressions and positive emotions.   Along with Ibiza, this is the best nightlife experience Odessa and the rest of Ukraine can offer during its raging summer. Designed in the style of Gr... [More]