Double of Barack Obama treats children in the Saratov region

Russian Obama
Called Obama, doctor Zaur Akhmedov is dreaming about meeting with American president Barack Obama. But Obama’s lookalike Zaur Akhmedov is a pediatrician, not a politician. Meanwhile, his patients and colleagues are always in good mood looking at Zaur Obama. However, Zaur is not the only double of Obama. Just look at Asif Mustafayev, 31 -year-old Azerbaijani artist, who looks like his twin brother, American president (photo inside the post).

When asked for an autograph, he refuses. So he signs: “Akhmedov-Obama.” He says if the patient smiles, then he will soon recover.
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With his adorable dog. President of Russia Vladimir Putin and animals

President of Russia Vladimir Putin and animals
According to Forbes, Vladimir Putin is the second powerful man on Earth. Putin, who held the Kremlin from 2000 to 2022 for two terms, reinforced his position as Russia’s undisputed leader. Meanwhile, never before I’ve seen any other Russian president or Head of our State – animal lover, as Mr. Putin is. That’s why I will vote for him.

It’s no secret that the President of Russia Vladimir Putin likes to pose with animals. He had already come for the sights of camera lenses along with dogs, calves, chickens, cranes and even bears and octopuses. For years, his four-legged friend was a Labrador Connie, and he recently while walking in the Novo-Ogaryovo showed his other dogs – Karakachan shepherd Buffy and the Akita Inu Yume.
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A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk. Charlie Chaplin and his quotes

Charlie Chaplin and his quotes
Life could be wonderful if people would leave it alone.
Sir Charles Spencer, or “Charlie” Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an outstanding English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He became one of the most famous film stars in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies. However, his films decreased in frequency from the end of the 1920s.
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In fact, imagination is everything. Give your child a compass and you will get a scientist

Give your child a compass and you will get a scientist
When Albert Einstein was 5 years old and he was sick in bed, his dad gave him a simple compass. In fact, this instrument deemed to have shaped Einstein’s career. His curiosity in the unknown thus began.
In the period before World War II, Albert Einstein was so well known in America that he would be stopped on the street by people wanting him to explain “that theory”. He finally figured out a way to handle the incessant inquiries. He told his inquirers “Pardon me, so sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein.
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Goodbyes make you think. Even now I may confess

Even now I may confess

~Alexander Pushkin~

I loved you; even now I may confess,
Some embers of my love their fire retain,
But do not let it cause you more distress,
I do not want to sadden you again.
Hopeless and tongue-tied, yet I loved you dearly
With pangs the jealous and the timid know;
So tenderly I loved you, so sincerely,
I pray God grant another love you so.
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Gif animation showing to steps of construction of La Tour Eiffel. The most-visited paid monument in the world Eiffel Tower Paris

Eiffel Tower-Paris
The most famous constructions of the world La Tour Eiffel is 122 this year. Named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, its creator, who was brilliant as a constructor and as a strategist. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France. In addition, one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

The idea was, in particular, lifting up a more-than-1000-feet-high construction. The analogous to something about 300 meters – an enterprise at the size of the French national pride. But the principal technicians of the company needed to elaborate the first viability analysis to make Eiffel perceive that he finally could become the author of the highest building of the world. It’s fair to know that the tower project own to him as much as to the engineers Emile Nougier and Maurice Koechlin. Also, to the architect Stephen Sauvestre, names frequently forgotten by the History.
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Impossible is possible. Algis Griskevicius black-and-white photos

Algis Griskevicius black-and-white photos
Born in Vilnius, in 1954, Algis Griskevicius is a talented Lithuanian artist and photographer. He studied at Vilnius Art Academy. According to Algis, he worked as artist’s assistant in Vilnius Opera and Ballet House, scene painter in Vilnius Youth Theatre. Currently, he is working as a freelance artist (from 1990). In addition to painting, Algis is engaged in life photography, wood carving, working with copper and brass.

In particular, these creative black and white photographs depict scenes from everyday life in the countryside. Algis Griskevicius arranged 56 personal exhibitions and participated in 100 group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. His art works exhibited in Latvia, Laos, Tunisia, Holland, Germany, Great Britain, France, Ireland, Poland, Russia, Portugal, Sweden, and USA. Also, in Croatia, Austria, China, Belgium, Italy, Vietnam, Spain, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Bulgaria, United Arab Emirates, and Canada.
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Staircase to Heaven. Things we should believe

There are things we should believe
Just because we should believe in something, better to believe. Only if you believe you can achieve something. “The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, and fantasies that last. Stone crumbles.

Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That’s the only lasting thing you can create.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
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A Costa Rican banknote for five colones. The art of money

The art of money
Traditionally, beautiful currencies of different countries inspire us. Meanwhile, we admire them not as banknotes, but as a kind of art. For example, Costa Rican banknote, that shows Rafael Yglesia Castro, president of Costa Rica from 1894 to 1902 and a Guaria Morada orchid, Costa Rica’s national flower. Noteworthy, the current series of banknotes is being replaced throughout 2010.
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