Category Archives: Russian Friends

Russian woman in North Cyprus accident

Russian expatriate dies in tragic accident By Margaret Sheard We have received tragic news from the Russian community in North Cyprus that one of their fellow expatriates, while riding home on her bicycle yesterday (Wednesday 22nd May), was hit from … Continue reading

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The Story of the Dog “Laika”

The Foreign Residents in the TRNC – TFR The Story of the Dog “Laika” by Ralph Kratzer Very often I am asked why my dog´s name is “Laika”…….. I’ll tell you the story: I got Laika in December 2004, shortly … Continue reading

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TRNC Russian Information Guide – No 10.

Russian Information Guide No. 10 When you come to live in a foreign country the one thing you need to know is what’s on and where and who offers what. The English speaking expatriates are well catered for now with … Continue reading

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Whats New on BRT Television 13/04/2013

Television News from BRT By Can Gazi This week my guest is Diana Peek. She is on the Kyrenia Animal Rescue committee and we will be talking about both KAR dog shows coming up this month. First the KAR Fun … Continue reading

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Whats New on BRT Television 06/04/2013

Television News from BRT By Can Gazi On Saturday 6th April at 4.30pm the guest on my show “A Cup of Conversation”  is Al August Jnr, the owner of the Bamboo Beach Club in Alsancak. Al is a born entertainer and he has big … Continue reading

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Whats New on BRT Television 30/03/2013

Television News from BRT By Can Gazi On Saturday 30th March at 4.30pm the guests on my show “A Cup of Conversation” are Bidi McIntyre and Steve Templeman. They are two artists with very different styles, both have been inspired by the … Continue reading

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Russian Fair in Baris Park, North Cyprus

Russian Fair at Bariș Park By Margaret Sheard On Sunday 17th March, the Russian Community celebrated Maslenitsa and having missed it last year we  made sure we went along this year to join in the festivities.  Maslenitsa (also known as … Continue reading

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The St. Petersburg Trio perform in Bellapais Abbey

Classical Concert in Bellapais Abbey by Ralph Kratzer On Saturday 9th March I had the great pleasure to be invited to the classical concert event “Master Musicians Reunite for a Recital After 30 Years” taking place in the wonderful setting … Continue reading

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Editor in Chief of the first Russian newspaper in North Cyprus

The Foreign Residents in the TRNC  30 Minutes with the Secretary by Ralph Kratzer  Interview No. 7. Meeting with Yuliya Skripko from the Russian Observer On Wednesday 6th March  I followed a suggestion of Chris Elliot and Margaret Sheard from cyprusscene.com … Continue reading

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Custom car painting in North Cyprus

Custom car painting in North Cyprus  By Dasha Denisova This article will be very beautiful and interesting, I promise. Not only because it deals with artwork, creativity and is full of bright colours but also because you can get everything … Continue reading

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Second Russian Carnival comes to Kyrenia

Maslenitsa comes to Kyrenia By Olesya Larina Maslenitsa (also known as Butter Week, Pancake week, or Cheesefare Week), is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday. It is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent—that is, the seventh week … Continue reading

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First Russian Carnival in North Cyprus

First Russian Carnival in TRNC We were delighted to see our dear Russian friend Sergey Eletskikh had shared on Facebook a video by Nikita Tyr which shows the first Russian Carnival event held in Bariș Park, Kyrenia during 2012 What … Continue reading

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Sergey in Baker Street with cyprusscene

Sergey in Baker Street Whilst checking into Facebook for news, I noticed our dear Russian friend, Sergey Eletskikh had arrived on holiday in London and was enjoying the sights and scenes with his family. Knowing how much Sergey loves music … Continue reading

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Sergey Eletskikh sings a song of love

Sergey Eletskikh sings a song of love “I don’t need anything in this world” Many of our local readers may have met Sergey  Eletskikh who is a very active person in the Russian community and other communities and not only … Continue reading

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Russian Musical Evening in Alsancak, North Cyprus

A Russian Musical Evening Russians may celebrate Unity Day in many ways. Some may lay flowers to the monuments of national heroes, Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, who led a popular uprising that freed Moscow from occupation forces on November … Continue reading

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TRNC – Russian Information Guide

Russian Information Guide When you come to live in a foreign country the one thing you need to know is what’s on and where and who offers what. The English speaking expatriates are well catered for now with many sources … Continue reading

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CESV volunteers and their Russian Friends

CESV and their Russian Friends Now that the heat of the summer is diminishing and events are starting to increase,  I had the opportunity of meeting with my old friends from the Civil Emergency Service Volunteers (CESV) at the Riviera … Continue reading

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A Russian Musical Soiree in North Cyprus

A Russian Musical Soiree  I recently met Sergey Eletskikh at the opening of Colibri, the new Russian shop in Alsancak, and we have been keeping in touch, so I was delighted when he offered an invitation to go and listen … Continue reading

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(19) Песня “Марионетки”

The Puppet Song Click the Facebook link to view:- (19) Песня “Марионетки”. Having a great time with our Russian friends at Green Valley Restaurant, Alsancak singing the puppet song.

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