The Russian Defense Ministry published a few photos taken during the training of a recently-formed Arctic Brigade. The pictures show the military personnel of a reconnaissance company of the Arctic separate motorized rifle brigade mastering the tricky way of reindeer and dog sledding in the Far North. According to the Defense Ministry, the air temperature was -30 °C (-22 °F). Facebook commentators noticed that “some pictures look surreal.”
All photos by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. H/T @TomParfitt
I enjoyed your site enormously. Just a note. Probably the reason Old Believer’s homes have icons in the corners, is because corners are considered places where the entities of the Otherworld can make contact with this world – the icons protect the home from these intrusions. Entities such as fairies, elves, witches, etc., i.e., good or bad entities.
Hope this helps, and you can pass this on. I am a Christian also, and have studied symbolism for decades.