Photos from Ryazan, Russia

bureau-de-change / Humorless bureau de change

cat-1 / Unnamed cat (no, really, its owners refuse to give it a name)

cat-2 / Unnamed cat (no, really, its owners refuse to give it a name)

lenin-statue-1 / Lenin Statue, a must-have for every Soviet town

lenin-statue-2 / Lenin Statue, a must-have for every Soviet town

lenin-statue-3 / Lenin Statue, a must-have for every Soviet town

nazis / Nazis handing out Swastika-laced propaganda (in center right, note fellow with red armband -- who said he did not want his photo taken, so this photo was snapped from across the square)

world-war-ii-memorial / Memorial to the Great Patriot War (World War II), a place where couples traditionally go after they're married