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Last week was an eventful one: Tuesday - Russian embassy, Wednesday - Mumiy Troll concert. I didn’t even have the energy to go to my regular Russian conversation group on Thursday!! It was well worth it, though. The embassy was a rare opportunity, and I had a blast at the concert.

Mumiy Troll was great – I’m glad they decided to add some US locations to their concert tour. Unfortunately, if you’re in the U.S. and you haven’t seen them by now, you’ll have to wait till their next tour. They’re in Seattle tonight, then back to Russia for a few more shows. (See their site for the schedule.)

Lead singer, Ilya Lagutenko, was quite the entertainer. This was the best picture I could get of him because he was all over the place! The pic doesn’t really show it, but he was making weird bug-eyed faces the whole time, too.

As you might be able to make out here, the band came out in Russian sailor costumes. The drummer, Oleg Pungin, just wore the black and white striped shirt that they wear underneath – anyone know what those are called? Reminds me of one of my favorite Russian experiences – train rides. (Just because young men on the train would often wear those navy undershirts.) Also, check out the number of heads in front of me! This was a small venue and I was able to weasel my way up pretty close to the stage!

The opening band was local Russian band, Ru Pasaran. They were a nice warm-up to Mumiy Troll.

The lead singer kinda reminded me of a young Vince Vaughn.

Were any of you lucky/smart enough to make it to one of their shows? What did you think?