Russia
Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация), is a transcontinental country that belongs partly to Europe and partly to Asia and extends over much of northern Eurasia. It is the country with the largest land area in the world, and has the world's largest reserves of mineral, energy resources, and freshwater. Its capital and largest city is Moscow. It has the ninth largest economy in the world and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.
Russia has a multi-ethnic population of about 143 million, making it the ninth most populous country in the world. The population density is higher in the west and south, and lower in the north and east. The biggest ethnic group are Russians (about 80%), followed by Tatars, Ukrainians, Chuvash, Chechen, Armenians and others. The country's official language is Russian, but there are 27 other languages that have a co-official status in their regions.
Russia established worldwide power and influence from the time of the Russian Empire (1721-1917), when it was the third largest empire in history. The Russian Revolution in 1917 led to the fall of imperial rule and the rise of communism in Russia, and the subsequent formation of the Soviet Union (USSR), of which Russia was the largest and leading constituent. The USSR was a superpower throughout the 20th century and played a decisive role in the Allied victory in 1945 during World War II. It dissolved in 1991 to form the Russian Federation and 14 other countries, following the collapse of communism in the country. It is now governed by a federal semi-presidential republic, with the President as the head of state and the Prime Minister as the head of government.
Spanking in Russia[edit]
Corporal punishment has a long ancient tradition in most parts of Russia. This spans practically all areas, from judicial corporal punishment (such as whipping of convicted criminals and prisoners) to military corporal punishment (such as whipping of soldiers) and, in milder forms, corporal punishment of children in the home and in institutions such as orphanages and schools.
As in many other parts of the world, Russian culture traditionally also accepted the corporal punishment of serfs by their lords, servants by their masters and wives by their husbands. Historically, traditional spanking implements include birch rods, knout, and nettles.
Illustration of corporal punishments in Russia by the German artist Christian Geissler (1805).
Illustration of corporal punishments in Russia by the German artist Christian Geissler (1805).
Illustration of corporal punishments in Russia by the German artist Christian Geissler (1805).
Illustration of corporal punishments in Russia by the German artist Christian Geissler (1805).
Illustration of corporal punishments in Russia by the German artist Christian Geissler (1805).
Illustration of corporal punishments in Russia by the German artist Christian Geissler (1805).
Fifty lashes, illustration by Davis Millet for Campaigning with the Cossacks (1887).
"The horrors in Russian prisons, the punishments inflicted on prisoners, mean that a significant part of them dies." The ilustration by Achille Beltrame shows two whipping benches, one of them with holes, presumably for the arms like the Scottish whipping tables, on which the prisoners were restrained and flogged on their bare backs (not buttocks) with thin multi-tailed whips.
"Pravezh", the specific old Russian punishment. Artwork by Russian artist Antonina Christianovna Westphalen (1912).
Public judicial corporal punishment with the knout on the street. Artwork by Russian artist Antonina Christianovna Westphalen (1912).
Non-public judicial birching in a police office. Artwork by Russian artist Antonina Christianovna Westphalen (1912).
Illustration for Maxim Gorky's story "Детство" ("childhood").
Canes came into popularity in the late 19th century. Nowadays, the most popular (almost national) spanking implement in Russia is the leather belt. Less popular are whips, switches and sticks.
It was a team of Russian scientists who found scientific support for medical, therapeutic whipping in 2005.
Russian spanking art[edit]
Russian mainstream artists who depicted spanking scenes include Pavel Kovalevsky and Sergey Anatolyevich Panin.
Amateur, Friendlycat, Kindinov, Korovieff, Marquis (Маркиз), Max Safonov, Rumata Estorian and Andrew Wolkoff are Russian spanking artists.
Mark Desadov's world is a Russian spanking website that contains mostly BDSM content.
Mainstreams films[edit]
- Mytar (1997), M/F scene, video clip
- Of Freaks and Men (1998), film about the first corporal punishment stag films, including two F/F birching scenes, in the 1900s. Video excerpts can be seen here and here.
- Tsirk sgorel, i klouny razbezhalis (1998), M/F, video clip
- Kochegar (2010), M/F, video clip
Spanking video producers[edit]
- Nettles Corporation, Russian producer of caning and spanking videos based in Moscow.
- Discipline in Russia #3: Country Tales/Punishment for Adultery (2005), outdoor spanking (photos, more photos, video)
- English Education (2015), dunce cap, video
- Receiving Gold Card #39 (photos, video)
- Receiving Gold Card #77: Inga (photos, video)
- Rough Man Spank #56 (SpankBang video, Xhampster video)
- Rough Man Spank #59 & 60: Lena and Anna (2007), photos, video
- Russian Slaves #13: Two Girls Spanked in the Woods (photos, video)
- Hippo and Flamingo - producer of M/F and F/M content created by a real-life Russian couple (Twitter account)
- Spanking Them (M/F, F/F videos), website, video
- Nu-West/Leda Productions distributed Russian-made videos in the U.S.
- Discipline, Russian Style (c. 1994), switching video at Xhampster, video clip 2
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