22 December 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Well, the Apocalypse didn’t Happen! But that isn’t the End of the World!

Well, the Apocalypse didn’t Happen! But that isn’t the End of the World!

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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According to the calendar of the ancient Mayans, 21 December 2012 was the end of the so-called Cycle of the Long Count, the Age of the Fifth Sun, which began in August 3114 BC. On that date, the calendar ends, this gave pessimists reason to believe that the Mayans predicted the end of the world. However, the promised apocalypse never arrived.

21 December 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20121221/915783367.html

9 December 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. They Undermined National Health

They Undermined National Health

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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Chief State Public Health Doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko believes that the distributors of the rumours of the approach of the end of the world should face legal penalties, as these stories have had a negative impact on the health of Russians.

30 November 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20121130/912941754.html

 

27 November 2012. RIA-Novosti Infographics. Doomsday Calendar

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Almost every year, according to various predictions, mankind awaits the end of the world. The notorious preacher Harold Camping predicted the coming of the apocalypse; he said that the world would end 21 May 2011. Based on many years of Bible study and the use of mathematics, Camping suggested that the world would end on 21 May 2011 at 06.00. Besides this, the list of prospective dates of “doomsday” included 22 September 2012… on this day, was supposed to be the “energy end of the world”, a man-made global catastrophe. According to the calculations of NASA scientists, with the National Academy of Sciences, strong solar flares would send out an electromagnetic pulse that would fry almost all electrical and electronic equipment, leading to a disaster causing the deaths of millions of people. According to the predictions of the ancient Mayans, 21 December 2012 would be the end of our civilisation as we know it. On this day, according to an ancient treatise, something unusual happens in the solar system… the so-called “Galactic Alignment“. Earth, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn will all be in line with the Sun. Because of the unusual proximity of the Earth to the Sun, a chain reaction would begin, heavy streams of energy would saturate the atmosphere, and the Earth wouldn’t be able to withstand the shock.

23 May 2011

RIA-Novosti

http://en.rian.ru/infographics/20110523/164176187.html

12 May 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. The End of the World Has Been Cancelled… 2012

The End of the World Has Been Cancelled…

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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Mr Yolkin mines a bit of ordinary Russian reality for laughs. At this time of year, the heating, hot water, and electricity in Russian apartment blocks undergo planned maintenance, which leads to (sometimes unannounced) shutoffs of the utility or service concerned. “It’s NOT the end of the world, Vsevolod Anatolyevich, it’s just the plumbers working on the hot water… you’ll have it back in a day or two {which means “next week”: editor}”. It’s a slice of Modern Russian urban life…

Besides that, Maya’s a rather common Russian female name… in short, Sergei Yolkin (as per usual) milks the maximum amount of SMILE from a given topic, yet again. It’s why he’s one of my faves…

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Dmitri Belyaev, deputy director of the Knorozov Mesoamerican Centre of Russian State Humanitarian University (RGGU), said in an interview with RIA-Novosti that Mayan tradition, or, more precisely, their traditional calendar, doesn’t make any predictions about the coming end of the world in 2012; it’s only the end of one of its cycles, not the endpoint of all time.

11 May 2102

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20120511/646712346.html