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Some aspiring digital stars make tutorials on makeup and DIY, showing off their skills in making headphones from 40-caliber bullets or using cosmetics to transform into a blue and completely convincing alien from “Avatar. Her short, funny videos range from her talking about Justin Bieber and the “Twilight Saga,” to rapping and giving advice to schoolkids about the importance of staying true to yourself. Even though she’s 21, she follows Tumblr trends typical of a teenager: she says she’s sociophobic, addicted to the Internet and obsessed with cats and dogs. Kate Clapp has got two million subscribers with her funny mix of videos. Petersburg-based Usachev has vlogged since 2010, specializing in gadgets, gaming and films.

Usachev also happens to be one of the most politically oppositional vloggers in Russia, frequently expressing his own opinion, commenting on various news stories, and not avoiding political affairs. In addition, he has created and hosted a four-part documentary-style film, “Insulting Religious Feelings,” named after a recently approved criminal offense clause of the same name. Dubbed the Makeup Artist of Moscow and All Russia, a title that mimics the grandeur of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Krygina, from St. Petersburg, may have fewer subscribers than the rest of the vloggers on this list, but her fame is undoubted. As stereotypes of Russian women go, Krygina is a perfect illustration: charming, beautiful, thin, blonde and a pro at makeup, which forms a large part of her content. He makes post-apocalyptic survivalist videos about DIY, building, fishing and gardening. Most of them are shot amid nature, with the author explaining how to catch lamprey with your bare hands, make cords and ribbons from plastic bottles and knives and axes from everyday objects.

In fact, many of his viewers aren’t even sure if he is in fact Russian. European accent to give his channel an exotic aura. Kulakov’s videos range from life hacks with typical viral names like “You’ve Been Eating Shrimp Wrong” and “10 New Life Hacks That Will Change Your Life” to curious science experiments like “How to Cut Wood With Water” and “Self-Freezing Coca-Cola. He also has a series of Zombie Apocalypse Survival Tips on making a stove from a tin can and striking matches on any surface. Maxim Golopolosov is one of the first Russian Internet celebrities. From the very beginning in 2010 his videos have been compilations of funny and viral Internet videos with his humorous and explicit comments.

Nikita Dzhigurda, a flamboyant actor and media personality. Latvian channel in Russian, run by the host Stas Davidov and his partners Vitaly Golovanov and Sergei Fedorenko. 100500, their videos usually consist of an overview of the latest viral videos with Davidov hosting and commenting. 100500, This Is Khorosho is one of the very few Russian-speaking channels that doesn’t have any swearing.