{"id":3060,"date":"2017-02-28T22:18:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T19:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/?page_id=3060"},"modified":"2020-05-23T00:01:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T21:01:36","slug":"aly-aj-russia-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/aly-aj-russia\/aly-aj-russia-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Aly & AJ Russia’s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aly & AJ Russia<\/strong> (also known as Michalka Fan Russia<\/strong> from 2011<\/em> to 2016<\/em>) was launched on October, 30th 2011<\/strong>. I had been a fan of Aly & AJ<\/strong> for 2 years, since June, 16th 2009<\/strong>, before I decided to create a club of the Michalka<\/strong> sisters’ fans. I did not care that I knew English<\/strong> very bad and decided to create a club of Russian<\/strong> fans on English<\/strong>. Why did I do so? Because I thought it would be better to speak English<\/strong> that many people know. All the more, this is a mother language of Aly & AJ<\/strong>. So, I have been posting updates in English<\/strong>, but it does not mean I would not speak Russian<\/strong> if I get something on this language. <\/p>\n

The first tweets of our community that was called Michalka Fan Russia<\/strong> was: <\/p>\n

“Welcome to fan page of Aly & AJ Michalka (@78violet<\/strong><\/em>). We, the Russian fans uniting a common interest and let’s go will follow each other! Yes, and fans from different countries may also have following!! Good luck, guys)) Xo @Michalka_Fan_Ru<\/strong><\/em>“. <\/p>\n

\u2013 @Michalka_Fan_Ru<\/strong> (Michalka Fan Russia’s Twitter<\/strong><\/em>)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can still find these tweets, checking out the tweets I liked\/favorited. Yes, my English<\/em> was so terrible, and I feel ashamed for the people I was talking with on this language. They definitely thought I was a little bit crazy…<\/p>\n

My first mission was getting a follow<\/em> from Aly & AJ<\/strong>. I remember how much I tweeted them and said I loved them… And I finally got a follow<\/em> from them on November, 3rd 2011<\/strong>. But on March, 5th 2012<\/strong>, I got the first answer<\/em> from the girls on Twitter. <\/p>\n

“HI to the amazing & perfect @78violet<\/strong><\/em> and our #VioletBuds friends:))) Hope you have a great & perfect day:) Love all so much:) xoxo MFR” <\/p>\n

\u2013 @Michalka_Fan_Ru<\/strong> (Michalka Fan Russia’s Twitter<\/strong><\/em>)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And they replied (and also made me very very happy<\/em>): <\/p>\n

“@Michalka_Fan_Ru<\/strong><\/em>, We had a perfect day…we pray you have a beautiful day and thank you for your kindness and love…Violet Buds we are! xo”.<\/p>\n

\u2013 @78violet<\/strong> (Aly & AJ Michalka’s Twitter<\/strong><\/em>)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At the same time, I was thinking about creating a fansite<\/em> about Aly & AJ<\/strong> for a long time. However, I did not have any experience in HTML<\/em>, CSS<\/em>, and other things about that. I had a failure when I tried to create a site<\/em> on a Russian hosting<\/em> and left that mind. But later, I suddenly began to think about it again. And decided to try again. On June, 27th 2012<\/strong>, I created a site on Blogger<\/strong>, michalkafanrussia.blogspot.com<\/strong>. I did love my site too much and was working too much to make it better. I did not even get upset because not many people visited my site. However, the other sites about Aly & AJ<\/strong> always inspired me not to stop. I created a Facebook<\/strong> page, a YouTube<\/strong> account (and made a few birthday videos that neither Aly or AJ<\/strong> have not noticed yet<\/em>) and an Instagram<\/strong> account.<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong> was much better for Michalka Fan Russia<\/strong>. We changed our domain to michalkafanrussia.tk<\/strong> and got the first answer and like from Michalkas<\/strong> on Facebook<\/strong>, the first like from AJ on Instagram, the first repost of our Instagram photo to Aly & AJ<\/strong>‘s Twitter<\/strong>, the first repost of our photo by Aly<\/strong> on her Instagram<\/strong>, her first like on Instagram<\/strong>, the first repost of our photo by AJ<\/strong> on her Instagram<\/strong>, and a birthday tweet<\/em> from them both (they did not mention my personal account with “@<\/strong>” but wrote it<\/em>). 2013<\/strong> was a hard year for me, but doing what I love helped me to survive all the bad things and feel better. Also, I opened the photogallery<\/strong> (michalkafanrussia.freezoy.com<\/em><\/strong>) but stopped publishing photos in the end of the year.<\/p>\n

In 2014<\/strong>, nothing special happened, but I finally got a follow from Aly & AJ<\/strong> on Instagram<\/strong>. AJ<\/strong> followed me on May, 4th 2014<\/strong>, but Aly did that on July, 30th 2014. All the more, they wished me a happy birthday the second time on Instagram. This year was great to me because I finally graduated from school after passing all the exams. In 2015<\/strong>, we only got the first retweet of our tweet on Aly & AJ<\/strong>‘s Twitter<\/strong> and got Aly & AJ<\/strong> saw our birthday wishes on Instagram<\/strong> (we sent them via Instagram Direct<\/strong><\/em>). <\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> was a time of changes! I got a birthday wish from the girls and got them like and answer what I sent them on Twitter<\/strong>\/Facebook<\/strong>. And after thinking a little bit, we decided to move to another hosting and re-open our site<\/em>. So, that happened when we opened a beta version<\/em> of the new site (michalkafanrussia.epizy.com<\/em><\/strong>) on April 2016<\/strong>. I do not know if people liked it, but I decided to officially re-launch the site on the birthday of our site – June, 27th<\/strong>, change the domain to alyandajrussia.tk<\/strong> and open the Lyrics Center<\/strong> (alyandajrussia.tk\/lyrics<\/em><\/strong>). All the more, I began to update the photogallery<\/strong> again and changed the domain to photos-alyandajrussia.tk<\/strong>. The site had had the Russian version<\/strong> for a few months before I had to take it down because of some problems with a hosting.<\/p>\n

Then, on the start of July<\/strong>, I got a message from one person, who purposed me to change the community name. I was thinking about that because I knew Michalka Fan Russia<\/strong> sounded weirdly and did not know how to translate and explain it. So, I started a pool to know people’s opinion. And they decided I should have changed the community name to Aly & AJ Russia<\/strong>. I finally did it on July, 10th 2016<\/strong>. But I did not escape “Michalka Fan Russia<\/strong>” and called my site “Michalka Fan Russia by Aly & AJ Russia<\/strong>“. <\/p>\n

Nevertheless, I changed the name to Aly & AJ Russia<\/strong> in February 2017<\/strong> when I decided to change a layout. Also, I changed the domain to alyandajrussia.tk<\/strong> (site<\/em>) \/ photos-alyandajrussia.tk<\/strong> (gallery<\/em>) \/ alyandajrussia.tk\/lyrics<\/strong> (lyrics center<\/em>) and kept alyandajrussia.tk<\/strong> (site<\/em>) \/ photos-alyandajrussia.tk<\/strong> (gallery<\/em>) \/ alyandajrussia.tk\/lyrics<\/strong> (lyrics center<\/em>) as added domains. <\/p>\n

On June, 27th 2017<\/strong>, we celebrated the 5th anniversary<\/em> of launching our fan site and the 1st anniversary<\/em> of relaunching this one (moving from Blogger to a new hosting and opening the site based on WordPress<\/strong>\/Coppermine<\/strong><\/em>). After Aly & AJ<\/strong> released their brand new singles “Take Me<\/strong>” and “I Know<\/strong>” and then announced and released a new EP “Ten Years<\/strong>“, we got quite many likes\/retweets on Twitter<\/strong>\/Instagram<\/em>\/Facebook<\/em> from August 2017<\/strong> to November 2017<\/strong>. On September, 1st 2017<\/strong>, we put up the better layouts (supporting a mobile version<\/em>) on our main site<\/strong>, Photogallery<\/strong>, and Lyrics Center<\/strong> and removed the domain alyandajrussia.tk \u2014 so, our site is available only on alyandajrussia.tk<\/strong>. About our Lyrics Center<\/strong> (alyandajrussia.tk\/lyrics<\/strong>): we made a brand new and more comfortable one you to find all the lyrics of Aly & AJ<\/strong>‘s songs and update it immediately after we get some information. You can find all the lyrics on this section and come back there again and again. On September, 10th 2017<\/strong>, we set up the Russian language<\/em> on our site. So, since that time, Aly & AJ Russia<\/strong> is available on English<\/em> and Russian<\/em>. Unfortunately, after we had gotten the Russian version<\/em>, we lost many visitors, and get only about 1-5 visitors per day<\/em>. Quite sad, but I hope we would get much more visitors one beautiful day and become one of the best sources about Aly & AJ Michalka<\/strong>. On October, 1st 2017<\/strong>, we opened the new Media Center<\/strong> (alyandajrussia.tk\/media<\/strong>), the place where you can see some arts made by me and download whatever you want (wallpapers, CD covers, calendars, etc<\/em>). Unfortunately, I did not get a birthday wish from the sisters this year after getting it a few times every year. But it’s okay, I’m not upset at all and keep working on what I’m doing. <\/p>\n

Our story has been continuing for more than 5 years<\/strong>. We are getting better and trying to think up something interesting and become one of the most informed and best sources about Aly & AJ<\/strong>, even if do not have many visitors every day and not so many followers. Everything I’m doing for Aly & AJ Russia<\/strong> is all for you, guys. I will keep doing what I’m doing and believe something good and great will happen someday. There are so many plans that I want to make come true to make this club better and better. Thank you to the people, who support us and find my work good and needed<\/em>. I will be working on what I’m doing for you…<\/p>\n

To be continued…<\/em><\/p>\n

Lots of love, Aly & AJ Russia<\/strong> \/ Michalka Fan Russia<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Updated on December, 15th 2017<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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