Russia/Germany

Russia/Germany is a fanpairing in Axis Powers Hetalia; combining the characters Russia (Ivan Braginsky) and Germany (Ludwig) together.

Introduction
Russia/Germany is not a popular fanpairing among the fans, but the pairing was thought of when Chapter 5: Lietuvis was published; in the webcomic and in the official strips.

Depictions of the pairing in the official Hetalia works are very scarce; most of its fans tend to find alternatives of this pairing's relationship in History books and real life news between the two countries.

Trivia

 * Russia/Germany is called 水道管コンビ (suidoukan-konbi) among the Japanese fans. The name literally means "water pipe pairing" - a name given from Russia's infamous faucet pipe, which was conviniently taken from Germany's garden/compound, in Lietuvis.
 * In one of the lost strips, Russia once threatened Germany that he would get rid of one of his friends if he still refused to befriend him. Germany also noted that Russia used to shoot him on sight when they were younger. This particular strip was taken down due to inaccuracies, prior to the Non-Aggression Pact.


 * Russia and Germany are noted as friends (in Lietuvis) and best friends (in the official Hetalia Volume 5 ).
 * Russia nearly kissed Germany in the 2011 Christmas Event in Kitayume; of which Germany refused the kiss and Russia suggested that he should send Germany a blow-kiss instead. This makes the pairing the second pair in Hetalia with a kissing scene; first being HRE/Chibitalia.
 * A fan once submitted a prompt for Himaruya's "Sudden Death" Event, saying how awkward it would be for Russia and Germany to kiss each other on the mouth, and Himaruya simply responded by drawing a picture of Germany looking very nervous. This may be in reference to the infamous kiss between the Soviet (Leonid Brezhnev) and the East German (Erich Honecker) leaders.
 * Both Russia and Germany commented (in their head) almost the same thing, as they watch one of America's films; noted in Hetalia Volume 5.
 * In the 2009's April Fool Event, Russia and Germany are the only ones who wore a maid costume, complete with animal ears. Russia wore something close to a dirndl or barmaid, while Germany wore the traditional housemaid attire.