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Russia
Since Russia is in Europe :);) , I will repost here some pictures of my homeland for others to enjoy. Urban, suburban and whatever.
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photo by jst posted on SCC; the thread is here
Moscow region (20 km from Moscow city limits), 8 km from Domodedovo airport. http://photos.streamphoto.ru/2/0/f/5...2efaf68f02.jpg The houses are mostly summer residences - most Moscovites (such hard is there life in this expensive city) have a summer "vacation" house in the suburbs where they live 3-4 months a year. Not considering this a vacation, just a matter of regular life. Those houses typically were bulit without running water (use your own well), no flush toilet (outhouse or septic), have electricity and in some cases natural gas. Nowdays western style developments for people who want to live in the suburb all year are built with all ameneties of civillization. http://photos.streamphoto.ru/1/0/4/1...6199f49401.jpg http://photos.streamphoto.ru/2/0/d/4...d1c4d47d02.jpg http://photos.streamphoto.ru/f/5/3/c...ae5721d35f.jpg http://photos.streamphoto.ru/e/3/4/9...bb79b0c43e.jpg |
Great idea for a thread! I love to see photos from the Russian country side and provincial cities. :)
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Always love your pics Olga. I just returned from Russia.
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photo by Fog from SSC
I drop commentaries, you can find them in Russian in the original thread here Black Sea coast, city of Gelendjik look atGoogle Maps http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._2b1b501e_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._59c8b1b9_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._e825f469_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._116ad2af_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._f7631fe2_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._4ae1fe65_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._450ced53_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._44ad9e25_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._ce2b6900_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._2d854572_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._d93a77b2_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._6e8bd06c_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._dd8c4304_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._7a75d540_orig http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2/fog..._5039fd1e_orig |
photo from SCC, a friend of Siberian drove through Altai mountains to Russian-Mongolian border; the most beautiful places, like lakes and breattaking mountin views have been skipped, it was not a tourist trip, just pictures taken from the car
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=504625 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...887_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...894_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...914_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...925_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...928_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...942_resize.jpg River Katun' http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...959_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...966_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...978_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...981_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...996_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...998_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...000_resize.jpg the road back http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...038_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...055_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...058_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...072_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...102_resize.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...117_resize.jpg |
Russia is indeed in Europe, or at least the main cities, heartland and historical core are. The old USSR was IMO pretty much a continent on its own tho :) Russia is HUGE which makes for varied landscapes and urban styles -> beautiful pics :cheers:
Closest I've been to Russia is Riga in Latvia. Which actually has a Russian majority! |
Lets face it: Russia's core (Moscow) is in Europe, and most of its population lives in the European part of the country!
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Kazan by ruso malo on SCC
My father was born in this city during WWII in evacuation http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/64/c913591a1a76.jpg http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/0b/6bc6daabb2d5.jpg http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/21/57b3b5a0dab7.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/ba/4f70b0980a24.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/75/f2bd13b2827a.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/df/fc8828d9fee7.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/fb/037b0fb5a223.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/7e/d9a15a045b41.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/41/f5d0a168dea6.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/eb/5775cb46455d.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/58/648264a588b6.jpg http://rt.foto.radikal.ru/0710/0e/abb913da0706.jpg http://rv.foto.radikal.ru/0710/f2/8ebcbbd9cda5.jpg http://rq.foto.radikal.ru/0710/6e/6397ed84254a.jpg http://rp.foto.radikal.ru/0710/e3/5be0826b4a4f.jpg http://rj.foto.radikal.ru/0710/f7/379fe776e324.jpg http://re.foto.radikal.ru/0710/36/ffdc3dec4086.jpg http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0710/60/4b031e8aded8.jpg http://rj.foto.radikal.ru/0710/ba/cf272a21a806.jpg http://rp.foto.radikal.ru/0710/cb/2fb364c60c0b.jpg http://rj.foto.radikal.ru/0710/b3/009387123fd4.jpg http://rl.foto.radikal.ru/0710/8b/1ee79f23c254.jpg http://ro.foto.radikal.ru/0710/f7/f4d5fc480838.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0710/7d/bcf36f56d9f4.jpg http://rk.foto.radikal.ru/0710/6d/299515f41a09.jpg http://rw.foto.radikal.ru/0710/09/fa0648ece92d.jpg http://rf.foto.radikal.ru/0710/b3/25a48b240363.jpg http://rb.foto.radikal.ru/0710/fe/296dda2430da.jpg http://rw.foto.radikal.ru/0710/94/57d9df3e28a2.jpg http://rb.foto.radikal.ru/0710/8f/2cadddea2afd.jpg http://rj.foto.radikal.ru/0710/51/e804205e61db.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/49/58c268e8967b.jpg http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0709/72/47b9a34ce6b3.jpg Kazan metro, inaugurated in 2005 5 stations so far, and is growing http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...3-kreml-02.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...kreml-wide.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...s/kreml-05.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...3-kreml-01.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...s/tukai-06.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...s/tukai-04.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...s/sukno-02.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...s/sukno-06.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...emet-01-03.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...emet-02-02.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...emet-03-03.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...n-gorki-03.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...s/gorki-04.jpg http://metroworld.ruz.net/others/ima...s/gorki-02.jpg |
photo by ruso malo
The original thread is here with Russian commentaries. The thread is about the city of Izhevsk located in Ural Mountains. There is a big weapon factory there where Kalashnikov automatic rifles are produced among other weapons. Mikhailovskij Cathedral was destroyed by communists in 1930s and rebuilt as a replica, reopen Aug 5th 2007. http://rq.foto.radikal.ru/0709/e6/92ff280759f0.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2147/...763e839e_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2075/...51198b23_b.jpg http://rq.foto.radikal.ru/0709/5b/936b8ac69a39.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2077/...c93a4eb1_o.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0709/41/4a89cfe05eeb.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0709/87/ee25c7883f8c.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0709/c2/8667c2e32f63.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0709/7c/4ff5a450f569.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0709/68/fb1f181c0165.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0709/36/fb55227f8ba5.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0709/47/bc81c9c7d271.jpg http://ra.foto.radikal.ru/0709/29/76c8a1156b7d.jpg Circus http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/2e/26e693c2655e.jpg http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/7a/0df5e94b7121.jpg http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/4e/c2218d92e8fd.jpg http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/2b/64b0c9a11d39.jpg http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/b1/e906ec15600e.jpg http://rr.foto.radikal.ru/0709/f3/61ce2fd3425e.jpg http://rs.foto.radikal.ru/0709/c8/517e2738aeb6.jpg http://rs.foto.radikal.ru/0709/1a/ae3455bd747c.jpg http://rs.foto.radikal.ru/0709/cf/9a61fca09394.jpg http://rs.foto.radikal.ru/0709/e2/0fe8775cf117.jpg http://rc.foto.radikal.ru/0709/0e/f1293bb7e0b5.jpg http://rc.foto.radikal.ru/0709/42/55cad2b62d25.jpg http://rc.foto.radikal.ru/0709/4a/9adde42f52f5.jpg http://rc.foto.radikal.ru/0709/1d/8c30c762752f.jpg http://rc.foto.radikal.ru/0709/0e/5020c93ff45b.jpg http://rc.foto.radikal.ru/0709/56/8b53437bf1b1.jpg http://m.foto.radikal.ru/0702/d10c1c757272.jpg http://www.russianmanchester.com/pho...vsk/v3_sml.JPG http://www.russianmanchester.com/pho...vsk/v2_sml.JPG http://p.foto.radikal.ru/0702/b396c11e810d.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2101/...a2303c32_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/...913a2948_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/...7d6e8af6_o.jpg |
A little more of Ural mountains; river Chusovaja - a popular place for river tourism.
photo by andrej82 http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/phot...58713_3873.jpg http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/phot...58714_4188.jpg http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/phot...58719_3670.jpg http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/phot...58722_4736.jpg http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/phot...58723_5103.jpg photo by Olh http://www.e1.ru/fun/photo/view_pic....ef948/view.pic http://www.e1.ru/fun/photo/view_pic....63cb4/view.pic http://www.e1.ru/fun/photo/view_pic....3035e/view.pic http://www.e1.ru/fun/photo/view_pic....00220/view.pic |
Khabarovsk - city in the Far East on Amur River (across China)
climat - combination of Atlanta-like hot humid summers and brutal Edmonton-like winters with rapid transitions in between most famous animal in the sorrounding forests - Siberian Tiger (currently the largest carnivor on the planet) photo from SCC thread by kharlam the thread is quite long and very good I will repost only very small fraction of pics from there http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/000-0727.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...am/005467y.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...nabereznay.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/Kalinina.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...260046copy.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r..._synagogue.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...turgeneva1.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...lam/museum.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/IMG_0155.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...lam/260054.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/0005dtdc.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/31.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/34.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/33.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...000310x500.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...000303x500.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/1477.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...46b3f35a_o.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...54636270_o.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...c302b9fe_o.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/w4.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/w1.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/w3.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/cirk.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1141187401.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...lam/060905.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/DSC07145.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/DSC05866.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/58.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/56.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/53.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/52.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...G_1679copy.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...G_1678copy.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...919820e8_o.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/64.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/63.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/62.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/61-1.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/21-1.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/32.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...am/0812052.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r..._michinoku.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/0000p0ca.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...Khabarovsk.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...G_1789copy.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...G_1763copy.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...G_1736copy.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...G_1729copy.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/0009rqt5.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1-Img_2197.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/24-1.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/25.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/27.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/30.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/32-2.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/33-1.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/34-1.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/48.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/41.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/1.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/3-2.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...260032copy.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/DSC06652.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/kharlam/9.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...61ea4d5c_o.jpg Khabarovsk to be continued... |
Great thread, I never new Russia was so beutiful! :tup:
I thought it was more, yeah you know comunistic in building style. |
Well, there are plenty of commiblocks, and I think you can see some of them in this thead too... but certainly Russian cities are much more than just drab commiblocks. There are common traits to many cities
- if there is a riverfront - in the city center it is usually well developed for public, not commercial - commiblocks allow high population density and plenty of green space between buildings - reasonably high population density = public transit is well developed - neihgbourhood of commiblocks are well-defined, i.e. they often end abruptly bordering a forest of a field with little or no suburbia - city centers are clean and well-maintained |
Due to gazillion of pics and practically no comments the thread takes forever to load.
I will return to Khabarovsk a little later (plenty of good pics not shown yet). Now we switch to the city of Barnaul (pronounced Bar-nah-OOL). Pics by Siberian, from SSC. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060611.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060615.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060620.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060628.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060633.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060640.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060638.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060645.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060647.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060651.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060653.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060661.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060668.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060674.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060676.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060677.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060679.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060665.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060683.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060688.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060693.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060694.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060696.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/P1060705.jpg |
More of Barnaul by Siberian
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Wow, Russia is definitely one of a kind.
These photos remind me of this TV show that was on here in Canada called "Long Way Round" with Ewan McGregor. http://www.longwayround.com/html/longwayround.html |
This thread has become unbearbly long to load... I have cut about half of the pics (those intersted can go to the links of the original threads), but it is still slow.
Plus, I added a few pics to the posts of cities of Kazan and Ekaterinburg to show their subway systems. |
russia is right up there with china as one of the countries i really want to visit in the not too distant future.
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