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Rubbing the dog’s nose for good luck
The stations of the Moscow Metro are known for their ornate architecture, but Площадь Революции (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line has another form of artwork to offer. A series of bronze sculptures. For some reason the dog sculpture […]
Posted in Trains
Tagged artwork, metros, Moscow, Moscow Metro, public art, Russia, sculpture, Soviet Union
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Barbed wire and guard towers protecting the bridges and tunnels of the Russian Railways
On my journey across Russia by train I passed through many tunnels and over many bridges, and noticed something strange at each one.
Posted in Trains
Tagged bridges, mystery, police, Russia, Russian Railways, security, tunnels
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Freight trams of Europe
Trams are usually used to carry passengers, but across Europe there are a handful of tramway networks that also carry freight. Pure freight The best known in the English speaking world is the ‘CarGoTram‘ of Dresden, Germany. Photo by kaffeeeinstein, […]
Posted in Trams
Tagged Austria, Dresden, freight trains, Germany, Kharkiv, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, rail freight, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Switzerland, Tula, Ukraine, Vienna, Zurich
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Transporting spent nuclear fuel on the Russian Railways
With a large fleet of nuclear power stations used for electricity generation across Russia, there is also an increasing quantity of отработанного ядерного топлива (spent nuclear fuel) needing to be safely transported to reprocessing or storage facilities, where the useful […]
Posted in Trains
Tagged freight trains, nuclear power, rail freight, Russia, Russian Railways, waste management
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What do Russians finance at payday lenders?
Following on from a previous post on a clever advertisement from a payday lender in Nizhny Novgorod, this advert from ТФБ-Займъ (TFB-Zaim) has another oddball list of reasons to borrow money at exorbitant interest rates. I can understand car repairs, […]
Roadside billboards in Russia
You’ve got to hand it to Russia – decades of communism haven’t affected their ability to get people to buy useless crap, if these billboards along the Volga River in Nizhny Novgorod are anything to go by. ‘High returns’ from […]
Posted in Everyday life
Tagged advertising, banking, credit cards, finance, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, shopping
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«Саквояж СВ» – inhouse magazine of the Russian Railways
Inflight magazines are a common sight whenever you fly, but the Russian Railways also have give their passengers something to read on long train journeys – inhouse magazine «Саквояж СВ». «Саквояж» is the Russian word for a leather travel bag […]
Sochi construction before the 2014 Winter Olympics
My visit to Sochi was during the leadup to the 2014 Winter Olympics, so the city was in a state of flux. Cranes soared into the sky. As new apartment blocks took shape. As well as new hotels. Adding to […]
Builder’s plates on Russian-built trains
A builder’s plate indicates who built a particular piece of machinery, as well as the the model number, serial number, and date of manufacture. Here are some examples from the rolling stock of the railways of Russia and Ukraine. ЭД4МК […]
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Tagged Kiev Metro, Nizhny Novgorod, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways, Ukraine
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Ice fishing across Russia
As I travelled by train across Russia in the middle of winter, there was one thing I saw on every river I passed over – people going ice fishing. They drive down to their local river. Then tramp across the […]