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Tag Archives: Russia
Kiev or Kyiv – what to call the Ukrainian capital
During my 2012 trip to Europe the only reason I had for visiting Kiev was to visit Chernobyl, but I ended up loving the city so much I was sad to leave it so soon. But one thing I never […]
Russian level crossings bite back!
As I travelled across Russia by train there was an interesting feature at every level crossing we passed through – massive steel plates that lifted out of the roadway, preventing cars from driving around the boom gates. Some level crossings […]
ОПЭ1 electro-diesel locomotives of the former USSR
An electro-diesel locomotive is a unit that can operate from either an external electric power source, or standalone with an onboard diesel engine, and on the railways of the former USSR is an interesting example – the ОПЭ1 and subsequent […] Continue reading
Posted in Trains
Tagged freight trains, locomotives, mining, rail freight, Russia, Soviet Union
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Exploring the bizarre world of VDNKh
On the outskirts of Moscow is VDNKh – originally built by an exhibition centre to show off the achievements of the Soviet Union, by the time I visited in 2013 it was a bizarre mix of fairground meets flea market, set amongst a collection of Soviet architecture.
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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