Oto in Motherland: a (huge) photo log
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Playground and typical residential blocks
Very typical living arrangements for many citizens
Non-functional ping-pong table
Garage
The corner of the building where I lived during this trip.
You can see just how worn-out it is here!
Prospekt Prosvescheniya (‘Enlightenment Avenue’), right near my windows
*to be continued*
Very typical living arrangements for many citizens
Non-functional ping-pong table
Garage
The corner of the building where I lived during this trip.
You can see just how worn-out it is here!
Prospekt Prosvescheniya (‘Enlightenment Avenue’), right near my windows
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Trash can
Enlightenment Avenue
Sign reads “what’s next?”
No comment?
Shopping arrangements nearby, I’d often go for groceries there
The car in the middle is apparently a ‘veterinary ambulance’
Inside the block where I resided for this trip
*to be continued*
Enlightenment Avenue
Sign reads “what’s next?”
No comment?
Shopping arrangements nearby, I’d often go for groceries there
The car in the middle is apparently a ‘veterinary ambulance’
Inside the block where I resided for this trip
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Another day; a tram ride down the Enlightenment Avenue
Interesting Oto fact:
Oto’s grandfather, the one who was seen in previous pictures, spent all his adult life (until very recently) involved in building these tram cars. He rose from assembly line worker to the factory’s HR manager in later years. A real hard-working guy, he didn’t retire until almost the age of 80, and now spends most of his time doing all sorts of handiwork at his dacha for himself and the neighbourhood.
That’s not to say the trams, most of which are now decades old, are particularly good – sturdy, though!
View out the window.
A demolition site behind the fence.
A Soviet-era movie theatre turned shopping centre
Heavy ConstruKction
*to be continued*
Interesting Oto fact:
Oto’s grandfather, the one who was seen in previous pictures, spent all his adult life (until very recently) involved in building these tram cars. He rose from assembly line worker to the factory’s HR manager in later years. A real hard-working guy, he didn’t retire until almost the age of 80, and now spends most of his time doing all sorts of handiwork at his dacha for himself and the neighbourhood.
That’s not to say the trams, most of which are now decades old, are particularly good – sturdy, though!
View out the window.
A demolition site behind the fence.
A Soviet-era movie theatre turned shopping centre
Heavy ConstruKction
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Tram door
A nice neighbourhood park
There seems to be a recently-built church (could not have been there in the soviet times) in the background; the car in front is a typical VAZ of perhaps 25-year vintage
Random Oto on the tram.
I kept it since it’s the only picture I’ve seen which is accurate to my actual eye colour
A brick apartment block.
A step up from those doubleplus ungood prefab cardhouses!
Passing another tram
*to be continued*
A nice neighbourhood park
There seems to be a recently-built church (could not have been there in the soviet times) in the background; the car in front is a typical VAZ of perhaps 25-year vintage
Random Oto on the tram.
I kept it since it’s the only picture I’ve seen which is accurate to my actual eye colour
A brick apartment block.
A step up from those doubleplus ungood prefab cardhouses!
Passing another tram
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Concrete building of the same so-called “ship” series, in all its true-to-life ugliness
These were built mostly in the 70’s and by now are in an absolutely awful state
A new building
The far end of Englightenment Avenue at Grazhdansky Prospekt (‘Citizens’ Avenue’)
Buildings
A Soviet version of a skyscraper or something
*to be continued*
These were built mostly in the 70’s and by now are in an absolutely awful state
A new building
The far end of Englightenment Avenue at Grazhdansky Prospekt (‘Citizens’ Avenue’)
Buildings
A Soviet version of a skyscraper or something
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Enlightenment Avenue – now we go back the same way
Riding off
One of the new-built shopping malls
Clouds getting a bit creepy
Rails and pavement
*to be continued*
Riding off
One of the new-built shopping malls
Clouds getting a bit creepy
Rails and pavement
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Rails
Approaching another tram
(good thing I didn’t stick out of the window too far! )
Back of another tram
Shopping and housing
*to be continued*
Approaching another tram
(good thing I didn’t stick out of the window too far! )
Back of another tram
Shopping and housing
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Brick wall
Gorsvet?
(noone still caught that movie reference from before?)
Signs on the wall of a college – “No smoking” and “Defending the rights of conscripted men and reserve officers”
Obligatory conscription is the reason I am not a Russian citizen.
*to be continued*
Gorsvet?
(noone still caught that movie reference from before?)
Signs on the wall of a college – “No smoking” and “Defending the rights of conscripted men and reserve officers”
Obligatory conscription is the reason I am not a Russian citizen.
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Back to the commuter trains – taking a brief ride out of town.
Me blatantly challenging my fear of railroads!
I like to play around on rails despite this fear; perhaps that’s why I have it in the first place. With dachas and commuting to them being such a big part of life, needless to say I spent a lot of time near rail lines like that.
Freight train – the business end
The back end
*to be continued*
Me blatantly challenging my fear of railroads!
I like to play around on rails despite this fear; perhaps that’s why I have it in the first place. With dachas and commuting to them being such a big part of life, needless to say I spent a lot of time near rail lines like that.
Freight train – the business end
The back end
*to be continued*
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…