April 2009
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Yaroslavl Front Door #2: Kalmykovykh street
It is the second post of Yaroslavl Front Doors. In the previous time I told you about the front door on Kalmykovykh street, 5. Today the narration will about a front door on the same street. So, object #2, address Kalmykovykh street, (ул. Калмыковых), 3. The third building is the first of the set of working barracks. Initially, there were three-storey buildings but after there were...
Apr 30th
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Russian tram in Yaroslavl
New Russian tram line 1 in Yaroslavl (tram stop nearby the circus). And also there is an older tram.
Apr 29th
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Get your free souvenir directly from Russia
Yes! We give away Russian gifts. You can really get a free souvenir (beautiful postcard) from authors of Yaroslavl For Me website. So if you want it, we can send a free postcard to you by regular mail from our city Yaroslavl. Only some actions are required from you: Just write an email on yarforme@gmail.com until May 3, 2009 Tell us your name (Last name and First name) And your home...
Apr 28th
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It is getting warmer and warmer in Yaroslavl
Volkova square. The sight on The Volkova theatre in Yaroslavl. Building of the circus in Yaroslavl. And look at the sideshow (Spring in Yaroslavl):
Apr 27th
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Mamulki BEND is a gop-hip-hop music band of...
I’d like to present an old Yaroslavl music band Mamulki BEND (Russian: Мамульки Бенд, English: pun with words band and mother) which recently celebrated 10th anniversary! So, lets start with their promo video: The idea to take up music born in student’s hostel of Medical Academy in 1999 in Yaroslavl from Maxim Semenov. He was a student of Academy. Only in that place and only with...
Apr 26th
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The reconstruction of Moskovsky prospekt
The project of Moskovsky prospekt (Московский проспект) reconstruction was approved. By 1000th anniversary there will be another bridge over Kotorosl which will be able to totally change transport streams in the city center. Kotorosl embankment will change as well. Yaroslavl drivers should have patience. The most heavy traffic street will be reconstructed. Yaroslavl government has decided...
Apr 26th
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The sight of Moskovsky prospect
The view out the window on Moskovsky Prospekt (Московский проспект) in Yaroslavl State Technical University
Apr 21st
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Yaroslavl For Me Podcast, Episode 1
I’m glad to introduce our first podcast based on the materials of Yaroslavl For Me website. It’s just a beginning and I think there are a lot of pitfalls in the record. I promise the next podcasts will be better! Introduction of the podcast and our project Millennium park of Yaroslavl Leto na Marse: a classic rock band of Yaroslavl Yaroslavl’s taverns KHL finals Some words...
Apr 21st
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Oskolki neba is Yaroslavl pop-rock music band
There is a lot of good music bands in Yaroslavl which play classic and pop rock. One of them is Oskolki Neba (Russian: Осколки Неба; English: Sky Splinter). Lately the band celebrated six years! Unfortunately there is no much information concerning Oskolki Neba. Nevertheless I can present you their music compositions and some photos and posters. The band is actively developing and...
Apr 20th
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100 year anniversary of the beginning of the North...
March 10 (February 25), 1909 the government of Russian Empire decided to create a great bridge over Volga near Yaroslavl city. Before the main line of North Railways between Moscow and Arkhangelsk has had a gap in Yaroslavl. The building was entrusted to the engineer S. Olshevsky and all works cost approximately 5 million rubles. And in July 25, 1911 the assembly of the first bridge span was...
Apr 20th
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Yaroslavl's students are preparing for the theater...
The Students of Yaroslavl Theater Institute (teatralka) are preparing for the youth festival “The future of theatrical Russia” which opens on 20th of April in Volkov Theater. More than 500 students from 23 universities will take part in the festival. Yaroslavl are going to show three plays. Yaroslavl’s students are waiting for communication with their fellows from the Moscow...
Apr 19th
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Yaroslavl Details #1: insurance signs
Almost in each post I introduce a new section of our website. The same in this post. It’s so because we’re just opening our project and now we are filling it with interesting materials. Today I write about Yaroslavl details which can be seen on Yaroslavl buildings, streets, parks and so on. View Yaroslavl’s details #1: insurance signs in a larger map Let’s start to...
Apr 19th
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Yaroslavl front door #1
I am glad to open our new set of stories of our website. Recently I found out about quite interesting Russian LiveJournal in which a author writes about front doors (street door, or in Russian парадная, paradnaya, or in contemporary Russian подъезд, pod’ezd). The author pays attention to details. He walks in different places of Yaroslavl and takes photographs inside old houses and buildings....
Apr 13th
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The sight of the church Arhangela Michaila in...
The church Arhangela Michaila in Yaroslavl
Apr 11th
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Vnuki Svyatoslava is Yaroslavl acoustic folk-rock...
Recently we started to write about Yaroslavl music bands. Today I would like to tell you about one of my favorite group. It is Vnuki Svyatoslava (Russian: Внуки Святослава, English: Svyatoslav’s grandchildren) which plays an acoustic folk-rock. Let’s start form beginning. February, 2002. Dmitry Konov and Artem Chirkov were studying in Yaroslavl State Technical University as...
Apr 11th
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The Finale of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in...
Arena Lokomotiv 2000 with Fans in Yaroslavl. Look at this slideshow:
Apr 10th
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RIO Trade Center with Cinema in Yaroslavl
The trade center on Moskovsky prospekt. There is a beautiful cinema in that place.
Apr 9th
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Trolleybus driver made an unique collection
There is an unusual exhibition today in Yaroslavl. In tram and trolleybus depot (shed) you can see a collection of nearly 400 insects which was collected by Galina Altukhova, the resident of Yaroslavl. Galina is not a biologist or a scientist, she has worked as trolleybus driver for 30 years! When my son was a child we liked to go to a forest together. Once I caught a dragonfly. This dragonfly...
Apr 7th
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Spring Day in Yaroslavl
Days are getting warmer and warmer. It’s Andropova Street and Chapel of Alexander Nevsky in the left corner of the picture.
Apr 5th
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A Boom Revolves Around the Finale
The final series of Play-Off of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) started. Our hockey team Lokomotiv participates this final series. Very strong fans left Yaroslavl for Kazan late in the evening. And there was a tickets sale for the game in “Arena-2000” today’s morning. Fans attacked ticket windows! via Ажиотаж вокруг финала (NTM TV)
Apr 2nd
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Yaroslavl taverns
And now we are starting another new section of our website — History. We will write some historical notes and stories related to Yaroslavl. Today I’m going to tell you about Old Yaroslavl and its taverns (pub or bar, Russian: кабак, Transliteration: kabak). Yaroslavl residents acquainted with vodka in early of XVI century. Just about this time residents started to use the word kabak....
Apr 2nd