May 2009
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Yaroslavl For Me: two months with you
by Evgeny Pavlov
Two month ago, 27th March, we opened this website for testing and writing first posts. Yes, it is necessary, because nobody wants to see an empty website.
Initially, Elina and I have thought up several sections of the blog: photos, stories, history, music, news and podcasts. Today some of posts can simultaneously belong to two or even three sections. Sometimes I can’t...
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Yaroslavl Front Door #4: Sobinova street, 48
by Yan Levin & translated by Evgeny Pavlov
We continue our series of Yaroslavl front doors which made by LJ user yanlev. One of our readers complained of bad photo quality, so I’ve decided to correct some of yanlev’s photographs. Possible in the future we will take photos on our own.
It’s Sobinova street (ул. Собинова), 48.
It’s Sakin’s rented apartment...
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Yaroslavl Details #3: the sign "School"
There are lots of wooden buildings in Yaroslavl (even in the center of the city). In this post I’d like to tell you about a school.
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The object #5 on Stantsiya Uroch street
The address: Stantsiya Uroch street (ул. Станция Урочь), 10
What: The sign “SCHOOL” (in Russian: школа, transliteration: shkola)...
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The Volga Day with Community Works
On 20th of May there was the Volga Day in Yaroslavl. The holiday is only two years old and in this day there are lots of different activities which are focused on a cleaning work. Volunteers of Yaroslavl joined in All-Russia movement “The Clean Volga. Clear the banks of the Volga”.
There was a big number of schoolchildren (nearly 1000 pupils) who helped clear the territory of the...
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Auto show in Yaroslavl
It is old Russian car “Moskvich”
It is dashboard of “Moskvich” 1960
There was an Auto show in Yaroslavl.
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Overdrive Blues Band is Yaroslavl jazz and blues...
We have already written posts of five Yaroslavl music bands. They play different music, but basically they perform in pop rock style. Nevertheless, there are lots of other music bands in Yaroslavl. There are both folk and jazz groups. Latter is very wide-spread in our city. We have a good Jazz Center, a good jazz school and a good attitude of jazz. Some citizens say that Yaroslavl Jazz Center is...
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A really big catfish was caught in the Kotorosl...
Recently a huge catfish was caught in the Kotorosl river by one of the fisherman-fanciers. The fight with the river monster lasted more than one hour. Valery Igonkin, a fisherman:
It is approximately one meter in length. Well-well… Okay, I cannot hold it more. Heavily.
The fish was caught at 3 p.m. on spinning. The hungry catfish bit on a foam rubber blende. It was very difficult to...
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Old russian truck in Yaroslavl
Old Russian truck on prospekt Octyabrya in Yaroslavl
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Yaroslavl Double-decker trolley bus on Moscow...
The red double-decker bus is the sign of England like Queen, Big Ben and football. But there was double decker in USSR! By the end of 30th of the previous century, there were two levels trolley buses YaTB-3 (ЯТБ-3, it’s abbreviation of Yaroslavl Trolley Bus) on Moscow streets. They were made on Yaroslavl automobile plant. After 70 years there are no those trolley buses, no those plant which...
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The Paris commune in Yaroslavl
The Paris commune. It’s an area in Yaroslavl.
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Children's railway was reopened in Yaroslavl
The first train left from the station Pionerskaya in Victory Day. Schoolboys were in a blue uniform and they surprised their fellows by controlling locomotives and demonstrating an unusual model of the railway. In the opening day there were a lot of desirous. All visitors wanted to ride on a train.
Everything was fascinating and great! It is like a real train! But, however, the main that there...
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Yaroslavl Details #2: an interesting tile
We are continuing our “project”: finding interesting details in Yaroslavl (signs, decorative elements, buildings, even some bricks and other). In this post we are going to say about interesting tile on a building.
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The object #3 on Andropova street
The address: Andropova street (ул. Андропова), 25
What: The ceramics...
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Parade in Yaroslavl, 9th of May
Soldiery
Veteran
A lot of citizens on Sovetskaya square . Other photos you can see here:
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Broadside is Yaroslavl alt core music band
There are lots of gorgeous music bands in Yaroslavl. Today I want to tell you about one of them — it is Broadside. Let’s start with their song “Ustala” (in English: Exhausted) from the new album “Inside of Me”:
The band was founded in 1997 year, but Broadside’s birthday is January, 1998. Three students of Yaroslavl Music Specialized School after L.B....
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Yaroslavl Front Door #3: Moskovsky prospect, 12
We carry on our investigation of Yaroslavl front doors. So, the Object #3
Address is Moskovsky prospect (Московский проспект), 12
It’s a neat three-storey penthouse which opens a small enfilade (a line of houses) of nice historical buildings on the right side of Moskovsky prospect (if you go from the city center).
Do you want to know more? Let’s look into the front door of...
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Yaroslavl For Me Podcast, Episode 3 "The Volga...
We carry on our podcasting with slidecasting and now we’re glad to present the third podcast “The Volga river”.
Table of content:
Russian learning lesson with transcript: dialog “The Volga River”.
The song “My vmeste” of Yaroslavl music band Oskolki Neba. Russian music with lyrics.
And traditionally there are the extra materials:
The transcript of...
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The fountain with rainbow on Svoboda street in...
Beautiful fountain with rainbow we had seen on Svoboda street.
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May Day in Yaroslavl
There was May Day on the first of May. Seven thousands of Yaroslavl residents were on city’s streets. It is a record for the past years.
People have gotten together on Truda square (площадь Труда) long before the start of the demonstration.
With beautiful thoughts, beautiful sentiments. We have not gone to the demonstrations for a long time. It’s just a joy!
A column of...
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Alley on Sverdlova Street
Alley on Sverdlova street (улица Свердлова) in early May.
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Yaroslavl For Me Podcast, Episode 2 "The Volkov...
After publishing our previous podcast we rethought one’s structure. Now it is made up of two parts: learning Russian lesson and Russian music (some Yaroslavl music bands). The common and main name of Yaroslavl For Me Podcast is Russian Language, Russian Music.
Another improvement is a change of the type. It’s a slidecast! So, welcome our second podcast but the first slidecast...
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Elks in the city
The operation to rescue the elks has been in Zavolzhsky district (Заволжский район) recently. Four young animals have been locked between a busy road and the wall of the rail carriage overhaul works.
Stand quietly, do not scare, do not go on the road: these rules was obligatory at morning of May 29th. Forest border was liked by the four young elks. At 8 a.m. a passerby saw the elks and than...