March 2010
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Moskovsky Prospect Becomes Wider!
by Djikaru
Moskovsky Prospect reconstruction has approached to the peak. The builders have started the most difficult part, that is the road widening under the railway bridge. It is going to be 6 traffic lines there instead of the 4. The work will start in next few days.
There are two backstays on the sides of the bridge. The idea of the roads’ widening is to move this backstays...
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Video Week #1
by Evgeny Pavlov
I would like to present another idea which — sure! — connected with Yaroslavl. How much did you see Yaroslavl videos? Or have you ever seen them? Now it is possible, because it is absolutely fresh video project: every day I make no more than 10 seconds clip and each week you can see one compilation!
The first week was from March 18th until March 24th. By the way, you can see...
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The progress is detected
by Djikaru
Inventors from Vologda proved — ultraviolet can be used instead of chlorine!
Public utilities of the Necrasovsky district got a new hi-tech setting for water purifying. So the sewage water there is now worked up with ultraviolet and ultrasound. The chlorine has been denied thus the unsafe discharges to Volga river has been reduced to zero. Nearby municipalities take an interest in...
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Dancing Shoes is an exciting indie music band from...
by Evgeny Pavlov
It is very easy to write about a music band when a singer sings Russian songs. Everything is differently when a band performing in English is being reviewed. But I am going to try doing it, because this group is amazing.
It is this kind of group when the birth could be only possible by chance. For instance, there was a very funny story of joining the band by Kseniya...
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Demino maraphon — the snow challenge
by Djikaru
The Demino sky trail becomes more and more popular among European sportsmen. There are more than a thousand members in Sundays start, and there are some German, French, Latvian, Ukrain and Belarusian skiers in the midst of the contestants. And even some Olimpic winners came here, to Demino, to take part in the 50-kilometers marathon.
This marathon is going to become the most...
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New life of the old club
by Djikaru
Yaroslavl got its own Youth Palace. The old club called Gigant became a home for the young and creative. The decision to transfer the building from Philarmonic to Youth Department control was taken on the outumn of the 2009. Since that time the new team started to create a special creative space. Any help is invited.
Small but cheerful team discusses projects which can surprise...
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A play-off permission for the Railmen!
by Djikaru
There were almost 89 minutes of the game and only 3 dropped pucks last Sunday. In a hard and long game the “Lokomotiv” hockey team won a pass to the next stage of the play-off. “Atlant” (a team from Podmoscovye) went on holiday. The game was equal and principled — as the fans wanted to see.
On the eve of Sunday the score in Head-to-Head games was 2:1 in...
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A proof of the Renewed Bridge
by Джикару
The public traffic throught the new part of the Kotorosl Bridge was reopened. On Wednesday public transport started to use the rebuild part of the viaduct.
It was only a half of the task. On Wednesday morning the the public traffic started to flow through the new part of the bridge across the river Kotorosl. We would remind you that to not to break the connection between the...
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Yaroslavl Front Door #5: Sverdlova Street, 9
by Джикару
General information
We are in front of the building known for most of Yaroslavl citizens as Ars-Cinema. The cinema rested in peace in 1994 and now there are “Ars-Forum” and Yaroslavl Chamber Theatre there. However, the original mission of the building was far from arts.
It was built in 1913 as House Of Mutual Help For Private Official Labour. The meaning of the title is rather...