Moscow Pics

[Dillinger]

Lets see your digs then Punty

My moneys on spare loom in Mother in Law's Russian council flat

[DJ Pat]

On a first visit to GFs home & family never sleep on site. Stay in a hotel nearby.

You never know when you might need to be alone and think ''what the hell am I doing here''

....and if her dad and brothers think you're a wanker, you can get out of their way.

[Looper]

For anyone that wants to know what this is, it's Matriyoshka Kazachok Honey 2 Massage and Spa (the menu is listed in US dollars).

Why is there a grand neo-classical facade emblazoned with Respublika Belarus in Moscow? It looks a bit grand to to be the Belarus embassy.

Have you gone travelling round the eastern European region spunter?

[ShrewedPunter]

Why is there a grand neo-classical facade emblazoned with Respublika Belarus in Moscow? It looks a bit grand to to be the Belarus embassy.

Have you gone travelling round the eastern European region spunter?

All USSR states had pavilions in this place...


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDNKh

[buriramboy]

Nice pics but as others have said surely you can sneak a few pics in of some Ruskie birds when the Uzbek ain't looking.

[YourDaddy]

Went here with mom in 1986

https://www.bolshoi.ru/en/

I remember curtains were decorated with hammer and sickle.

Mom decided to buy a Bolshoi Theatre book with a silk cover also decorated with same.

I wonder it it's worth million bucks on eBay.

At the time mom was doing her post graduate and they set her up in a dorm with many international students. They were people from all over the world and I remember the cafeteria was pretty epic. It was a huge commie style building and at night there was a lot of loud partying. My mom was told by some guy from Algeria that every single room was spied on with listening devices. He later showed me a "loud speaker" installed on the wall which he claimed was a recording device.

[cyrille]

I hope that is the real dog that actually went into space and has been stuffed by a pachidermist

You want a dog that has been into space and looks like an elephant?

Think that might be a bit too 'niche'.

[ShrewedPunter]

Few random pics..

Pics finished now #cba ... I'm going to St Petersburg for a weekend on the train in the summer might do pic thread

[david44]

Thanks for taking the time to share, great stuff, look forward to St pete pix, try to go here if you have time plenty of tours or DIY.

Gardens at Pavlosk Palace tip top

[DJ Pat]

Gants Hill tube station in Essex was based on the Moscow metro

The station, like the other two new stations on the branch, was designed by architect Charles Holden in the 1930s. During the 1930s the London Passenger Transport Board had provided advice on the construction of the Moscow Metro and an internal report in 1935 by the Underground's engineers on the Russian capital's system led to the decision to construct a station in London to a similar design.

[Luigi]

They know how to keep the place clean.


Great thread, cheers Punty.

[YourDaddy]

You spit and you get shot by Putin himself.

[Topper]

Great thread Punty! I'd love to see St. Pete's

[ShrewedPunter]

They know how to keep the place clean.


Great thread, cheers Punty.

Haha yeah. Apparently you get fucked up big time for littering which is how it should be.

[Chittychangchang]

Any pics of St.Petersburg Puntski?
Always wanted to visit there after watching that movie "Enemy at the gates"

[DJ Pat]

My mate saw Depeche Mode at the Olympic stadium couple of months ago

In the 80s them and The Cure often ventured beyond the iron curtain, not many acts did back then. As a result both have a massive following in eastern Europe.



Recently aging boxer Roy Jones Junior was granted Russian citizenship so he could box in Moscow. There was no other way for him to get fights as he was refused a licence in most countries for health reasons. He was knocked out badly by Welshman Enzo Maccrinelli in a cruiserweight fight

[Luigi]

St.Petersburg

that movie "Enemy at the gates"

Not... sure.......... if joking.

[Dillinger]

Welshman Enzo Maccrinelli

Thats as fucked up as Luigi the Mick

[Looper]

Always wanted to visit there after watching that movie "Enemy at the gates"

Wrong siege chitty!

Although the WWII siege of St. Petersburg was in many ways worse than more famous one at Stalingrad since it lasted for 3 Russian winters instead of just 1.

[Chittychangchang]

Oops

Punty do us a favour and knock on the Kremlin door and ask is Len in...

[Latindancer]

Wrong siege chitty!

Although the WWII siege of St. Petersburg was in many ways worse than more famous one at Stalingrad since it lasted for 3 Russian winters instead of just 1.

Holy cow. Worse than Stalingrad ??

I'll have to read these tomorrow when I have time.

The short version : https://www.history.com/topics/world...e-of-leningrad

The longer version : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad

[Dragonfly]

isn't St Petersburg the old name for Stalingrad before it was renamed St Peterburg again when the USSR fell ?

didn't you guys had WW2 history in school ?

[Looper]

^St Petersburg was formerly Leningrad.

Stalingrad is now Volgograd.

Holy cow. Worse than Stalingrad ??

It is covered in quite a bit of detail in the epic 1970s British TV series The World at War, which everyone should watch once in their lives.

[Bogon]

^ Not to distract from the thread, but endorse Looper's comments.

26 of the most informative episodes you will ever encounter, with Laurence Olivier's narration guiding you through.

[Luigi]

First watched that sitting on my dad's knee around the late 80's on BBC2. And again in my teens, not sitting on my dad's knee. Think I downloaded it out here a few years ago. Brilliant show, British historical documentaries are damned hard to beat.


Would be brilliant to see a modern version made, as with Cosmos.