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Mainstreet of kiev early 1960

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Mainstreet of kiev early 1960

1997 kiev-city

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1997 kiev-city

ZAZ 968a

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ZAZ 968a

Pripyat-city before disaster.

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title on billboard “The name and ideas of Lenin will be live forever!”

Pripyat was founded in 1970 to house workers for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979 but was abandoned in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster. It was the ninth nuclear city (“атомоград” (atomograd) in Russian, literally “atom city”) in the Soviet Union at the time and its population was around 50,000 before the accident. The annual rate of natural increase for the city’s population was estimated at around 800 persons, plus over 500 newcomers from all corners of the Soviet Union each year.[citation needed], and Pripyat’s population had been expected to rise to 78,000. The Yanov railroad station (part of Chernigov-Ovruch railroad link) was less than 1 km away from the city, and the navigable Pripyat River flows nearby.

Population: 49,400 before the disaster. The average age was about 26 years old. Total living space was 658,700 m2: 13,414 apartments in 160 apartment blocks, 18 halls of residence accommodating up to 7,621 single males or females, and 8 halls of residence for married or defacto couples.

Education: 15 primary schools for about 5,000 children, 5 secondary schools, 1 professional school.

Healthcare: 1 hospital that could accommodate up to 410 patients, and 3 clinics.

Trade: 25 stores and malls; 27 cafes, cafeterias and restaurants could serve up to 5,535 customers simultaneously. 10 warehouses could hold 4,430 tons of goods.

Book shop

Culture: 3 facilities: a culture palace, a cinema and a school of arts, with 8 different societies.

Post office

Sports: 10 gyms, 3 indoor swimming-pools, 10 shooting galleries, 2 stadiums.

Recreation: 1 park, 35 playgrounds, 18,136 trees, 249,247 shrubs, 33,000 rose plants.

Industry: 4 factories with total annual turnover of 477,000,000 rubles. 1 nuclear power plant.

Transportation: Yanov railway station, 167 urban buses, plus the nuclear power plant car park of about 400 units.

Telecommunication: 2,926 local phones managed by the Pripyat Phone Company, plus 1,950 phones owned by Chernobyl power station’s administration, Jupiter plant and Department of Architecture and Urban Development.

by Dmitriy Savin

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:21:22 -0400

by Dmitriy Savin

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the central place of “Borshchagovka”, mid 70s,...

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the central place of “Borshchagovka”, mid 70s, Kiev

Borshchahívka (Ukrainian: Борщагі́вка, Russian: Борщаго́вка) is a neighbourhood located to the west and south-west of Kiev, Ukraine. It is part of the Svyatoshyn district of Kiev.

The neighbourhood is named after a large village that was founded at the site. The contemporary urban look comes from the 1960s and 1970s. The neighbourhood is divided into two sections: Mykilska and Pivdenna (South) Borshchahivka. A village named Petropavlivska Borshchahivka also exists nearby, but it does not belong to Kiev.

A fast tram line connects Borshchahivka with Kiev’s central railway station.

Moscow bridge and Obolon at background , Kiev

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Moscow bridge and Obolon at background , Kiev

The central square of Kiev 1987

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The central square of Kiev 1987

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Photographers 1930s

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Photographers 1930s

Ford motor company, Detroit, USA 1910

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Ford motor company, Detroit, USA 1910

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Some nice USA locomotives from 50s

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Some nice USA locomotives from 50s

1984, New york, USA

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Dnieper river, Kiev, Ukraine

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Dnieper river, Kiev, Ukraine

Dnieper embanket, Kiev, Ukraine

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Dnieper embanket, Kiev, Ukraine

Leningrad, USSR 30s

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Leningrad, USSR 30s

Kiev 60s in colour

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Nicolay’s Chain Bridge ,Kiev 1900 The Nicholas Chain...

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Nicolay’s Chain Bridge ,Kiev 1900

The Nicholas Chain Bridge (or Nikolaevsky Chain Bridge; Ukrainian: Миколаївський ланцюговий міст; Russian: Николаевский цепной мост) was a bridge over the Dnieper that existed from 1855 to 1920 in Kiev.

The bridge was designed by Irish engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles. Construction started in 1848 and was completed in 1855. The 776 m long bridge was the largest at that time in Europe.

In 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War, the bridge was blown up by retreating Polish troops. It was restored based on old drawings by Evgeny Paton and opened again in 1925 under the name Yevgenia Bosch Bridge. Paton had significantly changed its structure and raised it by several metres, so that the Yevgenia Bosch Bridge may be considered as a new bridge.

On 19 September 1941 Yevgenia Bosch Bridge was demolished by retreating Soviet troops and was never restored after the war. In 1965 in place of the former chain bridge a new Kiev Metro Bridge was built.