Conor O’Clery’s Moscow 25 December 1991 follows a notably growing trend for picking a pivot point in history and revolving round it to find a popular audience (witness 1066, 1421, 1434, 1491, 1492 etc. All good books by and large but adopting a very similar tact). The date provides a recognizable focus and then the space is open for provide the background and the aftermath in a popular fashion. O’Clery breaks the mold though in a most engaging fashion with the book. Read the rest of this entry »
strikingly random thoughts and 'maximum data existentialisation'
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Once more I plunder from the idiosyncratic EnglishRussia blog. There’s always a daily dose of intrigue at the site. What better to feature today — especially after Putin has taken another step towards restoring tradition by suspending one of the last credible opposition parties in the Russian Federation — but some eerie/spooky shadows he cast recently. Check them out…
Russos at LiveJournal posted an absolutely exquisite set of photographs (many HDR) of the deep underground in Moscow. Many relate to subway construction, repair and abandonment. Others seem to have deep subterranean natural caverns. Absolutely amazing views of things we never see. Thanks for EnglishRussia for catching these and doing some translation so English readers can appreciate what it is we are seeing. By the way, unless you read Russian (I will admit to not) use the English Russia link as it gives the full set as well. I am sure that they are available on the Russos site, but I cannot navigate the Cyrillic. There’s another set of photos at Russos which I don’t have translation for and sense it might even be an abandoned station. Interesting contrast to the abandoned TTC one that is expected to draw crowds.
