Russia

In the region of Irkutsk Taishet

I woke up in a ruined room at 6:30. It turned out that at night the room was more “attractive” than in daylight. I photographed my “colony” for memory. The collected and unwashed backpack climbed onto the track. At that…

On locomotives – faster ?

Alena woke up at 6:30 am local time. Already at 4:40 Moscow time, I was at a traffic police station. The first 30 kilometers of the city, I went to Toyota. The bend where I was posted was not very…

Pillars of Krasnoyarsk

It was Monday, July 20, 1998 in the morning. I woke up at 8:30, while I was washing, I had breakfast, I spoke with Katya – it was already 14h local time. Kate gave a map of the reserve. He…

Where do tourists from Krasnoyarsk live ?

Already at 7 am, I was at the post office “like a cucumber.” It turned out that I spent the night a few meters from the bridge over the Kiya River . The position was not suitable for hitchhiking because…

At the edge of striking miners

Get up at 8:30. Breakfast potatoes. I went out on the street, I’m leaving the city with a systop . Replacing two cars “in the direction of Kemerovo”, I found myself in a long street on the right side of…

Akademgorodok, the other Silicon Valley of Russia

At 10 am, I waited at Syutur. A little late for the double breakfast that Mother Vlada had prepared for me. (All the same – thanks a lot to her) I came in 10-30 hours. Negotiated with the local historian,…

Long road to Novosibirsk

I woke up in the morning at 6 am Moscow time – the sun is already high! Cars come and go. As in a hurry: faster, faster – on the track! After 10 minutes, I brake the KAMAZ crane. Why…

Omsk is a city of contrasts

Now, I will write, for convenience, the local time. If applicable (in parentheses) – specify Moscow. In the morning, while talking with Dima at breakfast, it was raining outside (for the first time after Samara). Hurray! I went out on…

Exchange in Kurgan

I woke up at 6 in the morning. I went to the nearest village, washed my well water. It’s hot, it n ‘there was no rain for over a week. As soon as he arrived at yesterday’s place, he immediately…

On the mound …

At 9:30 am I am engaged in a walk on Victory Avenue. The car I did not vote stops – there are three in the taxi. A drunk man, to the right of the driver, asks: – My compatriot, where…