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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] Magnitogorsk
From: leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Wed Jan 28 07:08:56 2009
References: <20090127211153.5D1DADA88FE@smtp1.nine.ch> <3BFB2A78-8F7B-4EE3-BB96-D01F56E51A85@paulhardycarter.com>

Paul

couldn't go closer than showed on the pictures. The mills are all behind 
huge walls, probably a heritage from the soviet era.

Didier

>I've always wanted to visit Magnitogorsk!
>Did you see the huge steel mills that were the reason for the town's  
>construction?
>Cheers, Paul.
>
>*******
>Paul Hardy Carter



>On 27 Jan 2009, at 22:11, Didier Ludwig wrote:
>
>>LUGgers,
>>
>>Here are some snapshots from my short trip to Magnitogorsk, Russia,  
>>last week (made with OT gear):
>>
>>http://mogool.com/russia/
>>
>>It was my first stay in this country and very interesting. I was  
>>there to cheer my team in the ice hockey champion's league final  
>>(2:2 score between Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Zurich Lions - no pics  
>>from the game as it it was prohibited). But I got some other  
>>interesting stuff.
>>
>>Pics 11-13 show an ice fisher on a frozen lake:
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=11
>>Unfortunately it can't be seen well, but this dude had golden teeth  
>>oll over! And just to mention, he didn't carry gloves (at -15?C).
>>
>>Pic 14 shows one of the many fish traps he installed:
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=14
>>When a fish bites the red flag goes up.
>>
>>And so it looks when the fish sold in the street:
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=48
>>(the temperature was widely below the freezing point all the time,  
>>so don't care about the fish's freshness)
>>
>>We also had some really tasty fish specialties in a restaurant:
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=28
>>
>>The civic part is on the european side of the river, also named the  
>>Ural. The city has no specific centre, just rectangular roads, and a  
>>bit more shops, newer buildings and more people at the main crossing  
>>sections.
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=18
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=45
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=47
>>
>>The industrial part (Magnitogorsk has one of the biggest  
>>metallurgical plants of the the world) is completely located at the  
>>easter, asian (and siberian) side of the river:
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=35
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=33
>>
>>The people there use to say "I live in Europe and work in Asia" - so  
>>crossing such a traffic sign is less special for them as it was for  
>>me:
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=32
>>
>>As some pics show, the air is indeed rather polluted there (the town  
>>is rated "Top 25 Worst Polluted Cities")
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=26
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=30
>>http://mogool.com/russia/index.php?img=51
>>
>>But to be honest, the effect of russian Vodka was exceedingly bigger  
>>on my state of health than the environmental pollution :-)
>>
>>Comments and critiques welcome as always.
>>
>>Nastrovje!
>>Didier
>>
>>More about Magnitogorsk at Wikipedia:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitogorsk






Replies: Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] [IMG] Magnitogorsk)
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