[Leica] [IMG] Magnitogorsk

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Fascinating series Didier.

For an industrial city it looks a lot cleaner than the Rhine and Ruhr 
regions of Germany.

The fish pictures remind me that, though I'm not a great fan of smoked 
fish, I recently discovered that Russian smoked salmon is a delicacy not 
to be missed, especially when washed down with copious amounts of vodka. 
We have a Russian supermarket about 10 minutes from here, it's like a 
trip to another world.

Cheers
Douglas

Didier Ludwig wrote:
> Paul
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> couldn't go closer than showed on the pictures. The mills are all behind 
> huge walls, probably a heritage from the soviet era.
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> Didier
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>> 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.
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>> *******
>> Paul Hardy Carter
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>> On 27 Jan 2009, at 22:11, Didier Ludwig wrote:
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>>> LUGgers,
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>>> Here are some snapshots from my short trip to Magnitogorsk, Russia,  
>>> last week (made with OT gear):
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>>> http://mogool.com/russia/
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>>> 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  
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>>> 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
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