Eternal outskirts of Moscow and beyond (LOTS of pics!)

[Skorohod]

https://calgary.weatherstats.ca/charts/snow-monthly.html

According to the graph, you have much, much heavier snowfalls, than in central Russia. We usually get first snow that formed a cover around second half of november, snow cover melts over in second half of april. Some years we got whole december without snow cover, but autumn rains instead. Precipitations in snow form more than 450mm at once considered "apocalyptic". So much for "snow covered Russia", huh?

 

[Skorohod]

Trip up Yauza river in december.




П-46 (P-46) panel building:


Yauza almost never get frozen. These ducks stays over winter:




Small creek in a drain system:






Local folks show some mad skills in fence building:

 

[Skorohod]

Medvedkovo industrial railway station:












Chermyanka river in its deep bed:




Great vast grey nothingness, that's how winter in Moscow looks most of the time:

 

[Skorohod]

Giant hogweed is giant indeed:












ПО-2 (PO-2) block fence, П-44 (P-44) block buidings, grey sky and lonely crow - that makes truest spirit of winter Moscow outskirts:






"Under The Bridge":




Return of giant central heating pipes:






That's all for this week!

 

[markz]

Lots of stereotypes for both countries, Russia and Canada. When I went to Moscow, lots of the women there were gorgeous! Though we were pampered when we went and where we went. So the stereotype that Russian women are old, fat and ugly isnt true. Its that ole cold war era, hard to get rid of that in the west.

Russia", huh?

 

[thundercamel]

Great pictures!

 

[cooking monkey]

I enjoy your pictures. No snow here yet even though I am further north than Calgary. As this picture shows from my walk last night, just mild temperatures. If you look close in the center of that picture is a big beaver, nibbling on willows right at the waters edge. He had no fear of me, I got to within 20-22 feet of him before he slowly moved away.

 

[Skorohod]

Its that ole cold war era, hard to get rid of that in the west.

It's not cold war, IMO. It's just how human brain works. Stereotyping saves lots of processing power I'm trying to avoid irritation from stereotypes. Actually, i'd find some stereotypes amusing!

Great pictures!

Thank you!

I enjoy your pictures. No snow here yet even though I am further north than Calgary. As this picture shows from my walk last night, just mild temperatures. If you look close in the center of that picture is a big beaver, nibbling on willows right at the waters edge. He had no fear of me, I got to within 20-22 feet of him before he slowly moved away.

Still, you got much colder weather, than in Moscow - today we got +10 Celsius and rain. I'm struggling to push myself out the house and go riding under rain Your photo looks exactly like some forest around Moscow in november. If someone told me that photo taken in Meshyora - i'd totally believed! Beavers sometimes can do nasty things - they build their dams near roads and cause serious local floods. But still i like them, they such a charismatic animals.

 

[Skorohod]

When i commute to work, my track looks like this:


But sometimes i take a scenic route:


There some photos from my trip from work to home in september 2018.
Yauza river:




Conk eats wood, moss eats conk. Circle of life, lol:


Yauza forest park (part of Elk island national park):








Cherkizovo meat processing plant:




Legendary Колосс (Colossus food processing factory). Soviet potato chips was born here, sweet memories for many soviet children


Моспромжелезобетон. Ahh, this brainwrecking soviet abbreviations (that one means "Moscow industrial reinforced concrete", btw). This plant produced concrete details for building industrial buildings (yep, this factory literally produced other factories!):




Now closed Cherkizovo subway-building plant. Lots of stuff for Moscow subway was produced here:


Kaloshino industrial railroad station:




ТЭЦ-23 (Heat Electric Generation Plant No.23) smoke stacks:

 

[Skorohod]

Concrete tiles and larch trees, that combination gives me Caucasian Riviera vibe:


Izmailovo forest park:












Lebedyansky pond:


Water hyacinths used for water treatment in settling basin (and my favorite II-68 block-panel buildings on the background):




Metallurgs street:


Lokasynsky pond in Kuskovo park:




Alley in Kuskovo:


Small tunnel under Kazanskaya railroad. Always gave me Miyazaki-esque vibe:










It can be modern art installation, i guess:


That's all for this week!

 

[DAND214]

Some more great pictures. Looks like it might be fun to visit but would have to come in the summer, too cold for me now.

So how far is work and what do you do. by the map it looks like a long ride.

Dan

 

[Skorohod]

Some more great pictures. Looks like it might be fun to visit but would have to come in the summer, too cold for me now.

The best months to visit Moscow IMO is may (second half) or september (also second half). In may you get fresh green grass and leafs, first hot days in year, amazing sunrises and sunsets (day's are not as long as in july, no need to extreme early wakeups). Also, many flowering gardens most beautiful in may. In second half of september autumn starts to blast its colors and it's not so rainy and cold as in october.

Summer in Moscow is OK, but kind of a dull. Also, hot days may be very unpleasant in big city. Winter is not extremely cold, but its dark, colorless, cloudy and somehow depressing. Lots of dirty slush/snow on roads and sidewalks. It's nice only around week or two, when sun is bright, sky is clear and temperatures are freezing (and great Pushkin seems to agree with me)

So how far is work and what do you do. by the map it looks like a long ride.

I'm team lead/electronics engineer. I run small task force in ecology/waste management IT company. Automotive telematics, fill level sensors, air quality solutions - that sort of stuff. I live in Donskoy district (south of Moscow center), office with electronics technicians are near Botanical garden (north of center), management and software engineers office in Basmanny district (just a bit east of center). Its about 22 kilometers and 40 minutes ride from me to Botanical garden, and about 10 kilometers and 20 minutes ride from me to management office. Average speed limited by traffic lights and crossings (it's always center of Moscow between me and my destinations). Some days i visit both offices, some days i work from home - i have very turbulent work hours.

 

[DAND214]

WOW, what a job. Thanks for all the info.

Winter sounds like Chicago was in the winter, as for summer I doubt it's hotter and humid as Florida is.

Keep those pics coming.

Dan

 

[Skorohod]

Winter sounds like Chicago was in the winter, as for summer I doubt it's hotter and humid as Florida is.

Yep, you right: oceans and seas are far away from Moscow, so we got either hot summer days or humid summer days, but never both Sochi or Vladivostok can be hot and humid, no match to Florida though.

 

[markz]

Sochi is a ghost town. I hope the buildings were atleast built better then the buildings being built in China which crumble in no time.

Sochi

 

[Skorohod]

Sochi is a ghost town. I hope the buildings were atleast built better then the buildings being built in China which crumble in no time.

Sochi is surprisingly big and old (~ish) town. Many small towns and villages cramped between sea and mountains considered as "Sochi" too. That part of Sochi is typical summer resort - crowded, busy, not a "ghost town" at all. Another part is Rosa-khutor, it is a winter resort for skiing, high in the mountains from sea part. "Ghost town" you talking about - it's olympic village and other sporting infrastructure builded in hurry for 2012 Olympics. Those objects can be found all over Sochi.

Funny thing is, i've been in Sochi only one time, during winter 2011 i've taken part in installing TV equipment for Olympics. It was a mess indeed - lot of "development hell" situations.

 

[2old]

Great pictures, thanks for exhibition.

 

[ZeroEm]

What Great pictures, thank you for sharing. That e-bike sees a lot of KM.

 

[Skorohod]

Great pictures, thanks for exhibition.

Thank you!

What Great pictures, thank you for sharing. That e-bike sees a lot of KM.

Thank you! My monthly average mileage is about 500-100 km (from april to november). From december to march - far less mileage due to slippery conditions

 

[Skorohod]

First winter ride of 2018, about one or two days after first snow has cover the ground.

Korshunikha river and her deep bed ("Korshunikha" name derives from "korshun", which means kite bird):
















Brand-new Ice Spikers:








ЭМОЗ (Electro-mechanical experimental plant). Noticeable lack of tracks on snow in front of main gates - that factory is dead:

 

[Skorohod]

Kotlovka river (name derives from "kot'yol", which means either cauldron or a pit in river bed):






Snow cannon sucks water from Kotlovka:




Wasteland behind ЭМОЗ:




Aeroexpress train on Paveletskaya railroad rushes to Domodedovo airport:


Stray dog rushes to its miserable life:


Office building populated by lots of geological/ecological government agencies:


First icicles of 2018-2019 winter season:

 

[Skorohod]

Also, i've shot some videos with action camera during this ride and made a short clip. There it is:
[youtube]eY5jHZjZlOY[/youtube]

That's all for this week!

 

[cooking monkey]

"Yauza forest park (part of Elk island national park): "

Exact same name for a park near me.

https://exploreedmonton.com/things-to-do/attractions-and-experiences/elk-island-national-park

 

[Skorohod]

Exact same name for a park near me.

Yep, funny coincidence I've noticed that when i posted here about my rides with wild students (first page of this topic, when we met actual elks).

We have many national parks similar to Alberta Elk Island in regard of wildlife preservation, but they all far away from big cities. Moscow Elks Island uniqueness is in geographic position - huge part of park is in Moscow city limits. Bad for wildlife, good for Muscovites.

 

[thundercamel]

ЭМОЗ (Electro-mechanical experimental plant). Noticeable lack of tracks on snow in front of main gates - that factory is dead:

Abandoned buildings and closed business make me sad. There's plenty of them even by me, north of Chicago. Just makes me think of wasted resources and jobs lost to China.