City Photos News Russia/Snegiri

A typical low-middle and medium-middle class 'dacha' (country house)

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:55:23 +0000

A typical low-middle and medium-middle class 'dacha' (country house).
Snegiri, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

an upper-middle class (or perhaps one small step higher) dacha (country house)

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:55:23 +0000

an upper-middle class (or perhaps one small step higher) dacha (country house).
Snegiri, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Kids playing on a WW2 monument

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:47:15 +0000

The upper hatches of the T34 tank on the monument are not welded, so kids enjoy climbing in - to the driver's and commander-gunner's seats - and play there. Which I liked too, when a kid..
Snegiri, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Monument to veterans of the post-WW2 wars

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:47:15 +0000

Two monuments in the Memorial Complex are different: this one, and the one to the nurses and field doctors. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.881756&lon=37.053591&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2.
Snegiri, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

WW2 weapons in the Moscow 1942 Battle Memorial Complex

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:36:43 +0000

I am not a tanks fan so I'd rather not name this one. Seems to be American (delivered to the USSR under the Lend Lease program), but I am not sure at all. If anyone can correct me, please do. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.881131&lon=37.052481&z=16&l=1&m=h&v=2.
Snegiri, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

WW2 weapons in the Moscow 1942 Battle Memorial Complex

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:36:43 +0000

Panzerkampfwagen VI "Tiger" - heavy tank http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.881756&lon=37.053591&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2.
Snegiri, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

1920s Red Army tank

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:18:28 +0000

This small village (the name means 'bullfinch-birds'), 40 km from Moscow, is where the Nazi troops were stopped and from where the Red Army started pushing them back to the West. This is why here is a WW2 museum. This tank is MS-1 (MS is an abbreviation from the Russian for "small convoy [tank]". The machine was developed on the basis of French Renault tank, the first machines were made in 1920 on Krasnoye Sormovo factory (Nizhniy Novgorod); all of those first tanks had personal names like "Storm", "Fighter for the freedom of the world proletariat comrade Lenin", "Bogatyr (medieval Russian warrior, strong man, knight) Ilya Muromets" and ets. Most tanks also had steel skies on a frame in the rear which helped them to overcome obstacles (trenches or elevations) http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.881131&lon=37.052481&z=16&l=1&m=h&v=2.
Snegiri, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Eternal Fire and a monument (with a copy of the Kremllin wall)

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:18:28 +0000

This small village (the name means 'bullfinch-birds'), 40 km from Moscow, is where the Nazi troops were stopped and from where the Red Army started bushing them back to the West. This is why here is a WW2 museum. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.881756&lon=37.053591&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2.
Snegiri, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Chapel in the Moscow Battle Memorial Complex

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:14:30 +0000

Snegiri Museum of the 1942 Moscow Battle - monument

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:14:30 +0000