Kamchatka out, Yekaterinburg in
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topumWe had to postpone the trip to Kamchatka to next year. We did not have the time to plan and do the trip properly this year, going to Kamchatka does require some serious planning.
I will still visit Russia for the first time this year though. I will be going to Yekaterinburg for a week in November. Yekaterinburg is Russia' fourth (or possibly third) largest city situated on the border of Europe and Asia, on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains. Wikipedia is telling me that in winter the temperature there may fall to −45 °C (−49 °F). That's probably why they built the largest water leisure park in Europe. There is also good skiing there we were told.
Apparently Yekaterinburg is known in Russia for being the only large city were the mayor is not from the Putin's party but from the opposition. The people of Yekaterinburg voted in Yevgeny Roizman as their mayor. His "Early life" in Wikipedia is concise:
"The son of a Jewish factory worker, Roizman left home at the age of 14 and started to work at odd jobs, later to be prosecuted for theft."
I look forward to this trip.
I will still visit Russia for the first time this year though. I will be going to Yekaterinburg for a week in November. Yekaterinburg is Russia' fourth (or possibly third) largest city situated on the border of Europe and Asia, on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains. Wikipedia is telling me that in winter the temperature there may fall to −45 °C (−49 °F). That's probably why they built the largest water leisure park in Europe. There is also good skiing there we were told.
Apparently Yekaterinburg is known in Russia for being the only large city were the mayor is not from the Putin's party but from the opposition. The people of Yekaterinburg voted in Yevgeny Roizman as their mayor. His "Early life" in Wikipedia is concise:
"The son of a Jewish factory worker, Roizman left home at the age of 14 and started to work at odd jobs, later to be prosecuted for theft."
I look forward to this trip.
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Date: 2016-08-07 02:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-07 02:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-07 03:22 pm (UTC)1) Name is vaguely familiar, but where is that? *googles*
2) zooms out : ???
3) zooms out more
4) blimey, Russia is *SO HUGE*.
Perhaps you will discover something about the Mayor to pad out his early life Wikipedia entry...
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Date: 2016-08-07 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-07 04:10 pm (UTC)Ah Russia. The land that conquered Napoleon.
Hey when you're that big size becomes your best tactical advantage.
Sounds like they get freezing cold winters there. I wonder how their summers are there.
Athena
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Date: 2016-08-07 04:13 pm (UTC)The summers there I short and it gets to mid 20s celsius there (I think 70s F) occasionally hitting 30s even, so it is alright I think. I will be there in winter though.
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Date: 2016-08-07 04:20 pm (UTC)9hr flights?! Jeeze that would be exhausting.
Ah their summers sound much like ours here.
Their winters are colder though. Bring a nice warm parka when you go.
Athena
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Date: 2016-08-07 04:37 pm (UTC)This is his LJ. Quite active, in fact. He describes how people come to him, tell their sad stories, and how he helps them. Interesting, but too much of too long texts...
A very bright and interesting man. There are different opinions about what he did and does. A lot of things that look like populism. But I don't have my opinion, know too little.
He ruled a very strong movement - "city without drugs". These guys were hunting dealers in the region (not only the city) - sometimes with the piolice, sometimes without, because the police were corrupted. They also had a centre of rehabilitation and acted very cruelly: forced isolation, cuffing etc. Hence most of the doubts about him and even attempts to build a case against him.
He has his strong charm - a bit of a superman from Hollywood film, a bit of a mafia boss. But really nice, indeed. I like him. No arrogance, very democratic and open. Jogs with citizens etc.
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Date: 2016-08-07 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-07 06:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2016-08-07 06:55 pm (UTC)I was told he is very much hated by the Kremlin.
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Date: 2016-08-07 07:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-07 08:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-07 08:28 pm (UTC)"I want you to see" in English means that you want me to see something. If you want to see me, then it will be "I want to see you". "I want you to see" and "I want to see you" mean very different things in English. That's why it is so hard to understand you in English.
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Date: 2016-08-07 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-07 08:42 pm (UTC)"I want you to see" in English does not mean that you want to see me. It is incorrect. It is "I want to see you". "I want you to see" means that you want me to see something, like "I want you to see my new watch". If you want to see me then "I want you to see" is incorrect it is "I want to see you".
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Date: 2016-08-07 10:51 pm (UTC)Is his memorial in Yekaterinburg?
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