On my way to the conference in Tomsk, I stopped for a day in the biggest city of Siberia – Novosibirsk. It had been almost three years since my last visit there, and I was happily surprised to find it still as much of a Soviet monument today as it was in 2005. During the 20th century it was the fastest growing city on the planet, going from a couple of thousand inhabitants by 1917 till 1,5 million in the 80’s. While walking around the city on Orthodox Eastern Sunday I caught some shots of different signs found in the center, and I’d thought I’d share them with you so here they are – enjoy!
«С 1 апреля – дни массовой весенней уборки города. ВМЕСТЕ СДЕЛАЕМ НОВОСИБИРСК ЧИСТЫМ!» [From the 1st of April – days of mass spring cleaning of the city. TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE NOVOSIBIRSK CLEAN!]
«Приёмная семья – шанс на будущее…» [Adoptive family – a chance to a future…]
«16 советская. Бывшая улица Кабинетская» [Soviet (Street) 16. Former Cabinet Street]
«Шедеври мировой живописи на улицах города – Третьяковская галерея» [Masterpieces of world art on the streets of the city – Tret’yakovskaya gallery]
«Мы любим тебя, Новосибирск!» [We love you, Novosibirsk!]
«Любимый город, мой Новосибирск» [(My) favorite town, my Novosibirsk]
«Берегите Россию» [Protect Russia]
«В два раза больше девушек, которым ты противен – не увлекайтесь алкоголем» [Two times more girls to whom you are disgusting – don’t get carried away with alkohol]
«Завтрак по-шведски!» [Breakfast in Swedish! (i.e. breakfast buffet)]
