 | Soviet Roadside Bus Stops| OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss Soviet Roadside Bus Stops in the Current forums; for a country like the former soviet union, you would think that they would use plain and boring designs for ... |
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01-17-2007, 10:32 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | for a country like the former soviet union, you would think that they would use plain and boring designs for bus stops.
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01-20-2007, 05:21 AM
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#17 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | actually some of their buildings are quite arty considdering.........
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01-20-2007, 08:21 AM
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#18 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Look at the Kremlin and everything else at the Red Square. I actually was amazed when I was stanind there in front of it.
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01-20-2007, 10:28 AM
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#19 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | None of that was built during the Soviet era of course. Classic Imperial Russian Byzantine architecture, with all the onion domes and the like. Quite ornate really, and really quite beautiful in the pictures. Supposedly, the insides of the buildings are even more so. I'm a bit envious of all you folks here who travel to St. Petersburg on a semi-regular basis.
I'm sure most of you know this already, but for those who may not, the "Red" in Red Square isn't a Soviet reference to communism at all, nor does it refer to the red brick buildings. Red Square was apparently named so because of the old Russian word for "beautiful", which could also mean "red". (Where's Medvedya when you need him?  ) | |
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01-20-2007, 10:37 AM
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#20 | | Senior Member
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| Ÿou mean "Krasno" - that is "Red", but in other Slavic languages (ei. Czech), it means "beautiful". | |
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01-20-2007, 10:44 AM
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#21 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Ah. | |
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01-20-2007, 10:46 AM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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| So I'm not sure if this isn't the third myth...  | |
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01-20-2007, 10:47 AM
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#23 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Oh? Why do you think so? | |
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01-20-2007, 10:49 AM
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#24 | | Senior Member
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| I don't know. But in Russian it means Red, not Beautiful. | |
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01-20-2007, 10:51 AM
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#25 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Oh, I see what you mean now. Well then, maybe it is because of the red bricks. I dunno, I'm not Russian. 
Nice buildings though. | |
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01-20-2007, 10:55 AM
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#26 | | Senior Member
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| Yes.  | |
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01-20-2007, 11:00 AM
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#27 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | So just to clarify (for my own simple curiosity), "Krasno" didn't mean beautiful in old Russian? In modern Russian it means "red", but what about the old dialect?
I'm not contesting anything you say, I'm honestly just curious about this. I'm simple-minded like that. | |
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01-20-2007, 11:05 AM
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#28 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Yes they were not built by the Commies but they are still beautiful buildings as it is.
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01-28-2007, 02:21 PM
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#29 | | Senior Member
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| Well I am not sure about that, defiitely "krasný" means "beautiful" in modern Czech. 
Adler, if you're talking about the bus stops, they WERE built by the Commies. | |
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