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traveloturc Says: A good example of the first settlement is this large monument entitled "Palatka" which means tent. This monument commemorates the efforts of the construction workers who built the city.
traveloturc Says: In the hill very near to the city the Ascension Cathedral wellcome the very few religious people of Magnitogorsk...
traveloturc Says: Magnitogorsk was a "secret city" up to the Yeltsin times and all the population (250.000) was imported from other cities with train .
traveloturc Says: It is said that half of all of the steel that went into the making of Soviet tanks during the years of the war was produced at the Magnitogorsk mills. This heroic effort on the part of the Magnitogorsk steel workers is commemorated in typical Soviet style with a tremendous...
traveloturc Says: The still plant represent the reason why of this city in the middle of the city a river makes the natural distinction between industry which is the plant and the living area.Magnitogorsk plant production is the second in the world.The first batches of steel were smelted in...
MacDaddie Says: I'd say there isn't too much emphasis on animal rights and the like.....you can find a few places to find different animals. This camel was later in the week in front of the shopping mall where you could get your picture taken with it......along with several small horses...
Register yourself with the authorities!!!
MacDaddie Says: If your not staying at a hotel you need to get yourself registered (even if at a hotel need to ensure that they do it properly for you). This past trip it involved going to several government agencies to pay fees ranging from 1 ruble (4 cents) per day for an unknown fee :)...
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Cotanik Restaurant: Solid choice for Dinner
MacDaddie Says: It is a nice place for a quiet dinner. The theme of the restaurant has something to do with the color green as everything inside was either painted green or the drapes were green, etc.But the service was actually pretty decent and the food was overall good.Ate there twice...
MacDaddie Says: On one of the main commercial streets there is a pizza house next to a baskin robbins. The pizza there is pretty good and reasonably priced. The ice cream is a bit expensive but its good. Pizza with meat, onions, and other various spices.
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Your options are almost all captured in the photo (with exception of the tram).
The Large Busses you see are 5 rubles and they run on predefined routes/stops.
The yellow mini-van you see are 10 rubles (the back of the van has been converted to hold 10 individual seats). They run a predefined route but will stop wherever you want along that route.
Not pictured are the trams (which I quite liked) - they are numbered and run defined routes. the cost is 7 rubles per trip. Note that there are no transfers....change trams and pay again!
The taxis are mainly Lada's and are 50 rubles between two "sections" of the city. A trip to the airport will run you around 180 rubles (about a twenty minute ride), but if your a local you can often negotiate something lower.
Written Apr 30, 2006
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From the train station you need to cross the train tracks and there is a dirt walking path that takes you to a suburb of the city. Its an extremely poor area and I wouldn't want to live in most of these houses in the wintertime.
The last picture shows the four shops that are in this community. They aren't open every day and the day I walked through only the first one was open, but there wasn't much really available. If you wanted to shop you had a 15-20 minute walk to the train station and the market across the street from it.
Written Apr 30, 2006
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Taken from the intersection that leads to the large Orthodox church. The apartment buildings are typical of the city and where probably 90% of the population lives. Its a very rectangular city with a...
Magnitogorsk is a typical Soviet city. The city was built in the first Joseph Stalin's 5 year plans and the first tent building settlements were erected in March of 1929. Railroad reached the city in...
A few years ago I had the opportunity to spend several days in the ruins of Arkaim, dating from the XVII century before Christ, together with some archaeologists from Finland, USA and Russia. Arkaim...
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