1st May in Barnaul, Siberia - Page 2

Jularc · #21 Posted **May 14, 2007, 7:22 PM**

I have never seen this city before. thanks!

Robert Pence · #22 Posted **May 14, 2007, 9:15 PM**

Beautiful photos! The city looks like a very pleasant place; I love the photo with the tulips.

DLLB · #23 Posted **May 15, 2007, 9:57 PM**

Very nice series.

This is what I really like about this web site. It gives you a chance to see pictures of many places we will likely never have the opportunity to visit.

gatt · #24 Posted **May 16, 2007, 12:48 AM**

this is a skyline and it's yours.be proud of it.

Siberian · #25 Posted **May 16, 2007, 3:53 AM**

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this is a skyline and it's yours.be proud of it.

Thank, you!
Well, I'm proud of it for sure.
This is almost the same view 3 years ago (2004). It is changed!

jeff22 · #26 Posted **May 23, 2007, 8:23 PM**

Hi Siberian,

Thanks for your wonderful pictures. I did a google search for Barnaul and came acress this interesting web site. (Now I can do some more 'virtual tourism'). Barnaul looks like a great city for walking around. Especially for a photographer. I do hope they can restore more of those old buildings.

I learned about Barnaul as a sort of gateway city for whitewater rafting and trekking in the mountains. I was suprised that there were no mountains in any of the pictures. Are there any that are visible from town, or are they too far away ?

Another suprise was when I follwed the link someone posted to google earth. It looks like there are several really huge geological features running southwest down to the border of Kazakhstan; are these glacial scrapes ? They don't appear to be filled with water. What do they look like "in person" ? (I'll try to post an image.)

Finally, I grew up in Louisiana, in the "deep" south of the USA. I remember a lot of trees painted white around the base. My understanding was that the white surface made it extremely easy for birds to see insects; either the insects would avoid the white area or they would be eaten. Interesting to see the same technique on the opposite side of the world !

Thanks again for your pictures.

Here's that google earth image. Barnaul is at the tip of the green arrow, the border w/ Kazakhstan is in white.

Siberian · #27 Posted **May 24, 2007, 2:32 AM**

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Hi Siberian,

Thanks for your wonderful pictures. I did a google search for Barnaul and came acress this interesting web site. (Now I can do some more 'virtual tourism').

Hi, Jeff. Why do you search for Barnaul? Did you hear something interesting about the place?

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Originally Posted by jeff22

I learned about Barnaul as a sort of gateway city for whitewater rafting and trekking in the mountains. I was suprised that there were no mountains in any of the pictures. Are there any that are visible from town, or are they too far away ?

Well Barnaul located 200 km north of mountains, it's not as far, but they're not visible from Barnaul. They're not visible even from Biysk, the city located closer to the mountains. Barnaul is gateway, because it's the capital of Altai region, here is located large airport, it's transportation hub. But there are the plans to build new modern airport closer to the mountains. Near Biysk.

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Originally Posted by jeff22

Another suprise was when I follwed the link someone posted to google earth. It looks like there are several really huge geological features running southwest down to the border of Kazakhstan; are these glacial scrapes ? They don't appear to be filled with water. What do they look like "in person" ? (I'll try to post an image.)

Hmm, I don't know. There is steppe in the area and the tape pine forests along the small rivers. Actually, this feature is quite unique, I heard about the same things in Canada...

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Originally Posted by jeff22

Finally, I grew up in Louisiana, in the "deep" south of the USA. I remember a lot of trees painted white around the base. My understanding was that the white surface made it extremely easy for birds to see insects; either the insects would avoid the white area or they would be eaten. Interesting to see the same technique on the opposite side of the world !

Maybe.

Derek · #28 Posted **May 24, 2007, 2:37 AM**

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Another quiet street

A 4-door Nissan Skyline? Nice!

Nice pictures, I have wanted to visit Siberia for some time!

CanadianCentaur · #29 Posted **May 24, 2007, 2:58 AM**

Excellent pics, Siberian!

How tall's the tallest building (is that the new one with the angular (pointed) top?)) in your city? And are there any even taller ones planned for the near future?

jeff22 · #30 Posted **May 24, 2007, 3:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Siberian

Hi, Jeff. Why do you search for Barnaul? Did you hear something interesting about the place?

Random daydreaming, mainly. I was reading online about whitewater rafting trips in the Altai region. It looks spectacular ! And it seems like a fun way to spend time in a foreign country. I've been interested in Russia for a while (history, literature, language) and think I would like to go there some day.

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Well Barnaul located 200 km north of mountains, it's not as far, but they're not visible from Barnaul.

On the map it looks like they're "just over there". It's really hard to keep in mind just how huge Russia is. I used to think driving across Texas took patience....

Siberian · #31 Posted **May 24, 2007, 5:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by CanadianCentaur

Excellent pics, Siberian!

How tall's the tallest building (is that the new one with the angular (pointed) top?)) in your city? And are there any even taller ones planned for the near future?

You're welcome

The tallest one is the 25 floor (86 meter tall) almost completed residential building.
Here is the more close pic of the complex...

There are planned taller buildings for sure, for example two these projects...
These are approved 3 30-floor buildings

And this proposed complex with 37 floor tallest building.

JManc · #32 Posted **May 24, 2007, 5:59 AM**

wow! i've seen barnaul before (in your pics) but it looks much more vibrant in these.

stepper77 · #33 Posted **May 24, 2007, 6:02 PM**

It's so nice to see pictures of a place that I've never heard of before and find it to be such a vibrant city. And the skyline is quite nice for a city that size (according to wikipedia it's about 600,000?). I really enjoy seeing these other cities in Russia so thank you.

boden · #34 Posted **May 25, 2007, 2:02 AM**

That is quite a complex up close. I find the architecture interesting.

James Bond Agent 007 · #35 Posted **May 25, 2007, 2:28 AM**

You have now answered a question I always wanted to know: Do they have Mexican food in Russia?

Siberian · #36 Posted **May 25, 2007, 2:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by stepper77

It's so nice to see pictures of a place that I've never heard of before and find it to be such a vibrant city. And the skyline is quite nice for a city that size (according to wikipedia it's about 600,000?). I really enjoy seeing these other cities in Russia so thank you.

Yes, it's about 600,000 and 700,000 with metro population.

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You have now answered a question I always wanted to know: Do they have Mexican food in Russia?

LOL
Why not?
Fortunately we have no a McDonald's in Siberia for a while, even big Novosibirsk hasn't