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На святую землю Херсонеса Туманный колокол впервые прибыл в 1803 году. Позднее он стал символом не только знаменитого музея древности под открытым небом, но и самого Севастополя. Сегодня бронзовый гигант весом 2,4 тонны гордо возвышается на берегу Херсонеса, восхищая туристов и своей красотой, и – не в меньшей степени! – удивительной судьбой..На колоколе сохранилась надпись о том, что в 1778 году он был отлит в Таганроге из турецких пушек, взятых в качестве трофея. Доподлинно известно, что в 1803 году Александр I подарил колокол Севастополю. Его поместили на звоннице Никольского собора, где он и пробыл до тех пор, пока англичане и французы не вывезли после Крымской войны бронзового гиганта и еще 12 колоколов из Севастополя в качестве трофеев. Наш колокол повесили на звонницу знаменитого собора Парижской Богоматери...Исторический факт от красивой легенды спустя столько лет отличить непросто, но доподлинно известно, что 106 лет назад, к 300-летию императорского дома Романовых в знак союзнических отношений между Россией и Францией колокол-пленник вернулся в Севастополь и был поднят на звонницу Херсонесского монастыря в 1913 году. В советское время, когда монастырь был закрыт, колокол оставили для звона в туманную погоду – его звуковые сигналы вместо маяка помогали ориентироваться проходящим мимо судам, предупреждая о прибрежных отмелях и скалах. За эту благородную службу монастырский «звуковой маяк» прозвали «туманным».
Пережив вторую героическую оборону города Севастополя, дождавшись его освобождения, Туманный колокол до сих пор встречает жителей и гостей нашего города на древнем берегу Херсонеса!...................................
The Fog Bell first arrived in the holy land of Chersonesos in 1803. Later it became a symbol not only of the famous open - air museum of antiquity . Today, a bronze giant weighing 2.4 tons stands proudly on the shore of Chersonesos, delighting tourists with its beauty and amazing fate....There is an inscription on the bell that in 1778 it was cast in Taganrog from Turkish cannons taken as a trophy. It is known for certain that in 1803 Alexander I presented the bell to Sevastopol. He was placed on the belfry of St. Nicholas Cathedral, where he stayed until the British and French took out the bronze giant and 12 more bells from Sevastopol as trophies after the Crimean War. Our bell was hung on the belfry of the famous Notre Dame Cathedral.It is not easy to distinguish a historical fact from a beautiful legend after so many years, but it is known for certain that 106 years ago, on the 300th anniversary of the imperial house of Romanov, as a sign of allied relations between Russia and France, the captive bell returned to Sevastopol and was raised to the belfry of the Chersonesos Monastery in 1913. In Soviet times, when the monastery was closed, the bell was left to ring in foggy weather – its sound signals instead of a lighthouse helped guide passing ships, warning of coastal shoals and rocks. For this noble service, the monastery's "sound lighthouse" was nicknamed "foggy".
Having survived the second heroic defense of the city of Sevastopol, having waited for its liberation, the Fog Bell still greets residents and guests of our city on the ancient shore of Chersonesos!
After I finally got my Ushankas I could complete my Soviet troops for now. I hope y’all like it and thanks for taking a look!
Watch (with certification and instructions) bought in Moscow in 1988. For 8/12/2019 Macro Mondays theme "Printed Word."
Berlin - Tiergarten
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I havnt posted anything in awhile because I have been in Europe for the last few weeks but have taken some photos in that time. On this rare sunny day I ventured out with a fellow German railfan who I had met in Peru to visit some of the diesel lines in former East Germany. We got very lucky and got two trains powered by the Soviet built 232 class "Ludmilla" diesels, easily the coolest locomotives still in regular service on DB. Here a loaded coal train departs Könnern after running around, the coal is destined for the power plant at a local sugar mill. Like in the US old cool power brings out the railfans and there was a big crowd that showed up to photograph the train.
I was invited by Moscow City Transit to attend what was basically a streetcar photo charter for the press and bloggers. The subject was a Soviet MTV-82 series tram, which operated in Moscow from the 1940's through 1980's.
The statue, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, was built in 1937 for the Soviet pavilion at the World's Fair in Paris and is one of Moscow's icons.
Finished the rover and a Mars landscape for it. I'll try to keep (and add to) the red landscape as no doubt it will come in handy for future Mars Mission mocs :-)
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made this guy last week. I think he turned out ok. I know the pouches dont look legit but thats because I made then for a Jap soldier but changed my mind later.
The old Soviet days - plus those of grainy colour negative film. The SW Borovitskaya Tower Gate. At right the Armoury Palace, housing an incredible collection of lovingly preserved artefacts dating back to the founders of Russia. It’s a cold early morning and a long queue of citizens already snakes back from the Armoury entrance.