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Coats of arms of Volga cities

I. One of the most simple and the clearest method to look how our memory of the city is desighned is to study coats of arms. We selected 44 the most important cities and analysed their emblems - if they have or not something connected to Volga. Most of them yes:

II.

But what is very immportant for us is that some of the biggect cities do not have connected their emblems with Volga but they tried to promoute river cruises. Here some examples:

Nizhny Novgorod - the biggest city of Volga region, former leader of river tourism.

Kazan, the second largest city on Volga with big potencial of increasing river tourism.

Samara, the third largest city with more than one million polulation

Ulyanovsk, 600 000 population, and birthplace of V. Lenin

Yaroslavl', one of the oldest and very cultural city with big tourism potention. Part of the "Golder Ring"

Tver, a city with big history but bad infrastructure. Not a part of "Golden Ring".

Uglich, a small city, a part of Yaroslavl' tour programms

Syzran, not so big industrial city near with Samara.

Myshkin is a very small city (6000) which constructed it's own history based by mascot (mouse). It is a great example how to create something almost from nothing.

III. Which conclusions could we made?

1) Change of coat of arm could be an evidence of demand to change an atmosphere or future direction.

This is Zhigulevsk example

Thisi is Dubna

That's why i thing and offer to redesigh some emblemt to add a river meaning, of course, we local aspects and identities.

2) The best opportunities to make a synergetics have a Yarosravl as a city which connects to two famous touristic tours - Golden Ring and Volga River that's why improving the emblem of Yaroslavl' seems the most important thing for increasing Volga potential by these methods.

#volgavolgavolga #designedmemory #volga3

ULYANOVSK/VOLGA SHORE

One of the main problems of developing the river bank are the landslides. Because of that there isn't much happening on the shore.

Although in the soviet times there was a program to deal with that problem:

Land was given to people to plant gardens with trees, but people started planting tomatoes and potatoes and that didn't really help to reinforce the slope.There are still some dachas left...

#ulyanovsk #volga3 #suburbanizedshore

ULYANOVSK/SIMBIRKA vs. VOLGA

The Volga shore in Ulyanovsk is a gap between the two parts of the city. And at the same time it isn’t used. On one shore it is a deserted bank with some dachas and wild dogs. It is not used because the slope is very steep and is not reinforced. So the landslides are a big issue. The opposite shore is cut off from the city by a wall. To be exact a long territory surrounded by walls. With nothing but small 2x2m buildings.

The Simbirka river though is interacting more with the city. It now mostly works as a park and has 2 activation points (the university and the shopping mall on opposite shores) Also the city has great plans to develop that area

#kazan #volga3 #suburbanizedshore

KAZAN/ KAZANKA vs. VOLGA

The most developed embankment in the city is the bank of Kazanka river. It has a historical part which attracts tourists. Further on it turns into a construction site with a lot of modern buildings facing the river. The Millenium bridge, which is very hard to reach, takes us to a new developed shore with shopping malls and housing blocks facing the sand shores of the embankment which are soon to be developed.

It is interesting that the people don’t associate their city with the Volga.

The Volga shore is very hard to see. There is only one part of it which is visible, and it is located in the port which is behind walls. The rest of the Volga shore consists of many other walls. Which mostly hide the industrial zones that took nearly all of shore.

#kazan #volga3 #suburbanizedshore

SARATOV FAVELAS

The first acquaintance with Saratov started from excursion with Igor, he is local informal ethnographer. Starting point was near the museum of local lore, next stop was street with a lot old half ruined wooden houses, we were still in the city centre. Passing by the streets picture haven’t changed, all street has only one-story buildings wood, brick, stone houses, all they look abandoned, ruined, you can't imagine that somebody can live here, some streets even hasn’t got a proper road, there is only mud there.

We had made a turn after some garages , it’s looked like empty space on some periphery, were only one thing you can find is garages and abandoned cars, felt like it's not unsafely to be there, going down without a road, everything was dirty, everywere mud, after all found ourselves in the concrete road surrounding marsh. On the other side you can find houses, quite populated. Igor told that actually this is a river Taybalik and it's was putted inside the collector, and we are standing on it, later we found the hole and saw the river inside.

Moved on, its appeared that this concrete collector is a path, kind of road for locals. Its surrounds by the same type of houses that we saw in the central area streets, they all looks the same ruined with some supplemented small architectural forms, but actually they are not abandoned at all, all this houses are full of life, they all inhabited.

Walking on the streets of Saratov, peek a sneak into alleyways and courtyards, everywhere in the city center you can find this favelas. Many of them have as a background picture of modern just built sixteen-story buildings. So you can see this incredible contrast of new buildings and one-story pre-revolutionary houses. All these courtyards and houses equipped well, vast majority has some kinds of improvements, patches, add-ons, extensions, some have flowerbeds, some historic houses has increased volume of balcony, others has attached extra rooms, that are just built from all rubbish things that they could find in surrounding area .

Generally we can specify all the main Saratov favelas characteristics:

1_Most of the time all Saratov favelas you can find near newly built modern 15-20 story buildings, apartments.

2_Its always goes with the courtyard, from the main street you have a nice but quite ruined building of the end of 19 or beginning of 20 century, you go inside and see a courtyard. All rest buildings and shelters are faced to this courtyard. In the centre it can be placed a flower bed, or some small shared public space for children.

3_ All buildings have some adjusted, completed, modified structures, the intervention, expansion of the new territory. It can be a adjusted room, it can be enlarged entrance, porch and attached loggia or a balcony.

4_ From the first view you all these buildings looks abandoned, but in a closer look you will be able to notice the details, signs of life and comfort such as flowers in window, nice curtains, in some courtyards you will find the clothes hanging on the rope outside.

Generally speaking Saratov has these two controversial vectors, in the one hand it’s seems to be perceived as die out, shrinking city, cause still there are a lot abandoned, burned, ruined houses in it, but in other certainly a lot of houses and districts that seems to be at first sight abandoned and inhabitant are full of life and their own aesthetics.

#saratov #architectureofthevolga #volga1 #volga2 #volga3 #saratovfavelas

MIKHAIL SYARDIN, FORMER CHIEF ARCHITECT OF TOGLIATTI AND DIRECTOR OF GIPROGOR INSTITUTE, TALKS ABOUT FUTURE OF KUYBYSHEV WATER RESERVOIR

By his opinion the Volga will come back the the original watercourse and the level of the Kuybyshev reservoir (the biggest in the region) will lower.

“The GES can be done from the geographical flat rivers, but they won’t serve for long time - 50-100 years as minimum. The level of Kuybyshev water reservoir will lower. So after this the centre of Togliatti will appear in former Stavropol which was flooded. This will unite the city creating a natural Togliatti city centre”.

#Volgavolgavolga #volga3 #Togliatti #Engineerednature

PrimBul' 37. The main disco of Togliatti

1990s in Russia is now remembered as the years of rampant crime and economic turmoil. A discos of 90s are the most severe in the history of Russia. It was really dangerous to be there.

The most famous disco in Togliatti was “Primbul 37”. It is named by address of the building where it was situated. Primorsky Boulevard 37, Palace of Sports.

Primorskiy Boulevard st., 37

This disco is famous as a place where Sergey Zhukov and Aleksey Potekhin were DJs. Later they founded a popular band “Ruki Vverh”. This band is one of the the most important symbols of the ’90s culture.

Ruki vverh band. Alexey Potehin, Sergey Zhukov

Togliatti criminal wars are well known in Russia. Presence of criminal was also noticeable in disco. Some participants of this disco are still alive and remember their experience. Let’s look at couple of posts in vk group dedicated to Primbul (http://vk.com/club8793417):

Group administrator: AFAIK, Primbul was famous by fighting without rules. It was impossible to get away from there without handicap nor not being beaten …… Every night after the disco you could look at fighting girls or boys ….. Did you participate in such fightings ??? And did you get pizdyuli on Plimbul ???

Anton Ogul: Yes, I was there too and I was loving to fight. Primbul is great ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Mikha Podvigin: I was at a sobering up station only once )))))) They have took me there from Primbul. I was braking cop’s jacket and beating him. Then I was arrested )))))))) It was a great time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fightings in Primbul could be looking like this (photo from the Internet)

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