Tuesday, January 27, 2015

At Moscow's All-Russia Exhibition Center

A walk through the All-Russia Exhibition Center aka the Exhibition of Achievements of the People's Economy (VDNKh) on a snowy winter day of Jan 25, 2014.

Getting there by Moscow Monorail -- here I am at a Moscow Monorail station on the way to VDNKh. The Moscow Monorail is an elevated city train system.


Lots of GAZelle and other trucks seen through the monorail train carriage window.


A see-through lift garage.


Tow trucks known as "crocodiles" on account of they're green. They tow your car if you park it in the wrong place. There's currently a war ongoing between them and Moscow's motorists. Being a some-time motorist myself, I almost feel like throwing a Molotov cocktail at them. They are the brain child of Moscow's current deranged mayor.



Central entrance to the VDNKh exhibition... we are going through it.




Some penguin figures... may be representing some cartoon characters, I don't know. 


Along the central alley.



More penguin characters.


Central pavilion. 






The Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.



A view on the VDNKh ice-rink maybe the largest in Europe. 


Ice-rink map.

Looking down at the ice-rink from a footbridge over it.






Walk on and at the Square of Industry see the Soviet Buran space shuttle.


I suspect it's a replica.


Buran landing gear.


Nose section up close.




Under the belly.


Tail section.






Vostok spaceship....


Ceiling in one of the pavilions.



Mounted police. 

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