Eternal outskirts of Moscow and beyond (LOTS of pics!)

[Skorohod]

Another trip with my daughter.

Someone's drunken pet bear spilled some waste from nuclear samovar. Just another day in Russia! 8)
"Beware radiation!":


Buildings of Mar'ino district across the Moscow river:
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Writing on a bear (seems like a child's handwriting) means "Alina's little bear":


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Old cooling tower of ТЭЦ-22 under reconstruction works:


Road to a Moscow river from Dzerzhinsky town:

 

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Empty fields of Dzerzhinsky:


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Lunch time. McDonalds - uniting whole world through space and time :lol:


Moscow river near Dzerzhinsky:




Those bastards!


Entering to territory of ТЭЦ-22 ash ponds:




Water pumping facility of ТЭЦ-22:

 

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Exploring ash ponds facilities:




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Part of ТЭЦ-22 cooling water dump:






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Scary findings under our feet:

 

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Smoke stacks of Kapotnya oil refinery:


Buildings of Brateevo:
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Borisovsky pond dam:




That's all for this week!

 

[Skorohod]

The fields on hills south of Ostafyevo - the closest thing to vast steppes you can see around Moscow. 70's-80's vibe of then Moscow outskirts is there too, with all that green wastelands and tall buildings in the distance:
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New highway under construction:




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The bane of whole central Russia. The whole field of poisonous hogweed:
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Road to Ostafyevo airfield:


"Attention! Territory of airfield. No trespassing!":

 

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Railway test track of the Nationwide Scientific Research Institute of Railway Transport. "The Large Train Car Collider" :lol:
The new 2ЭВ120 electric locomotive under endurance tests:






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Miyazaki vibe again:


Little sleepy Novokurianovo village right inside the railroad test circle:
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Another trip southbound from Moscow. Industrial railroad to Coal Coke factory:


Into the dark forest between Moscow Coke and Vidnoye town:
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I'm being eaten by mosquito:


The mud:

 

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What is this they burning?


Erm... a roboclowns wigs?




A Cafeteria of Moscow Coke factory:


What is the meaning of this? For pedestrians and cyclists only?
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The Moscow Cole Coke Factory:


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Fields near Kartino village:

 

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Half of megavolt AC right over your head:




ТЭЦ-22 is always welcomed in my viewfinder:
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Dzerzhinsky town in the distance:


"Crossing the river on ice is forbidden!":
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[Skorohod]

Return to the fields of Ostafyevo. That day i've listened to dialogue over amateur SW band between G8IIC and HB9OAB (UK and Switzerland):


I've used hogweed as my radio mast:


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A rare sight in modern Moscow: some local boys on petrol mopeds passing by couple of decent looking ZiL-130's:


That's all for this week!

 

[SlowCo]

Nice trips and photo's :thumb:
Great to be able to see the outskirts of Moscow on an ebike from far away 8)

 

[markz]

I love them Russian mega trucks chewing through the 8' mud bogs like it was nothing.

 

[goatman]

your bike reminds me of a grasshopper, you still riding it in the winter?

 

[goatman]

the short wave radio for uk and Switzerland, is that in English or do you understand multiple languages?

 

[jonescg]

Amazing photos! Just goes to show that wasteland looks the same the world over...

 

[Skorohod]

Nice trips and photo's :thumb:
Great to be able to see the outskirts of Moscow on an ebike from far away 8)

Thank you!

I love them Russian mega trucks chewing through the 8' mud bogs like it was nothing.

As for offroading, those ZiL-130's will able to ride crop fields (when it's not raining) and do some non extreme military work, but that's pretty much it. But look up ZiL-49061 "Blue bird" - that is something!

your bike reminds me of a grasshopper, you still riding it in the winter?

Yes, i do! I'll eventually post recent winter photos in this topic.

the short wave radio for uk and Switzerland, is that in English or do you understand multiple languages?

Yep, all international exchange on SW amateur radio is in English. Not sure about it's de-jure status, but de-facto it's English!

Amazing photos! Just goes to show that wasteland looks the same the world over...

Thanks!
Ah, those wastelands from childhood, where all local kids played Large part of life in big city, i'm not joking.

 

[Skorohod]

Couple of rides to Mazurinskoe lake, which suffered consequences of poisoning with waste of water treatment coagulation. It's a just another forest park now, but system of settling basins and some technical infrastructure still there. Pipes is old, abandoned and rusty, forest grows in most of old basins, but lake itself is not healed yet.

One of basins became swamp. I've been greeted by helicopter above forest, when i've taken this picture:










Old maintenance road in basin:

 

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Abandoned pumphouse (or electric distribution shed, or something like that):














Erm... some gay couple sends its regards through street art?


Woods inside old basin:


Bumblebee:

 

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Utility platform to waste outlet in basin:






Little birchwood bridge builded by local cyclists (reinforced by staples):




I've taken a narrow path along Mazurinskoe lake dam:






The bushes on dam was dense and tall:

 

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I've found myself in uncharted waters:












Old pipe in basin:


It's been hard sometimes:


Mazurinskoe lake:

 

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Nearby Gorenki train stop:


Radio towers of Balashikha Radio Centre:




My next ride to Mazurinskoe was with one of my friends. The circle of disturbed ground was first thing we stumble upon. May be a path of horse or some other big farm animal:




Bublebee 2.0:


My friend trying to make a point about size and weight differences of our vehicles:


The Great Throne of Forest:


Into the woods:

 

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Some beautiful swamp flowers:








"Yep, it is definitely flat!":


That door must serve its afterlife as a bridge:




Oh, that's a real swamp! One must be careful:

 

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An selfie gone wrong:




Mazurinskoe lake again:






One of basins was so poisonous that nothing grows there (yet):




A gauge for measuring level of waste in basin: