Ryazan
Ryazan resembles a Potemkin Village. There is one major street in the city with pleasant architecture. However, it is quite difficult to appreciate it because all the buildings are heavily worn-out, covered in advertising boxes, and surrounded by cars.
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It is very difficult to see and capture the beauty of Ryazan. There is always something hindering, obstructing the view.
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The city is stuck in traffic jams.
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Trolleybus.
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Bus.
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Schedule.
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The sidewalks are paved with tiles, and trees are planted along the road.
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But as soon as you turn into the courtyards...
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And there, everything is cluttered with cars, nowhere to step.
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And there, ugly yellow pipes run overhead.
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And there, unwashed Khrushchev-era apartment buildings and yards with dead-end alleys.
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Only the backsides of the same residential buildings still look good as before.
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With pompous entrances, neglected and adorned with air conditioners.
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With incredible windows.
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Once, everything was built like that. But at some point, they stopped building that way and started constructing in a completely different manner.
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That was Pervomayskiy Prospekt. Most of the other streets in Ryazan have a simpler appearance, with low two-story buildings.
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At some point, the city merges with the village. Rare, crooked houses with decaying fences and modest moldings stand mixed with modern, tasteless self-built country houses.
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Low-rise, humble village houses.
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And remnants of wells.
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However, Ryazan has its own Kremlin, a truly interesting place.
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Ancient.
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There is something to see.
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Perhaps the landscape here hasn’t changed in a hundred years.
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Let it remain like that.
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