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Make love not war!


Make love not war!
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Copyright: Lucio Red (Redrubin) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 605 W: 36 N: 904] (6604)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-31
Categories: Daily Life
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/640 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-22 14:50
Viewed: 503
Points: 9
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Further on was a big building with more tanks outside. This part of the museum was about the Russian / Afghan war and was closed for renovation. Turning back and this time going around the other way we came to an area filled with tanks, planes, and other military vehicles, all were standing in the snow. I took more pictures as a guard watched on. Passing under a concrete structure, the walls of which were decorated by statues set in black rock. The carved figures in the black stone against the white falling snow and the absence of any one else made the place feel frozen in time and somehow alive, strange feeling.
By this time we were at the base of the Motherland statue, the locals call it Baba Ukraine (Baba means an old woman). We enter through huge heavy metal doors, which we had to pull open ourselves. After buying tickets we were told to go downstairs were we could leave our coats. The woman at the desk said that it was too late and that the museum was closing but actually we still had an hour, we told her this and she agreed to let us leave our coats. The main hall is very grand. All the walls are made of marble with very high ceilings. It has three circular floors connected together with marble staircases. There are many exhibits, on the ground and first floors, almost all of which are manned by a woman guard. I only took pictures of a few German and Russian W.W.II radio sets. But again you had to beg each guard in turn, and as long as the other guards didn't see, I could take pictures. A huge room on the second floor was decorated with the donated, letters pictures, and other belongings from the people involved with the great war struggle against the Germans. A big banquette table in the centre of the room had all the glasses of people present at the banquette which was held to celebrate the opening of the museum. Unfortunately by that time I had run out of film and could not take any more pictures. Top floor of the museum is directly below the feet of the Motherland, and from there the surrounding area could be seen.

The National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 years (Ukrainian: Національний музей історії Великої Вітчизняної Війни 1941-1945 років, Russian: Национальный музей истории Великой Отечественной войны 1941-1945 годов) is a memorial complex commemorating the Great Patriotic War located in the southern outskirts of the Pechersk district of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on the picturesque hills on the right-bank of the Dnieper River.

The museum has moved two times before ending up in the current location where it was ceremonially opened on May 9 (the Victory Day), 1981, by then Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. On June 21, 1996, the museum was accorded its current status of the National Museum by the special decree signed by Leonid Kuchma, then the President of Ukraine.

It is one of the largest museums in Ukraine (over 300 thousand exhibits) centered around the now famous 62-meter tall Motherland statue, which has become one of the best recognized landmarks of Kiev. The museum has been attended by over 21 million visitors.
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  • Roly Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 142 W: 2 N: 27] (378)
  • [2008-01-22 15:10]

All right Lucio, I will apologize for this, and I really hope you're not going to take offence of it. If the dude standing there in front of the tank was me, I would maybe send this picture to my grandma as a card from Kiev and potentially proof that I was there. She would probably appreciate it because I was in it. But otherwise, I would avoid showing it to anyone else, and certainly not post it online for everyone to see. There is nothing artistic in this image, the two subjects (the dude who’s facial features we can’t distinguish and the boring tank) are not connected; in fact they are separated by an ugly chain. It's the typical "me in front of something boring" picture that we maybe take once in a while, so that we have an image to remind us of our travels. But others generally don't want to see these images, because they simply are not appealing. This is just my honest opinion, please don’t take it too seriously because I’m sure others think differently.

Lucio

felicidades excelente composicion

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  • valari Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1149 W: 106 N: 400] (4085)
  • [2008-01-23 12:09]

Hi,Lucio,you really look so pleased and proud.I would like not to take your relish to show us this image:)
regards,val

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  • ivo Silver Star Critiquer [C: 13 W: 6 N: 4] (263)
  • [2008-01-25 15:20]
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Ciao Lucio, ho tradotto il lungo commento del tuo ospite. Anch'io penso che a volte facciamo delle foto solo per ricordarci che siamo stati in un determinato posto. Anzi noi amatori della fotografia lo facciamo praticamente sempre.
Tu fotografi i tuoi bimbi come me del resto, per ricordarti come erano perchè il tempo è sfuggente.
Io non so dove tu fossi e anche per me un carro armato ha tanti significati. Uno fra tutti è quando ero nel glorioso corpo del Genio Guastatori, e se vedessi ora un carro Leopard o un Gittaponte, che sono comunque opere d'ingenio umano, lo andrei subito a fotografare.
Comunque guarda la gallery di Roly: del Giappone ha portato a casa due foto: na cicciona e la foto di un cesso. Forse se saltava foto anzichè farti tutto sto discorso faceva una figura meno barbina.
Saluti
Ivo

Grazie per il commentario !
A la prossima volta !!

(Bella fotografia !)

See yOu later

Hi Lucio
Very effect shot
Me too I prefer to make love
Sabina

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