Tuesday, May 20, 2008

A few more shots from our Sunday walk at Vorobyovy Gory.

Migrant workers (most likely) playing football on one of MGU's football fields (if you can call it that):







(An earlier post and a picture from a similar gastarbeiter game is here.)

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At Luzhniki, something very Soviet was taking place - judging by this poster, at least:



Something called "The All-Russian Military-Athletic Forum 'READY FOR LABOR AND DEFENSE'."

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On the roof of the Luzhniki stadium - where the Champions League final is to take place Wednesday - one could see this lonely figure, most likely a security guy charged with getting the arena ready for the big game:



And across the river from Luzhniki, no one seemed to care about either labor, or defense, or football - or the swastikas (see my previous post):

1 comment:

  1. Oh! Sweet nostalgia! I used to play football there myself once upon a time. :)

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