Altai. Barnaul

Sergei Dolya writes: “We spent the last ninth day of the Altai expedition in Barnaul. We had a reader meeting scheduled, a couple of interviews and dinner. We walked around the city and visited the Demidov silver smelter. It is believed that it was from its foundation that the history of the city began ... "

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Source: Journal / sergeydolya

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3. As soon as we entered the city, we saw the huge Kaspersky building. I asked Evgeny how his developers got to Barnaul, but he said that this was the building of the company's partners

4. We were brought to the city location, which is called "on the mountain." Previously, there was a territory of the exhibition of achievements of the national economy. Behind the park, the name of the city is written in huge letters. Just like Hollywood.

5. New bridge through which we arrived from Gorno-Altaisk

6. Ilyich was tired of showing a bright future and put his hand in his pocket

7. Found a funny monument. There is nothing funny in the bust itself, but we were amused by the inscription

For the first time I see that the words on the tablet are transferred. Probably, the authors began to write, not correlating the scale of their wishes with the size of the granite slab

9. View from the hill to the old Barnaul:

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12. On the way we met the guys and when they saw my camera they asked me to take a picture of them as a keepsake. The dude in the center introduced himself as Stepan Kazantsev and said: “Find me on VKontakte!” I honestly climbed on vk.com, found two Stepanov Kazantsevs from Barnaul, but I did not see my acquaintance in any of them. If you happen to know anyone and these three, pass this photo on to them.

13. Former tax building, now abandoned

14. Inside devastation and desolation. Apparently they collected taxes and left

15. Trams

16. A very popular topic in the regions is customs confiscation and seized goods. It seems to me that at times under this “brand” they push anything

17. The year of foundation of Barnaul is considered to be 1730, when the miner Akinfiy Demidov transferred 200 ascribed peasants to Altai to lay factories. The construction of a copper-silver-smelting plant served as an impetus for the development of the settlement around it: immigrants and service people from Central Russia and the Urals rushed to the small village of Ust-Barnaulskaya. Now the plant is closed, no one is allowed in, but my readers (thanks to them!) managed to organize a passage. Let's see what's inside

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19. An interesting structure of the blower - if you look closely, at the bottom of the door the structure is connected to a gear

20. Apparently, it was twisted from the inside, adjusting the position of this thing from the outside

21. The pre-revolutionary beauty of buildings is striking. Previously, even factories were like estates and parks.

22. Smelter, it was here that ore was smelted

23. Only a shadow remains of the greatness of the previous production, but the scale is still clear

24. Some private traders bought this complex, nothing happens inside, only the guards have fun with a punching bag

25. This place was called "important". Carriages and carts with ore drove in here, they were weighed, thus keeping strict records and preventing theft in production.

26. One of the central streets of the city

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28. Looking at this hatch, I remembered Yan Levin, who said that each drawing on the hatch has its own meaning. What is the significance of this abstraction?

29. Sidewalks leave a lot to be desired. Pay attention to the trodden path on the lawn. Apparently, the puddle here never dries up.

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31. Central square. On the left - an old Stele dedicated to Demidov, on the right - three modern "Stelas"

32. Beautiful house

33. Incomprehensible sign of the main road

34. Shoe repair. You can see how the level of asphalt has risen since the construction of the building. We'll tell you more about it in the video.

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37. Shady city streets

38. There were several big fires in the city, many houses burned down and now you can see how old, surviving huts and new modern houses side by side

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41. New Barnaul

42. How better to say - barna streets or barna streets?

43. Invariable from city to city plastic shopping mall boxes

44. Central square. Benches, urns - everything is in place

45. Roofs are somewhat reminiscent of the architecture of the Yaroslavl region

46. At the end of the square, an Orthodox cross and a Soviet hammer and sickle coexist

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48. After the walk, we met with readers, had dinner, spent the night and flew to Moscow.

The Altai expedition is over, I hope you were as interested as it was for me. Thanks to all participants and partners!