Russian Kitsch vs. American "Efficiency"

Check out these photos of the Moscow Subway. Photographer David Bardeny ...

Канадский фотограф создал невероятную серию снимков московского метро

Канадский фотограф Дэвид Бардени (David Burdeny) после своей поездки в Россию создал серию фоторабот, которую назвал «Россия: светлое…

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John Brown ...-- While there is an artistic "kitsch" to the Moscow Stalin-time Moscow subway ("palaces for the masses"), my experience in riding it in 1973; 1999-2002 (as a U.S. dip without a car) was far more positive than having to endure, today, the "Metro" of Washington DC. Main positive element of the Moscow subway, despite its very human odors: It was reliable, like a Kalashnikov (pardon the comparison), whereas the DC metro is as "dependable" as "computer glitch." Seehttp://johnbrownnotesandessays.blogspot.com/.../washingto... Best, john -- And we are the people who land persons on the moon but can't get a commuter from one subway station to another without a "glitch." :) Mind you, :) I'm a patriotic American.smile emoticon

John Brown's Notes and Essays: Washington D.C.'s metro system: Some…

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