Whilst in the Ukraine at the weekend, I managed to get the the National Museum in Dineproptesk, which has a few old WW2 Military vehicles outside, so not having took my own Camera on this trip, had to borrow one.
Good on ya! Thanks for sharing I see a T-70, a T-34/85 (date doubtfull, will have to check but looks like a components mix), a Katyusha system, a 57mm AT gun, a 85mm AA gun, and a fixed launcher for S-125 Petshora / SA-3 Goa missiles designed in the 60s. Now for what really matters, what wa the food like?
Good on ya! Thanks for sharing I see a T-70, a T-34/85 (date doubtfull, will have to check but looks like a components mix), a Katyusha system, a 57mm AT gun, a 85mm AA gun, and a fixed launcher for S-125 Petshora / SA-3 Goa missiles designed in the 60s. Now for what really matters, what wa the food like? Za, McDonalds is fine anywhere in the world , especially washed down with Vodka. No seriously, had a fantastic steak on Sunday night in Kiev, P
Great Photos Phil. Za, thanks for the ID on the T-70. Was wondering what it was! I do enjoy looking at some of the Cold War equipment also, reminds me of all the military magazines available whilst growing up.
My great grandparents came to America from Ukraine in 1910 when my grandmother was a year old. They eventually settled in Nyack, NY which had a fair sized Ukrainian community back then. When I was visiting mother in NY last month I was driving her around the area and talking about the places her mother and grandparents lived. She said that a family that was friends with theirs went back to visit their relatives in the 1930s and were never heard of again. It was sad but didn't surprise me and I already knew that she lost a lot of cousins over there. But then she told me that the family's house had been abandoned and vacant ever since and was still there. I didn't believe her and told her surely she was mistaken. The real estate in that area is ridiculously expensive and there weren't any abandoned houses anywhere. She got mad at me and said, "David, I'm not making it up!" as if I thought she was nuts. I said okay let's go see it. I'll be dipped if she wasn't right. It's even more surprising that it is still there because it is behind one of the biggest enclosed shopping malls in the northeast US. The Palisades Center. 2.5 million square feet. Palisades Center - Shopping, Dining and Entertainment in West Nyack, NY
