'Unofficial' Moscow captured in GIFS and photos

June 08 2019

Russia Beyond

More often than not, we present postcard views of the center of the Russian capital. But today let’s take a look at what most ordinary Muscovites see in the residential regions beyond the Garden Ring through the eyes of photographer Gennady Grachev, who has been snapping the city since the 1990s.

Volzhsky Boulevard

Volzhsky Boulevard

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Marshal Shaposhnikov Str., a co-op garage at the Znamya Truda plant

Marshal Shaposhnikov Str., a co-op garage at the Znamya Truda plant

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Bratsevo Park

Bratsevo Park

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Begovaya Lane, “Openwork House” / “House of Burov” architectural monument, built in 1940

Begovaya Lane, “Openwork House” / “House of Burov” architectural monument, built in 1940

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Street flusher on the Yuzhny overpass

Entrance to an apartment block on Keramichesky Proezd Str.

Entrance to an apartment block on Keramichesky Proezd Str.

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Marshal Vasilevsky Str., apartment block built in 1936

Marshal Vasilevsky Str., apartment block built in 1936

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Pedestrian bridge over the railway at Moscow-Tovarnaya-Kurskaya Station

Pedestrian bridge over the railway at Moscow-Tovarnaya-Kurskaya Station

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Shodnensky Kovsh on the Skhodnya River

Shodnensky Kovsh on the Skhodnya River

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A tram near the Schuka shopping center, Two Captains residential complex

A tram near the Schuka shopping center, Two Captains residential complex

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Never ending road repairs

Shelepikhinsky Bridge

Shelepikhinsky Bridge

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Bumazhny Proezd Str., office/warehouse building, former warehouse of Pravda publishing house

Bumazhny Proezd Str., office/warehouse building, former warehouse of Pravda publishing house

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Residential yard on Verkhnaya Str.

Residential yard on Verkhnaya Str.

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Residential building on Leningradsky Prospekt Str.; built in 1964 for workers at OKB-155, a MiG aircraft production plant

Residential building on Leningradsky Prospekt Str.; built in 1964 for workers at OKB-155, a MiG aircraft production plant

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Electric trains, aka elektrichka

Skakovaya Str., Fire Station No. 27, former stables

Skakovaya Str., Fire Station No. 27, former stables

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Residential yard on Geroev Panfilovtsev Str.

Residential yard on Geroev Panfilovtsev Str.

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Sadovnicheskaya Str., Ikonnikov manor house, residential building at the Elektrodny plant

Sadovnicheskaya Str., Ikonnikov manor house, residential building at the Elektrodny plant

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1st Silikatny Proezd Str.

1st Silikatny Proezd Str.

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Moskva River, Pechatniki District

View of the Moscow-City business center from 3rd Magistralnaya Str.

View of the Moscow-City business center from 3rd Magistralnaya Str.

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Lianozovsky Park of Culture and Recreation, Nizhny Lianozovsky Pond

Lianozovsky Park of Culture and Recreation, Nizhny Lianozovsky Pond

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Residential buildings on Khodynsky Boulevard

Residential buildings on Khodynsky Boulevard

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Moscow Stele on Varshavskoe Highway

Moscow Stele on Varshavskoe Highway

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