Mine City, Vladivostok Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Don't put anything here Page Title Breadcrumb Text Don't put anything here Just a block away from [the house](http://www.freewisdom.org/en/all/entries/2006/09/18/a_street_i_grew) where our family lived since I was five there was a large park which was called "the Park of the Mine City." The park was surrounded by a stone wall, partly decomposed. The story goes that Mine City was a mine factory in the beginning of the century. Not much is left now, other than a couple heavy-set storage buildings and a few entrances into the underground. When I was a kid we would go into one of those entrances after school and take a path to the nearest other entrance. On the way we passed a side tonnel that we never dared to enter. Kids said it went all the way to Port Arthur in China. There is also a sequence of three lakes, which was supposedly used for testing mines and torpedos. A few years after we moved to the neighborhood the center Mine City was converted to a "Park of Culture and Recreation" constructed through "popular construction method" which means that people got "volunteered" to go work on park improvement. Among other things, a small movie theater was built which was dedicated to just kids movies. As we discovered, the park has fallen apart, since then. The movie theater, in particular, is now in ruins. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_004_2337 A brick castle for kids which was a bit hit when it was constructed 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_009_6483 One of the old storage buildings 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_015_2754 "Park of Culture and Recreation: constructed through method of popular construction by work collectives and youth of the city in 1985 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Vladivostok" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_013_5468 Old guys playing giant chess, just like they've been for years 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_018_4543 More old men playing chess 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_020_8042 This used to be a cafe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_021_0791 More of the cafe 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_022_5374 This used to be a kids movie theater 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_027_0322 More of the movie theater ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_001_3083 The lake 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_006_3841 This is supposed to be a "house on chicken legs" in which a fairy-tail personage "Baba-Yaga" lives. 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_024_7255 Entrace to the movie theater 2006-06-28-a-minny-gorodok/20060628_030_1174 Entrace to the underground ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Don't put anything here Edit Summary save preview cancel
