Photo Usolie by Nikolay Cherkasov

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Usolie

photographer:

Nikolay Cherkasov add to favorites

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categories:

architecture, landscape

album(s):

East European Plain

place:

Russia

notes:

I have been riding for a 5 days alone without any purpose or desire. Road goes right and left, up and down through forests.
But I had one aim - little town Usolie (in russian this word contains word which means SALT), which attracted me, when I saw it on the map: at the middle of the wide river Kama there was a little cross, which means a church.
And I am in Usolie - little towns near the Urals Mountains with a more than 400 year history.
Low and neat houses, lots of churches and old merchant’s houses along the main street of Freedom...
I spent not more than two hours and watched only a few sights then I rode away...
It’s worth to visit this town again...

EXIF: 24mm 1/60s f/5.6 ISO 100
Date: 2006.08.15 18:21
Point at Google maps

published:

Wed 7 Feb 2007 14:24

equipment:

digital camera Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
lens Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

permanent link:

https://www.photoforum.ru/photo/341679/

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System #1 Wed 7 Feb 2007 14:06

the photo has been reuploaded
фотография была заменена

Kate #2 Wed 7 Feb 2007 14:32

Очень красивые цвета!!!

silvia marmori #3 Wed 7 Feb 2007 14:42

oh.. so much interesting your notes.. the image is great.. shows so good the atmosphere of the place.
hope you will post more from this Usolie little town..
why Salt in its name.. salines near?.. do you know?
excellent!

Nikolay Cherkasov #5 Wed 7 Feb 2007 16:04

I`ll post panorama (but very later) and, maybe, another 1 or 2 shots. You can see shots, which are quickly processed at my site, if it`s intresting. And read an article, I`ve found in english.

Briefly, the village was founded by Stroganov - famous russian nobles. There were salt works, so town took its name. Also it was quite important trade town. Later soda-manufacturing industry founded near Usolie at the other shore of Kama.

silvia marmori #6 Wed 7 Feb 2007 17:21

thank you.. i liked so much the shots at that site you made.. the sky was wonderful to accompany the reflections and add even more mood..
also so nice the one with goats..
and a good summary in English .. i do thank you for all this info..

Nikolay Cherkasov #9 Wed 7 Feb 2007 21:27

Thank you, Silvia, for your attention.

Nikolay Cherkasov #11 Wed 7 Feb 2007 22:52

Goats... I remembered it.
In spite of the effords to make Usolie a tousm center by reconstructing old houses and churches, placing town advertisement aside the roads and so; it remains just a little town, even it looks like more than simple village. Rear tourists and inhabitants are walking, while goats are just eating grass-plots, chikens are cackling at the main square. Life is only slightly change at this place during hundreds of years...
That was a reporting shot, where I just wanted to remember that, but not to express at the shot. Maybe I even didn`t want to do this because of my melnholy and aloneness...

no name no name #4 Wed 7 Feb 2007 14:42

Красота.... и тишина.... прекрасная работа, Николай!

Nadezda Koldysheva #7 Wed 7 Feb 2007 19:05

красивое место..

Andrew Zilov #8 Wed 7 Feb 2007 19:59

А вот под Переславлем-Залесским есть старинное село Усолье. Тоже на берегу (большого озера) и тоже бывший соляной промысел.

Nikolay Cherkasov #10 Wed 7 Feb 2007 21:45

Спасибо, интересно было: я более 10 минут смотрел карту - нет, потом гугл - разрозненнеые сведения. оказалось оно нынче зовётся Купанское (ну, у меня на всех картах так). И самое удивительное - там были эпидемии малярии! Это в средней полосе!

Andrew Zilov #13 Thu 8 Feb 2007 10:54

Спасибо, Николай! Забыл, что переименовали в Купанское

ric alexander #12 Wed 7 Feb 2007 23:56

gopod notes, and pleasant view, the sky is attractive like the reflections
regards

Berenice Kauffmann Abud - AFIAP #14 Thu 8 Feb 2007 23:33

WOW!!! Wonderful image and great notes!!!!!
Warmest regards!!!

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