peskov(25)•in #travel•3278 days agoWrangel Island (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)To begin with, General Wrangel of ill-fame is in no way connected with Wrangel Island, which was named after the Russian explorer Ferdinand Wrangel. Early in th...6peskov(25)•in travel•3278 days agoWrangel Island (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)To begin with, General Wrangel of ill-fame is in no way connected with Wrangel Island, which was named after the Russian explorer Ferdinand Wrangel. Early in th...6
peskov(25)•in #travel•3284 days agoThree Sails in the Desert (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)One evening in June some shepherds in the Kara Kum Desert near the Aral Sea saw a strange sight. Three white sails floated over the sand along the far horizon. ...1peskov(25)•in travel•3284 days agoThree Sails in the Desert (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)One evening in June some shepherds in the Kara Kum Desert near the Aral Sea saw a strange sight. Three white sails floated over the sand along the far horizon. ...1
peskov(25)•in #travel•3367 days agoA Visit to Lake Baikal (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)I've known the old song about Lake Baikal since I was a child. Our neighbor, Grandpa Yegor, the lame carpenter, sang it in the evenings as he sat on his porch. ...0peskov(25)•in travel•3367 days agoA Visit to Lake Baikal (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)I've known the old song about Lake Baikal since I was a child. Our neighbor, Grandpa Yegor, the lame carpenter, sang it in the evenings as he sat on his porch. ...0
peskov(25)•in #travel•3368 days agoTwenty Minutes by a Campfire (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)We hovered over the top of a dune, sizing it up, then landed gingerly. The gray sand was blown away in rivulets and the sparse, dry grass bent in the prop wash....0peskov(25)•in travel•3368 days agoTwenty Minutes by a Campfire (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)We hovered over the top of a dune, sizing it up, then landed gingerly. The gray sand was blown away in rivulets and the sparse, dry grass bent in the prop wash....0
peskov(25)•in #travel•3369 days agoA Cave in the Kopet Dag Mountains (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)I was accompanying a mounted border patrol in the foothills of the Kopet Dag Mountains. To the left the cliffs rose high and sheer, to the right lay the vacant,...0peskov(25)•in travel•3369 days agoA Cave in the Kopet Dag Mountains (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)I was accompanying a mounted border patrol in the foothills of the Kopet Dag Mountains. To the left the cliffs rose high and sheer, to the right lay the vacant,...0
peskov(25)•in #travel•3370 days agoEurope-Asia (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)Europe and Asia meet on this forest clearing. One fir tree grows in Europe, the other, within sight of it, in Asia. A flock of waxwings rises from an ash-berry ...0peskov(25)•in travel•3370 days agoEurope-Asia (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)Europe and Asia meet on this forest clearing. One fir tree grows in Europe, the other, within sight of it, in Asia. A flock of waxwings rises from an ash-berry ...0
peskov(25)•in #life•3372 days agoBridges (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)Few roads do not cross a bridge. Memory will always bring back the creaking of logs, the hollow ringing of metal or the silence of stone. Bridges, of all of man...0peskov(25)•in life•3372 days agoBridges (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)Few roads do not cross a bridge. Memory will always bring back the creaking of logs, the hollow ringing of metal or the silence of stone. Bridges, of all of man...0
peskov(25)•in #travel•3375 days agoThe Danube's Embrace (featuring Vasily Peskov as author)I was travelling by train and, as usual, got to talking with my travelling companions. "There wasn't a drop of water in Kishinev in 1944. The city changed hands...1peskov(25)•in travel